GOVTRUST Projects | GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence

Projects acquired by GOVTRUST promoter team

Trust in Specialised Courts: The Unified Patent Court as a Case Study to Disentangle Trust Dynamics – 2024-2027 – FWO Research project – Esther van Zimmeren, Patricia Popelier, Bjorn Kleizen
Responsible Procurement Practices for the GovTech Ecosystem in European Cities (RESPECTech) – 2024-2026 – YUFE Postdoctoral fellowship – Larissa Magalhães, Bjoern Niehaves, Koen Verhoest (secondment partner)
Bridging the Gaps in Evidence, Regulation and Impact of Anticorruption Policies (BRIDGEGAP) – 2024-2027 – EU Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-03 – Koen Verhoest, Peter Bursens, Susana Duarte Coroado (partner)
Principle-based Regulation and Trust: Explaining Beneficiaries' and Regulatees' Trust in Hybrid Regulatory Regimes – 2023-2027 – FWO PhD Fellowship fundamental research – Cassandra Willems, Koen Verhoest, Peter Bursens, Patricia Popelier
Intermediation and Trust in the Regulatory State: More Regulation, Less Trust? (RegTrust) – 2023-2028 – EU Horizon Europe ERC Advanced Grant David Levi-Faur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) – Koen Verhoest (partner)
Legitimate Goal-Based Regulation in a Hybrid Multi-Actor Regulatory Regime (GOBAREG) – 2023-2027 – FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO) – Koen Verhoest, Patricia Popelier, Peter Bursens, Stéphanie De Somer (coordinator)
Sustainability and Trust in EU Multilevel Governance (STRATEGO) – 2023-2026 – EU Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – Peter Bursens, Philippe Beutels, Dirk De Bièvre, Marijn Hoijtink, Erik Matthysen, Johan Meeusen, Petra Meier, Patricia Popelier, Johanna Vanderstraeten, Wouter Van Dooren, Esther van Zimmeren, Koen Verhoest, Sara Vicca, Jan Wynen
Federal Dynamics in Multilevel Governance – 20232025 – BOF SEP Fostering EU FP & FWO SBO projects – Patricia Popelier
Education for Citizenship and Democratic Thinking in Crisis Times – 2023-2025 – BOF SEP Fostering EU FP & FWO SBO projects – Noel Clycq, Peter Bursens, David Gijbels, Vincent Donche
Environmental resolution mechanisms beyond the nation state. A comparative analysis of the implementation of court judgements and managerial agreements (ENVIMP) – 2023-2025 – EU Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship – Andreas Corcaci, Peter Bursens, Esther van Zimmeren
Robust Crisis Governance in Turbulent Times: Mindset, Evidence, Strategies (ROBUST) – 2022-2026 – EU Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-05 – Koen Verhoest, Wouter Van Dooren (partner)
Public Governance & Leadership Development Programme (GoLD) – 2022-2025 – Federale overheid, FOD Beleid en Ondersteuning – Koen Verhoest, Peter Bursens (partner)
Using stakeholders strategically to gain authority over principals in the EU – 2022-2025 – FWO Junior postdoctoral fellowship – Rik Joosen, Koen Verhoest
Legitimate crisis management and multilevel governance (LEGITIMULT) – 2022-2025 – EU Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-05 – Patricia Popelier, Peter Bursens, Maja Sahadzic (partner)
Digital Co-Creation of Public Services with Citizens: Understanding Pre-Conditions, Technologies and Outcomes (BeCoDigital) – 2022-2024 – BELSPO BRAIN-be 2.0 – Koen Verhoest, Wouter Van Dooren (partner)
Self-governance, autonomy and accountability: towards an interdisciplinary measurement tool – 2022-2024 – BOF SEP Fostering EU FP & FWO SBO projects – Koen Verhoest, Peter Bursens; Patricia Popelier, Karolien Poels
How nature of regulation and levels of trust affect each other over time: the case of financial regulation in the EU (REGTRUST) – 2022-2024 – EU Horizon 2020 MSCA Individual Fellowship – Bernardo Rangoni, Koen Verhoest
Implementing innovative financing for nature-based solutions in Flemish cities (Innofins) – 2021-2025 – FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO) – Wouter Van Dooren, Koen Verhoest (partner)
Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance (IGCOORD) – 2021-2025 – COST Actions – Peter Bursens (management committee member), Wouter Van Dooren, Patricia Popelier
Vaccine Hesitancy in the (Post-)COVID-19 EU: Effects of European Identity, Party Orientation, Trust and Political Polarisation – 2021-2024 – YUFE Postdoctoral fellowship – Dominika Prozowska, Koen Verhoest, Peter Bursens
Towards a new regulatory oversight for the housing corporations – 2021-2022 – Vlaamse overheid, Decretaal Steunpunt Beleidsrelevant Onderzoek – Wouter Van Dooren, Koen Verhoest, Diederik Vermeir
Goal Regulation and Experimental Regulation in Environmental and Spatial Law – 2021 – Private funding – Patricia Popelier, Koen Van Aeken
Citizen survey: Support with regard to the content, process, methodology and drafting of the survey and reporting for the online platform – 2021 – Private funding – Patricia Popelier
Trojan Horse Discourse: The Use and Abuse of Contemporary Constitutional Discourse for Fundamental Rights Protection – 2020-2023 – FWO Senior research project – Patricia Popelier, Catherine Van De Heyning, Tom Van Hout
Cyberviolence: defining borders on permissibility and accountability (@ntidote 2.0) – 2020‑2023 – BELSPO BRAIN-be 2.0 – Michel Walrave, Catherine Van De Heyning (coordinator)
Trust, legitimacy and intended compliance with COVID-19 exit strategy measures – 2020‑2021 – BOF COVID-19 – Patricia Popelier, Esther van Zimmeren, Koen Verhoest, Michel Walrave, Carolyn Declerck, Peter Bursens
Digital (R)evolution in Belgian Federal Government: An Open Governance Ecosystem for Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain (DIGI4FED) – 2019‑2022 – BELSPO BRAIN-be 2.0 – Wouter Van Dooren, Koen Verhoest, Michel Walrave (partner)
Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe (TiGRE) – 2020‑2023 – EU Horizon 2020 H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2019 – Koen Verhoest, Patricia Popelier, Esther van Zimmeren, Frédérique Six (partner)

