| Paper sessions (1) | |
| Thursday 14 September, 11.00 -13.00h | |
| Parallel session 1 | |
| Stream | CONCEPTUALIZE |
| Chair | Philomena Essed (Antioch University) |
| Title | Citizenship in a globalizing world |
| paper 1 | Alvarez Benavides, Antonio N. (Complutense University of Madrid) |
| Is obtaining citizenship enough? | |
| paper 2 | Aslanyan, Svetlana (National Academy of Armenia) |
| "Good" equality, "bad" equality: the roots of public attitudes to gender equality in Armenia | |
| paper 3 | Bombaerts, Gunter (Ghent University) & Daniël Janssens (Catholic College of the Kempen) |
| Inclusion and exclusion as necessary elements for empowerment | |
| paper 4 | Koster, Ferry (University of Amsterdam) |
| Globalization and Solidarity: the effects of economic, social and political openness on welfare state effort and social capital | |
| Parallel session 2 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Josse Van Steenberge (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Labour market trajectories |
| Sub | Conditions |
| paper 1 | Theunissen, Gert (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Why women earn less. Sidestepping the pitfalls of the gender wage gap debate | |
| paper 2 | Van Haegendoren, Mieke (Hasselt University) |
| Function-rating systems and equal pay | |
| Parallel session 3 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Ignace Glorieux (Free University of Brussels) |
| Title | Educational trajectories |
| paper 1 | Almaci, Meyrem (Free University of Brussels) |
| The academic achievement of immigrant children in higher education in Flanders: factors affecting choice and success | |
| paper 2 | Duquet, Nils (Free University of Brussels), Glorieux, Ignace (Free University of Brussels) & Yolis Van Dorsselaer (Free University of Brussels) |
| The impact of socio-economic background and cultural integration on the educational careers of migrant youths in Flanders | |
| paper 3 | Holzer, Susanna (Växjö University) |
| The expansion of Higher education in Sweden and the issue of equality of opportunity | |
| Parallel session 4 | |
| Stream | MONITOR |
| Chair | Ann Carton (Flemish Community - Administration Planning and Statistics) |
| Title | EO and diversity |
| paper 1 | Lenaers, Steven (Hasselt University) |
| Differences in perception of equal opportunities | |
| paper 2 | Ooghe, Erwin (Catholic University of Leuven) & Thuysbaert, Bram (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Equality of opportunity: who should we focus on? | |
| paper 3 | Vandezande, Véronique, Swyngedouw, Marc (Catholic University of Leuven and Brussels), Hanquinet, Laurie (Free University of Brussels) & Jacobs, Dirk (Free and Catholic University of Brussels) |
| A proposal for a Belgian "Barometer of Tolerance". Monitoring tolerance in the pursuit of equality of opportunities | |
| paper 4 | Van Wesemael, Yanna (Free University of Brussels) |
| Equal Project: designing a survey to assess the diversity climate at a university | |
| Parallel session 5 | |
| Stream | ENHANCE (TRANSLATION ENGLISH-DUTCH) |
| Chair | Cas Mudde (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Social movements |
| paper 1 | Meier, Petra (Free University of Brussels) & Celis, Karen (College of Ghent) |
| State feminism and women’s movements in Belgium: complex patterns in a multi-level system | |
| paper 2 | Godemont, Jozefien (University of Antwerp) |
| The velvet triangle in the Flemish field of women’s and LGB movements: networks, strategies and concepts | |
| paper 3 | Woodward, Alison (Free University of Brussels) |
| Mobilizing for Equality: transnational (gender) equality movements and diversity | |
| paper 4 | Motmans, Joz (University of Antwerp) |
| Equal Opportunity policy and social movements in Flanders: exploring the gender and sexuality issue | |
| Parallel session 6 | |
| Stream | MONITOR |
| Chair | Frieda Saeys (Ghent University) |
| Title | Media representation |
| paper 1 | Devroe, Ilse (Ghent University) |
| Minority report: an analysis of the depiction of ethnic minorities in the flemish news | |
