Doctoral research / Policy-supporting work

Current Research Projects

• Harmful corporate practices: A case study of the emerging legal cannabis industry (2018-2025)
• Nature and Extent of (Il)licit Substance Use Among Members of the Flemish Deaf Community (2024 – Present)

Completed Doctoral Research Projects 

• Informal control mechanisms among cocaine and crack users (1996 - 1999)
• Genderanalysis drug use among women (2004 - 2009)
• The intersection between science and policy: the role of epidemiology in national drug policy in Belgium (2009 - 2015)
• Cannabis Social Clubs in Belgium: a study of the organization of collective cannabis cultivation for personal use and characteristics of club members (2015-2018)
• Self-reported medicinal cannabis use in Flanders. A study of user profiles and patterns of use (2015-2019)
• The symbolic crusade of policing drugs. On the legitimacy to criminalize drugs and the self-legitimacy of ‘drug detectives’. (2019-2021)

• ACCESS - Equitable substance use treatment for Migrants and ethnic minorities: a policy analysis (2018-2022)

Completed Policy Support work 

• The market and profit analysis of the illicit indoor cannabis cultivation and trade (MARCANT) (2020-2024)
• MATREMI – Mapping and enhancing substance use treatment for migrants & ethnic minorities (2019)
• Youth perceptions on recreational or non-medical use of psychoactive medications (YOUTH-PUMED) (2020-2021)
• Cannabis production in Belgium: assessment of the nature and harms, and implications for priority setting (CANMARKT) (2012-2013)
• Patterns of drug use among (ethnic and cultural) minorities (PADUMI) (2015-2016)