Projects acquired by GOVTRUST core academics

Racial(ized) Queer Activism: Practices and Experiences of Intersectional Mobilizations in Belgium – 2024-2027 – FWO Senior research project fundamental research – Petra Meier, Serena D'Agostino
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for IP Licensing Practices in Vaccine Production – 2024-2025 – The British Academy – Esther van Zimmeren (partner)
Towards An Effective Dispute Resolution Framework for Copyright Disputes Embedding Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms – 2023-2027 – BOF DOCPRO4 – Seun Lari-Williams, Esther van Zimmeren
Democratic Innovations and Scale: How Population Size Affects Direct and Deliberative Citizen Participation – 2023-2026 – FWO Junior postdoctoral fellowship – Christoph Niessen, Petra Meier
Happy@Home: Telemonitoring in the transmural care – 2023-2025 – VLAIO TETRA – Esther van Zimmeren, Kristof Vanassche
Queer Interest Groups in the EU: Explaining Organization and Strategic Interaction in Hostile Contexts (QUEST) – 2023-2024 – BOF Opvangmandaat FWO postdoc – Bastiaan Redert, Petra Meier
Time to give up? Establishing a survey panel on how accumulations of interactions with government affect psychosocial well-being and citizen decisions to give up during procedures – 2023-2024 – BOF Small research grants – Bjorn Kleizen
The EU Principal Agent Authority (EUPAA) dataset – 2023-2024 – BOF Small research grants – Bastiaan Redert, Rik Joosen
How are the bureaucratic structure of public sector organizations and their reputation causally related over time? – 2022 2026 – FWO Junior research project fundamental research – Jan Wynen, Jan Boon
Co-creating Inclusive Intersectional Democratic Spaces Across Europe (CCINDLE) – 2022-2026 – EU Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-03 – Petra Meier (partner)
Conflict in Transformations (CONTRA) – 2022 2025 – ERA-NET Cofund, JPI Urban Europe – Wouter Van Dooren, Esther van Zimmeren, Tom Coppens, Pascal Gielen
Will this ordeal ever end? How the accumulation of administrative encounters can erode trust in government and create psychological harm – 2022 2025 – FWO Junior postdoctoral fellowship – Bjorn Kleizen, Wouter Van Dooren
The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Building a Resilient Normative Framework for International Technology Transfer – 2022-2024 – FWO PhD fellowship – Felipe De Andrade, Esther van Zimmeren
Private capital for public services. Is private capital affecting public accountability and government executive capacity in social service markets? – 2022-2024 – FWO PhD Fellowship fundamental research – Simon Demuynck, Wouter Van Dooren
Never waste a good crisis: Using COVID-19 to restore citizen trust in public institutions (COVITRU) – 2022-2023 – BOF Opvangmandaat MSCA postdoc – Olivier Sempiga, Jan Wynen
Public trust in contemporary Europe: Trusting the Antitrust (PROTRUST) – 2022-2023 – BOF Opvangmandaat MSCA postdoc – Elena Escalante Block, Dirk De Bièvre
Towards a Resilient Framework of High-Level Passenger Rights Protection: Adaptations for Platform-based Mobility Solutions and the Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility – 2021 2025 – FWO Senior research project fundamental research – Wouter Verheyen, Esther van Zimmeren
Does performance reporting of public performance strengthen the trust and voice of citizens? An experimental study – 2021 2025 – FWO Senior research project fundamental research – Wouter Van Dooren, Bjorn Kleizen
Policy Research Centre on Governance Innovation (SBV II) – 2021 2025 – Vlaamse overheid, Decretaal Steunpunt Beleidsrelevant Onderzoek – Wouter Van Dooren, Ria Janvier, Inger De Wilde, Jan Wynen, Jan Boon, Bjorn Kleizen (partner)
Assessing and Fostering Independence in Specialised International Courts – 2020-2024 – FWO Junior postdoctoral fellowship – Federica Baldan, Esther van Zimmeren
Avoiding repetitive reform injury in the public sector. Can leadership behaviour reduce the damaging effect of repetitive reforms? – 2020 2024 – BOF DOCPRO4 – Jan Wynen, Jan Boon
Registration of Intellectual Property: The Issue of Transparency of Intellectual Property Ownership – 2020-2023 – FWO Junior postdoctoral fellowship – Arina Gorbatyuk, Marie-Christine Janssens (KU Leuven), Esther van Zimmeren (co-supervision partner)