| paper 2 | Bink, Susan (Mira Media) |
| Equal participation of ethnic minorities in the media | |
| paper 3 |
| Paper sessions (2) | ||||
| Thursday 14 September, 14.30 -16.00h | ||||
| Parallel session 1 | Parallel session 3 | |||
| Stream | CONCEPTUALIZE | EXPLORE | ||
| Chair | Jogchum Vrielink (Catholic University of Leuven) | Jan Vranken (University of Antwerp) | ||
| Title | The legal framework | Social exclusion (3) | ||
| Sub | Intersectionality | |||
| paper 1 | Bagilhole, Barbara (Loughborough University) | Machiels, Toon | ||
| An exploration of UK equal opportunities and diversity legislation and implementation agencies through the lens of intersectionality | Restoring the link: Roma policy in Sint Niklaas and in Leuven | |||
| paper 2 | Gedalof, Irene (Metropolitan University London) & Crowley, Helen (Metropolitan University London) | Pires de Lima, Marinus (University of Lisbon) & Kolarova, Marina (University of Lisbon) | ||
| Equality framed by diversity: what is the real agenda? | ||||
| paper 3 | Jongsma, Doete (Dutch Equal Treatment Commission) & Luiken, Olga (Dutch Equal Treatment Commission) | |||
| The (im)possibilities of an intersectional approach under Dutch equal treatment legislation | Labour markets and job access of migrant workers at European Union. The Portuguese case. | |||
| paper 4 | Garrido Gomez, Maria-Isabel | |||
| The insufficiency of legal equality in welfare states | ||||
| Parallel session 2 | ||||
| Stream | EXPLORE | |||
| Chair | Marjan Van Aerschot (Hasselt University) | |||
| Title | The work/family balance I | |||
| paper 1 | Santos, Susana Cristina | |||
| Equal Opportunities and work family balance in the scope of collective bargaining in Portugal | ||||
| paper 2 | Van Dongen, Walter (Research Centre of the Flemish Government) | |||
| The 'combination' model as a conceptual, empirical and normative basis for a democratic division of labour in the Western world | ||||
| paper 3 | Pouwels, Babette (Utrecht University), Siegers, Jacques (Utrecht University), Wittek, Rafael (University of Groningen) & Wotschak, Philip (University of Groningen) | |||
| Firms’ time greediness and the division of labour in the household: the moderating role of workplace and household governance | ||||
| Parallel session 3 | ||||
| Stream | EXPLORE | |||
| Chair | Jan Vranken (University of Antwerp) | |||
| Title | Social exclusion I (This session might be held at the time and location of the session Social exclusion II) | |||
| paper 1 | Machiels, Toon | |||
| Restoring the link: Roma policy in Sint Niklaas and in Leuven | ||||
| paper 2 | Pires de Lima, Marinus (University of Lisbon) & Kolarova, Marina (University of Lisbon) | |||
| Labour markets and job access of migrant workers at European Union. The Portuguese case. | ||||
| paper 3 | Sarausad, Mary Rose Geraldine (Asian Institute of Technology) | |||
| The contradictions of spatial situatedness | ||||
| Parallel session 4 | ||||
| Stream | EXPLORE | |||
| Chair | Thérèse Jacobs (University of Antwerp) | |||
| Title | Health and well-being | |||
| paper 1 | Cox, Nele (Ghent University), Vanden Berghe, Wim (Ghent University), Dewaele, Alexis (University of Antwerp), Vincke, John (Ghent University) | |||
| Same sex sexuality and mental health: the effects of general and minority stress on mental health in a Flemish homosexual population | ||||
| paper 2 | Valeeva, Rania (Utrecht University) | |||
| Self-managing health: the role of trust for mobilization of health information | ||||
| Parallel session 5 | ||||
| Stream | ENHANCE | |||
| Chair | Karin Goyvaerts (University of Antwerp) | |||
| Title | Labour market situation in later life | |||
| paper 1 | Manshoven, Joke (Hasselt University), Martens, Hilde (Hasselt University), Vandenberk, Anneleen (Hasselt University) & Lambrechts, Frank (Hasselt University) | |||
| Age-related management as a change process to develop equal opportunities in organizations. A focus on the Belgian situation | ||||
| paper 2 | Nogueira, Claudia (University of Coimbra) & Pacheco, Vanda (University of Coimbra) | |||
