AWARDS & GRANTS

AWARDS

1. 2023 – Top Downloaded Article of 2022
   Most downloaded article of the 13 ASA journals in 2022.
   American Sociological Association (ASA)

2. 2022 – Prize for Best Article
   Best article as nominated by the EAS Fellows.
   European Academy of Sociology (EAS)
3. 2022 – Family Article of the Year Award
   Best article in the previous three years (2021, 2020, and 2019)
   American Sociological Association (ASA)
4. 2021 – James Coleman Best Education Article Award
   Best article in the previous two years (2020 and 2019)
   American Sociological Association (ASA)
5. 2019 – Golden Poster Award
   OECD Youth ResearchEdge Competition
6. 2013-2014 – Dean’s list of best students in Economics and Business
   KU Leuven
7. 2012-2013 – Dean’s list of best students in Economics and Business
   University of Antwerp

GRANTS

1. 2022-2023 – Microdata Access Grant (7,500 EUR) – Principal Investigator
   Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations (ODISSEI)
   Project: Mental Health of Children with Same-Sex Parents
2. 2022-2024 – National Science Agenda (1,609,944 EUR) – Investigator
   The Dutch Research Council (NWO)
   Project: The Economic Resilience of Women
3. 2021-2024 – Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship (180,000 EUR) – Principal Investigator
   Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
   Project: An Economic Perspective on the Role of Family Structure and Education as Determinants of Crime
4. 2019-2023 – Junior Research Project (430,000 EUR) – Co-Principal Investigator
   Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
   Project: The Underlying Mechanisms and the Heterogeneity of School and Labour Market Outcomes
5. 2020 – Grant for participation in a conference abroad (2,000 EUR)
   Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
   Conference: 7th Lindau Meeting in Economic Sciences
6. 2020 – EEB Open Call (10,000 EUR)
   European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
   Project: Development of a model for SDG monitoring, reviewing and report at EU-level
7. 2019 – Grant for a long stay abroad (3,500 EUR)
   Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
   Host: VATT Institute for Economic Research – Mika Kortelainen
8. 2016-2020 – Ph.D. Fellowship (195,000 EUR) – Principal Investigator
   Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
   Thesis: An Economic Perspective on School Dropout