Fien Geenen
Status: PhD researcher
Fien Geenen obtained her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Ghent University in 2020. For her master’s dissertation she explored the relevance of procedural fairness in multicultural conflicts. Using a qualitative preliminary study and a questionnaire survey, she studied the influence of procedural fairness in decisions that were made for the headscarf ban in Antwerp.
In September 2020, Fien started working as a joint PhD researcher at the University of Ghent in the department social psychology and sociology under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bart Van de Putte and Prof. Dr. Alain Van Hiel. The focus of her research lays on the influence of the personal history of immigrants on procedural fairness perceptions towards societal actors in the host country.