| Unequal Opportunities towards equality: the portuges experience in (de)activating older unemployed workers | ||||
| Parallel session 6 | ||||
| WORLD CAFE (closed Dutch speaking session, 13.30-17.30) |
| Paper sessions (3) | |
| Thursday 14 September, 16.30 - 18.30h | |
| Parallel session 1 | |
| Stream | CONCEPTUALIZE |
| Chair | Daniël Cuypers (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | The legal framework |
| Sub | The case of disability and sexual orientation |
| paper 1 | Roulstone, Alan (University of Sunderland) |
| Discriminating legislation? Can the UK Disability Discrimination Act 2005 really make a difference to disabled people's substantive equality? | |
| paper 2 | Houben, Kathelijne (Centre for Equal Opportunities and opposition against racism) |
| Anti-discrimination legislation and the concept of reasonable accomodation for persons with a disability | |
| paper 3 | Sanchez Amillategui, Fernando (University of Alicante) & Rodriguez-Pinero Royo, Luis (University of Sevilla) |
| A "master image" of unequality: the Spanish CGPJ report on same-sex marriage | |
| paper 4 | Waaldijk, Kees (Leiden University) |
| The legal implications of the very private and the very public character of sexual orientation | |
| Parallel session 2 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Walter Van Dongen (Research Centre of the Flemish Government) |
| Title | The work/family balance II |
| paper 1 | Dewaele, Alexis (University of Antwerp) |
| The social networks of LGB's: it's a family affair? | |
| paper 2 | Lynch, Kathleen (University College Dublin) & Lyons, Maureen (UCD Equality Studies Centre) |
| Affective Equality and the inalienability of love labour | |
| paper 3 | Vohlidalova, Marta (Institute of Sociology) |
| The influence of working life on reproductive strategies in the Czech Republic | |
| Parallel session 3 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Chris Timmerman (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Socialisation |
| paper 1 | Vandenbroeck, Michel (Ghent University) |
| Accesibility of early years provisions in Brussels. A case study of unequal opportunities at the beginning of life | |
| paper 2 | Wietholtz, Almuth (University of Oxford) |
| Equal opportunity in ethnic minority education: underlying concepts of German and British early childcare policies | |
| paper 3 | Laurijssen, Ilse (Free University of Brussels) |
| Young women's part-time work: family formation, choice and context | |
| paper 4 | Clycq, Noel (University of Antwerp) |
| The intersection of gender and ethnicity in the socialisation process | |
| Parallel session 4 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Jef Breda (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Retirement |
| paper 1 | Corsi, Marcella (University of Rome "La Sapienza") & D'Ippoliti, Carlo (University of Rome "La Sapienza") |
| The gender dimension of the Italian Reformed Pension System | |
| paper 2 | De bruyn, Els (University of Antwerp) |
| Equal Opportunities in later life: predictors of a smooth adaptation process after retirement | |
| paper 3 | Schippers, Joop (Utrecht University) & Sap, Jolande (Utrecht University) |
| One age fits all? Work-retirement transitions and the mandatory retirement age | |
| paper 4 | Goyvaerts, Karin (University of Antwerp) |
| The position of older workers on the labour market and early exit in Belgium. An explanatory analysis. | |
| Parallel session 5 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Johan Wets (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Title | Entrepreneurship |
| paper 1 | Wauters, Bram (Catholic University of Brussels) & Lambrecht, Johan (Catholic University of Brussels) |
| Refugee entrepreneurship in Belgium | |
| paper 2 | Yamamoto, Lucia (Tokohu University) |
| is the entrepreneurship a choice for survival or an occupational mobility strategy? The case study of the Brazilian migrant women self-employed in Japan | |
| paper 3 | Van Aerschot, Marjan (Hasselt University) |
| Combination of formal work and private life in Europe and Belgium. The special situation of self-employed women and mother leave | |
