Team CRESC
Joelle Badran
Research cluster: Social Work and Welfare Studies
Research topics: Refugees & asylum; Solidarity; Recognition; Diversity; Childhood Studies; Social work
Milena Belloni
Research cluster: Social Work and welfare studies, Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: Refugeeand asylum seekers; Family reunification policies; Street level bureaucracy; Horn of Africa; Migration; Civic stratification
dr. Anne Bergmans
Research cluster: Science and Society; Urban and Environmental studies
search topics: Environmental sociology; Sociology of safety and risk; Science and technology studies; Risk governance; Societal resilience; Sustainability; Radioactive waste management; Emergency planning
Didier Boost
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Social Work; Realist Evaluation; Cricital Realism; Evidence-based practice; Organizational Integration
Johan Boxstaens
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Social work; Criminal justice; Community supervision; Theory of social work; Social work methods
Aaron Brusseel
Research cluster: Social Work and welfare studies
Research topics: Civil society; Public-nonprofit collaborations; Civic engagement; Policy advocacy; Evaluation studies; Behavioral public administration
Tori Ceusters
Research cluster: Science and society
Research topics: Holistic safety; Uncertainty; Security risk management; Organisational resilience; Robust thinking
Jill Coene
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Poverty; Social Policy; Energy Poverty
Dries Coertjens
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Environment; Risk Perception; Risk Communication; Participation; Environmental governance
dr. Pieter Cools
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Social Work and welfare studies; Science and society
Research topics: Need politics; Social innovation; Participation; Welfare reform; Organizational hybridity
dr. Ann Crabbé
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Envronmental policy sciences; Policy arrangements; Policy evaluation; Multi-actor governance; Water policy; Participation; Knowledge arrangements
Hanne Dallenes
Research cluster: Urban and environmental Studies
Research topics: Environmental sociology; Climate change; Energy security; Sustainability transitions; Environmental concerns
Petra De Braal
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Ethics of care; Social innovation; Privileged irresponsibility; Participation; Solidarity; Decentralisation
Tina De Jaeger
Research cluster: Social Work and Welfare Studies
Research topics: Poverty; Social Network Theory; Social support ; Mixed Methods ; Agency
Eline De Jong
Research cluster: Social Work and Welfare Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Solidarity; Diversity; Social enterprises; Intersectionality; Social transformation
Harm Deleu
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies; Urban and environmental studies
Reserach topics: Social work; Homelessness, Informal support; Non-profit organisations; Hidden homelessness
Anke De Malsche
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Silke de Troyer
Research cluster: Social Work and welfare studies
Research topics: Social Work; Solidarity; Religion; Welfare State Institutions; Faith-based organisations; Welfare Stte; Inequality
Lien Dieleman
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Tap water; Value of water; Price perception; Sustainable consumption; Theories of practice
Benoït El-Achkar
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and Society
Research topics: Environmental sociology; Science and Technology Studies; Sustainability transitions; Urban Sociology; Public sociology; Political ecology
Cory Fletcher
Research cluster: Urban & Environmental Studies; Science and Society
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Robbe Geerts
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Environmental sociology; Social class; Sustainability; Risk perception; Sociology of science and knowledge; Water consumption and production
Dirk Holemans
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Commons; Political Economy; Political and Social Sciences; Political Ecology; Transition theory
Minseong Kim
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Imane Kostet
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Identity studies; Diversity; Educational inequality; Culture and stratification; Sociology of childhood; Cultural sociology
Fatima Laoukili
Research cluster: Urban and Evironmental Studies; Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Urban sociology; Diversity; Migrants; Civil Society; Social work; Social changes
Prof. dr. Ilse Loots
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Environmental policy sciences; Interdisciplinary environmental sciences; Risk Communication and governance; Knowledge arrangements; Environmental health; Science-policy interface; Stakeholder mapping
Sarah Maes
Research cluster: Social Work and Welfare Studies
Research topics: Social Work; Faith-based organisations; Solidarity; Religion; Welfare State Institutions
Prof. dr. Pieter Maeseele (geassocieerd lid)
Research cluster: Science and society
Research topics: Media Sociology; Democratic theory; Journalism; Science and Environmental communication; Discourse analysis
Reda Mahajar
Research Cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and Society
Research topics: Social Theory; Postcolonial Studies; Nationalism Studies; Research Methodologies ; Poststructuralism; Migration
Elien Mathys
