The focus of this project is the reconstruction and testing of the thirteen-course triple pegbox lute. This instrument was built and used in the first half of the eighteenth century ...read more
This project explores the process of transnational identity construction among Latin American migrants in transit through Mexico. Facing significant challenges in an increasingly hostile political climate towards migration, migrants actively ...read more
The project will investigate the nature and extent of (il)legal substance use among members of the Flemish Deaf Community. In doing so, we depart from a critical framework which hypothesizes that ...read more
This doctoral research aims to measure and promote reading skills and reading motivation among Flemish students in a classical language course. A first research goal is to map current reading ...read more
Over the past years, in Europe and the US, various initiatives were launched to #namethe translator on the cover of books. Does increased visibility for translators and translations necessarily lead ...read more
The switching of languages among bilinguals at the clause level is well-documented in code-switching (CS) research. On the other hand, intra-word code-switching (IWCS) has only been sparsely attested in a ...read more
While academic vocabulary is a well-explored area in English, the same cannot be said for Spanish. Recognizing the need for exchange students in Social Sciences to master this vocabulary, we ...read more
This project examines accent bias in Flemish secondary and higher education, focusing on biases towards students with foreign and regional accents. Using a combination of methodologies, we study how teachers perceive students’ ...read more
This doctoral project investigates the role of polysemy (the phenomenon where a word has multiple meanings) and word families (groups of words derived from the same root) in the process ...read more
Cancer is currently the leading cause of death in Belgium, accounting for ca. 27.000 yearly deaths. Despite an abundance of medical research, the history of cancer (victims) is basically unwritten. ...read more