| Parallel session 6 | |
| Stream | ENHANCE |
| Chair | Dirk Van Heule (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Positive action |
| paper 1 | Barskanmaz, LL. M. (Humboldt University Berlin) |
| Positive action in favour of racially discriminated persons in Germany | |
| paper 2 | Fialho, Fabricio Mendes (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Mello Silva, André Drumond (Federal University of Minas Gerais) & Candian, Juliana F. (Federal University of Minas Gerais) (conditonal) |
| Legal equality is not enough: the necessity of affirmative action to overcome racial inequalities - some notes on the Brazilian framework | |
| paper 3 | Paternotte, David (Free University of Brussels) & Perreau, Bruno (University of Paris I) |
| Equality, difference and diversity: LGBT issues from antidiscrimination policies to affirmative action? | |
| paper 4 | Ramos Martin, Nuria Elena (University of Amsterdam) |
| Positive action measures in European Union Equality Law |
| Paper sessions (4) | |
| Friday 15 September, 10.30 - 12.30h | |
| Parallel session 1 | |
| Stream | CONCEPTUALIZE |
| Chair | Alison Woodward (Free University of Brussels) |
| Title | The conceptual framework |
| paper 1 | Snick, Anna (Flora) |
| Gender inequality in neo-liberal times. What new answers does feminism have? | |
| paper 2 | Vincenti, Alessandra (University of Orbino "Carlo Bo") |
| Through identification: opportunity and trust | |
| paper 3 | Scheepers, Sarah (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Conceptualizing equality and diversity in the Belgian public sector | |
| paper 4 | Cuervo, Hernan (University of Melbourne) |
| Australian young people's perceptions of social justice in rural education | |
| Parallel session 2 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Walter Van Trier (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Title | Labour market trajectories |
| Sub | Access |
| paper 1 | Marinescu, Valentina (University of Bucharest) |
| Gender as predictor of equality of access at the labor market in romania | |
| paper 2 | Quintero, Esther (Cornell University) |
| Equality in civil service recruitment | |
| paper 3 | Van den Brandt, Elke (Free University of Brussels) |
| Ambition without future: obstacles and stimuli in the scientific careers of men and women in micro-optics | |
| paper 4 | Purcell, Kate (University of the west of England) & Elias, Peter (University of the west of England) |
| Breaking through the glass ceiling? Progress towards equality among highly-qualified women | |
| Parallel session 3 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Chris Timmerman (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Inclusive education |
| paper 1 | Rollock, Nicola (London Metropolitan University) |
| "Every child matters" … but some matter more than others | |
| paper 2 | Schneider, Cornelia (Université René Descartes) |
| Creating equal opportunities in education through inclusion and common instruction | |
| paper 3 | Stevens, Peter (University of London) |
| Exploring pupils' claims of teacher racism in multicultural classrooms | |
| Parallel session 4 | |
| Stream | MONITOR |
| Chair | Dirk Jacobs (Free and Catholic University of Brussels) |
| Title | Political participation |
| paper 1 | Gonzalez Sancho, Carlos (Juan March Institute) |
| Clarifying the effects of education on political participation: absolute vs. relative educational attainment and political activity in 11 European societies | |
| paper 2 | Kyriakidou, Maria (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) |
| Electoral quotas for women as equal opportunities strategies: lessons from the last local elections in Greece | |
| paper 3 | Vandebroeck, Dieter (Free University of Brussels) |
| A structural silence: social inequalities in political culture | |
| Parallel session 5 | |
| Stream | ENHANCE |
| Chair | Kees Waaldijk (Leiden University) |
| Title | The legal framework |
| paper 1 | Silvestre, Maria (University of Deusto) |
| Evaluation of the Spanish legality in matters of equality and its contrast with social indicators | |
