Multi-level blame attribution and public support for EU welfare policies
status: published
Selective border permeability: Governing complex environmental issues through and beyond COVID-19
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10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102646 / POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY / 97 / Completed
Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana
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Universal access to safe drinking water is essential to population health and wellbeing, as recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). To develop targeted policies which improve urban access to improved water and ensure equity, there is the need to understand the spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources and the factors underlying...
Evaluating the impacts of the increasing block tariffs on residential electricity consumption in China
Residential electricity consumption in China experienced a boom in recent years and may increase faster in the future. To reduce residential electricity consumption, China has adopted Increasing Block Tariffs (IBT) since 2012. The previous work mainly used regional level aggregated data to assess the impact. Few studies using household level data d...
Codesign in resource-limited societies : theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors
Codesign with resource-constrained people living in developing countries is crucial for sustained adoption and use of designed solutions. Several studies have investigated codesign with resource-constrained people. It is, therefore, important to understand what has been investigated and learnt so far as well as to plan for further scholarly explora...
Researching the non-take up of social rights : a social work perspective
In the face of growing social, economic, political and demographic challenges, many European welfare states have been confronted with barriers in realising the social rights of certain groups of citizens. This phenomenon has often been referred to as ‘the non-take up of social rights’. Considering the core mandate and key principles of social work ...
Evaluating the impacts of the increasing block tariffs on residential electricity consumption in China
Residential electricity consumption in China experienced a boom in recent years and may increase faster in the future. To reduce residential electricity consumption, China has adopted Increasing Block Tariffs (IBT) since 2012. The previous work mainly used regional level aggregated data to assess the impact. Few studies using household level data d...
Crop cultivation at wartime : plight and resilience of Tigray’s agrarian society (North Ethiopia)
During the 2021 conflict in Tigray (north Ethiopia), crop cultivation has been hampered by warfare. Oxen have been looted and killed, farm inputs and tools destroyed by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers. Farmers felt vulnerable out in the open with their oxen. To produce, farmers evaluated risks involved with ploughing and organised lookouts. Overall...
Stereotypes, conditions, and binaries : analysing processes of social disqualification towards children and parents livi...
In contemporary European welfare states, poverty reduction strategies can currently be characterised as individualistic rather than solidaristic, focusing on welfare recipients’ merit rather than securing their rights. Based on the findings of a recent research project in Belgium, we explore how social workers develop strategies to combat child pov...
Child Disability and Deprivation: A Conceptual, theoretical and empirical review of the sub-Saharan African literature
The nexus between disability and deprivation is an increasing interest to policy makers as children with disabilities are being mainstreamed into national and international poverty reduction programs. This literature is vast and has a long history, however, previous literature reviews have not addressed the concepts of poverty and deprivation espec...
