RHEA Research | RHEA VUB

Below, you will find key current RHEA projects. For a complete overview of all projects of RHEA members and affiliated members, please visit our VUB research portal.

Current projects

SBO: Sexual Well-being of Young People in times of widespread Pornography use (Gily Coene)

SBO (with primary societal finality): Tackling the Ethnic Gap in Higher Education (ENGINE) (Ilke Adam, Els Consuegra)

Negotiating consent: patient agency and surgery from a European perspective, 1900-2000 (OZR-project) (Jolien Gijbels)

PhD (FWO): Courage as a moral virtue from a feminist perspective (Olivia Lastra, Gily Coene)

PLEDGE : Politics of Grievance and Democratic Governance (Karen Celis)

G-EPIC : Gender Empowerment through Politics In Classrooms (Dimokritos Kavadias, Eline Severs)

FWO: Identity, Gender and Embodiment in Neo-Avant-Garde Fiction and Art by Women in the United States (1970-1982) (Hannah Van Hove, Elisabeth Bekers)

EDGE: Enhancing Democratic Governance in Europe (SRP) (Karen Celis, Ilke Adam, Didier Caluwaerts, Gily Coene, Sebastian Oberthur)

VLIR: University as a Facilitator for Community Based Sustainable Solutions to Demographic Challenges in South Western Uganda (UCoBS) (Gily Coene)

REGUIDE: A Holistic, Restorative and Gendered approach to Guide Returnees to their Home country (Iman Lechkar, Hannan Jamaï, Jihane Sliti)

FWO: Islam in Brussels prisons in the aftermath of terrorist attacks: an ethnographic study on Islam, prison policies, experiences and masculinities (Elias Woodbridge, Iman Lechkar, An-Sofie Vanhouche)

Understanding motivations to seek and carry out female genital plastic surgeries to contribute to better informed decision-making of girls/women and to support medics in developing ethical practices (Hannelore Van Bavel, Gily Coene; follow the project on Genitalks)

Communities Against Violence (in collaboration with vzw ZIJKant) (Danielle Fernandes, Gily Coene)

PhD (EUTOPIA): Intersectionality-based Study of Sexual Violence and Harassment Experiences in Brussels (Danielle Fernandes, Gily Coene)

PhD: Keeping women out of politics?: The (in)direct impact of violence against women in politics (Anne Van Bavel, Karen Celis, Silvia Erzeel)

QUALREP: The Quality Of Women's Political Representation (Karen Celis)