| paper 2 | Schömer, Eva (Växjö University) |
| Law, equal opportunity and the variation of women and men | |
| paper 3 | Verhaar, Odile (Free University Amsterdam) |
| The risks of unequal treatment: the case of the Dutch equal treatment law that prohibits unjustified unequal treatment on the grounds of disability or chronic disease | |
| Parallel session 6 | |
| Stream | GOOD PRACTICES I (Translation English-Dutch) |
| Chair | Agna Smisdom (Flemish Community - Equal Opportunities) |
| Title | Good practices I |
| paper 1 | Bombaerts, Gunter (Ghent University) & Hugens, Skrolan (Flemish Federation of Catholic Scouts and Guides) |
| Evaluation of equality enhancing activities in Flemish Youth Work | |
| paper 2 | Kunnen, Erwin (Utrecht University) |
| Homosexuality and working in Dutch education, the failure of challenging the New Workers Directive in the Netherlands | |
| paper 3 | Pasmans, Veerle (Institute for Equality of Women and Men) & Reymenants, Geraldine (Institute for Equality of Women and Men) |
| Challenges for the federal equal opportunities policy: the working of the institute for the equality of women and men | |
| paper 4 | Van de Voorde, Michiel (Flemish Community - Labour) & de Bruijn, Han (Flemish Community - Labour) |
| Mainstreaming the Flemish Employment Equity and Diversity Policy |
| Paper sessions (5) | |
| Friday 15 September, 14.00 - 15.30h | |
| Parallel session 1 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Mieke Van Haegendoren (Hasselt University) |
| Title | The workplace |
| paper 1 | Janssens, Mady (Catholic University of Leuven) & Zanoni, Patrizia (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Inclusion at the workplace through diversity management: balancing sameness and difference | |
| paper 2 | Ruiz Ben, Esther (Technical University of Berlin) |
| Expertise and inequality in internationalized software development environments | |
| paper 3 | Valgaeren, Elke (Hasselt University) |
| The careers of men and women in the Flemish ICT-sector. Opportunities and threats | |
| Parallel session 2 | |
| Stream | EXPLORE |
| Chair | Jan Vranken (University of Antwerp) |
| Title | Social exclusion II (This session might be held at the time and location of the session Social exclusion I) |
| paper 1 | Clé, Ann (Catholic University of Brussels) & Adriaenssens, Stefan (Catholic University of Brussels) |
| Different levels of exclusion: the case of initial and new populations of beggars in Brussels (Belgium) | |
| paper 2 | Paradis, Evelyne (ILGA-Europe) & Takacs, Judit (Institute of Sociology HAS) |
| Social exclusion of LGBT youth in Europe | |
| paper 3 | I Nwaka, Geoffrey (Abia State University) |
| The Urban poor, the informal city and environmental health policy in Nigeria | |
| Parallel session 3 | |
| Stream | ENHANCE |
| Chair | Martha Franken (Flemish Community - Equal Opportunities) |
| Title | Gender mainstreaming |
| paper 1 | Demuynck, Katlijn (Flora) |
| Methods for gender mainstreaming. Gender consulting, a new profession? | |
| paper 2 | van der Horst, Annelies (Maastricht University) & Visser, Akke (Maastricht University) |
| Putting gender mainstreaming into practice in Dutch universities: observations from within | |
| paper 3 | Van Hove, Hildegard (Institute for Equality of Women and Men) |
| The national plan of action genderstatistics in Belgium | |
| paper 4 | Bleijenbergh, Inge (Nijmegen School of Management), Benschop, Yvonne (Nijmegen School of Management) & Vennix, Jac (Nijmegen School of Management) |
| Group model building as a gender mainstreaming instrument | |
| Parallel session 4 | |
| Stream | GOOD PRACTICES (Dutch speaking) |
| Chair | Petra Meier (Free University of Brussels) |
| Title | Good Practices II |
| paper 1 | Catteeuw, Paul (KdG College of Antwerp) |
| Interculturele communicatie als opleidingsonderdeel | |
| paper 2 | Van der Wildt, Francy (Flemish Women's Council) |
| Verbredingsproces: naar een kleurrijke vrouwenraad | |
| paper 3 | Schorrewegen, Suzy (VIVA-SVV) |
| Vrouw en gezondheid op maat van de multiculturele samenleving |