Research StaffResearch staff of the research unit Cudos (Ghent University, department Sociology)https://www.ugent.be/ps/sociologie/en/researchgroups/cudos/research-staffhttps://www.ugent.be/logo.png
My research is situated at the intersection of sociology of culture, sociology of the family and gender studies.
Current research:
I study gender inequalities in highbrow and lowbrow cultural consumption from a cross-national comparative and longitudinal perspective. I am also interested in the evaluation of measurement equivalence in participation research.
I am interested in the Sociology of Embodiment, Intersectionality, Ageing and Sexual Minorities, Queer Studies, Research Methodology, and Social Identity.
Current research:
I am looking at the Intersectionality of History, Sexuality and Ageing - Social identity Construction by Older Sexual Minorities.
sociology of arts, sociology of culture, social inequality and stratification, social science research methods, evaluation research
Current research:
using Geometric Data Analysis in the investigation of cultural practices and their social structuring, analyzing aesthetic dispositions and their link with cultural capital
Cultural sociology, sociology of youth, sociology of education, research on social attitudes
Current research:
Cultural and arts participation, cultural education, socio-economic conditions of professional actors, adolescents' social attitudes and lifestyles. Participates in the Cultural Policy Research Centre and the Policy Research Centre on Youth.
Sociology of Education, School Effects Research, Social Inequality
Current research:
The SBO project Transbaso aims at enhancing the educational and social efficiency of the transition between primary and secondary education. I conduct research on the mechanisms of the unequal division into educational tracks, and the processes by which social bias occurs in the recommendation of educational choice.
consequences of tracking/streaming - effects of social-ethnic school composition - education and gender - transition from primary to secondary education - teacher trust - LGB's and education - antisocial school behavior / school misconduct
Sociology of education - social and educational inequality - racism and ethnic discrimination - ethnic minority students
Current research:
The relationship between (perceived) racism and ethnic discrimination, oppositional school cultures and educational and well-being outcomes for ethnic minority students and native Belgian students