Research cluster: Social Work and welfare studies
Research topics: Impact evaluation; Practice development; Accountability; Impact-driven Action; Social Work
Amal Miri
Research cluster: Science and society; Social work and welfare studies, Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: Gender and diversity; (Family) migration; Participatory research; Intersectionality; Integration policies; Migrant motherhood
Gaëlle Mortier
Research cluster: Urban and Enviromental Studies; Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Solidarity in diversity; Integration policy; Active citizenship; Local governance; Migration; Volunteer work
Prof. dr. Stijn Oosterlynck
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Urban sociology; Diversity; Poverty; Social Innovation; Community development
Loubna Ou-Salah
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Mandy Paauw
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Reserach topics: Sustainable development; Nature-based solutions; Environmental policy; Environmental justice; Adaptive governance; Socio-ecological resilience
Giovanni Penna
Research cluster: Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: Migration ; Visa policy; Visa outsourcing; Border externalisation; Ethnography; Refugee families
Prof. dr. Peter Raeymaeckers
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies
Research topics: Social work; Governance; Public-nonprofit collaborations; evaluation studies
Lena Richter
Research cluster: Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: Nonreligion; Mobility; Morocco; Intersectionality; Asylum
Hannah Robinson
Research cluster: Urban and environmental Studies
Research topics: Urban studies; Poverty; Environment; Health and wellbeing; Migration
Prof. dr. Mieke Schrooten
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies; Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: (trans)migration, informal social work practices, transnational social work, hidden homelessness
Ona Schyvens
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Integration policy; Local governance; Urban sociology; Political participation; Migration
Yannis Tzaninis
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Urban Political Ecology; Social geography; Extended Urbanization; Climate change; More-than-human epistemologies
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies; Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Poverty; Diversity; Social work; Capabilities; Migrant organizations; Networks; Urban sociology
Martha Van den Bergh
Research cluster: Social Work and Welfare Studies
Research topics: Social Networks; Paid staff; Volunteers; Nonprofit organizations
Prof. dr. Frédéric Vandermoere
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Environmental sociology; Sustainability transitions; Science and technology studies; Public sociology; Risk and uncertainty; Sustainable consumption; Environmental activism
Bregje Van Deun
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Cultural Sociology; Sociological Theory
Lore Van Praag
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Migration; Environmental sociology; Climate; Religion; Gender; Education
Elisabet Van Wymeersch
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Urban politics; Planning theory; Political Philosophy; Land use conflict; Social transformation
Kyra Verbruggen
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental studies
Research topics: Sustainable development; Participation; Ideology; Justice; Systems
Prof. dr. Gert Verschraegen
Research cluster: Science and Society; Urban and Environmental studies
Research topics: Cultural Sociology; Sociological Theory; Diversity and migration; Sociology of science and knowledge
Elina Volodchenko
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Urban sociology; Environmental sociology; Community spaces; Sustainability; Intersectionality
Rozemarijn Weyers
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Imane Bendra
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Ariadne Driezen
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Social identity studies; Symbolic boundary work; Education and youth; Cultural sociology; Sociology of religion; Diversity
Björn Carré
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies; Science and society
Research topics: Civil society; Marketization; Advocacy; Nonprofit-business hybridity; Social Work
Syeda Rizvi
Research cluster: Urban and environmental Studies, Science and society, Global mobility and migration research
Research topics: Environment; Policy; Communications; Inclusion
Arne Saeys
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies
Research topics: Diversity; Urban sociology; Migration; Integration; Refugees; Cultural Studies; Media Studies; Psychology
Ewoud Vandepitte
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental Studies; Science and society
Research topics: Environmental justice; Climate change; Public sociology; Social movements; Ethnography; Symbolic interactionism; Sociology of knowledge; Sociology of emotions
Peter Vervoort
Research cluster: Urban and Environmental studies
Research topics: Interdisciplinary environmental sciences; Health and wellbeing; Urban green space; Socio-spatial studies; Spatial planning
Em. prof. dr. Jan Vranken
Research cluster: Social work and welfare studies; Science and Society; Urban and Environmental Studies
Reserach topics: Poverty & exclusion; Social stratification; Welfare State; Urban Sociology; Diversity; Migration; Sociological Theory