Floor Verhaeghe
Biographic Data
| ID | 169139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Floor Verhaeghe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Floor |
| FAMILY NAME | Verhaeghe |
| SIGNATURE | VERHAEGHE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6759-8882 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Where does it start, where does it stop?’: Defining the roles and responsibilities of educational staff in addressing loneliness and supporting the social wellbeing of newly-arrived migrant adolescent…
But that’s what I’m saying”: Experiential versus institutional truth in guardian-minor interactions
Asylum interviews have come to resemble credibility inquiries into applicants’ stories. Their narratives are scrutinised and held against bureaucratic standards of ‘truth’. To meet these standards, applicants for international protection require support in uncovering and reorienting their lived stories into factual accounts. Although this support is typically provided by legal professionals, unaccompanied refugee minors may receive additional gui…
Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From “Doing no Harm” to Reciprocity and Equity
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are key concepts in European ethical research standards, especially in qualitative migration and refugee studies (QMRS). The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (ALLEA, 2012, 2023) provides a framework for the European research community that is grounded in the principles of doing no harm, reliability, honesty, respect, and accountability. The 2023 revision of this Code also emphasizes the importance o…
Loneliness in newly-arrived adolescents in Flanders: The role of positive and negative social ties within reception education
No More Walls in the Seas’: Migration graffscapes and migrants’ messages while en route to and in Europe
This article explores forced migrants’ use of graffiti writing along their precarious and fragmented migration journeys. Previous research has recognized the use of graffiti by activist groups, yet existing empirical evidence of the materiality of life in transit and of forced migrants’ reactions to it remains scarce. Our analysis reveals how graffiti documents migrants’ agentic reactions to the uncertainty and adverse experiences they faced alon…
Conflicting Expectations of Interpreters’ Roles in the Interaction between Guardians and Unaccompanied Minors
Public service interpreters assume a key role in rendering accessible social services to newcomer clients. They could even be considered inherent to social work settings that are multilingual in nature, such as the interactional context of unaccompanied minors and their legal guardians. However, despite the intrinsic linguistic diversity and the unique position of interpreters in this setting, guardian–minor encounters remain unexplored in resear…
Meanings attached to intergenerational language shift processes in the context of migrant families
In most migrant families, a language shift from the heritage language(s) to the dominant language takes place over generations. This shift is influenced by different factors, among which the political and societal pressure to use the mainstream language. The consequences for intergenerational family relations remain understudied. This article sheds light on how families navigate this language shift through eight three-generation family interviews…
Identificational Assimilation Patterns in Young First, Second, 2.5 and Third-generation Migrants
Classical assimilation theory states that migrants’ identification with a receiving country strengthens over generations, whilst identification with the home country weakens. A Flemish survey of first (G1), second (G2), 2.5 (G2.5) and third (G3) generation immigrant youths ( n = 1,587) reveals that the findings for adolescents with a background in the oldest 15 member states of the European Union (EU15) seem to align with classical assimilation t…
The development of an analytical framework to compare reception structures for unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe
The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child stipulates that unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) are entitled to specific and adapted accommodation structures and care. Despite the general strive in EU policy to reach common standards for those reception structures, they still vary largely, resulting in unequal treatment and care conditions. In this article, we aim to build an analytical framework, based on central features of concrete reception p…
Families on hold: How the context of an asylum centre affects parenting experiences
Migration, especially under stressful circumstances, places pressure on parental capacities. At the same time, being part of a supportive family is of prime importance for the well‐being of migrating children and parents. In this paper, we highlight the impact of the living conditions in a collective asylum centre on asylum applicants' parenting experiences through in‐depth interviews with and participant observations among parents in a Belgian a…
Structural assimilation in young first-, second- and third-generation migrants in Flanders
Assimilation theory assumes that differences between migrants and non-migrants disappear over generations. We report on a Flemish survey study conducted with young first- (G1), second- (G2) and third- (G3) generation migrants (n = 1,587). The results showed that G1 and G2 had lower chances of being in educational tracks preparing for higher education than non-migrants. Further, G1 and G3 migrants with a background in the oldest fifteen members of…
Families on hold: How the context of an asylum centre affects parenting experiences
Migration, especially under stressful circumstances, places pressure on parental capacities. At the same time, being part of a supportive family is of prime importance for the well‐being of migrating children and parents. In this paper, we highlight the impact of the living conditions in a collective asylum centre on asylum applicants' parenting experiences through in‐depth interviews with and participant observations among parents in a Belgian a…
The development of an analytical framework to compare reception structures for unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe
The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child stipulates that unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) are entitled to specific and adapted accommodation structures and care. Despite the general strive in EU policy to reach common standards for those reception structures, they still vary largely, resulting in unequal treatment and care conditions. In this article, we aim to build an analytical framework, based on central features of concrete reception p…
Meanings attached to intergenerational language shift processes in the context of migrant families
In most migrant families, a language shift from the heritage language(s) to the dominant language takes place over generations. This shift is influenced by different factors, among which the political and societal pressure to use the mainstream language. The consequences for intergenerational family relations remain understudied. This article sheds light on how families navigate this language shift through eight three-generation family interviews…
Structural assimilation in young first-, second- and third-generation migrants in Flanders
Assimilation theory assumes that differences between migrants and non-migrants disappear over generations. We report on a Flemish survey study conducted with young first- (G1), second- (G2) and third- (G3) generation migrants (n = 1,587). The results showed that G1 and G2 had lower chances of being in educational tracks preparing for higher education than non-migrants. Further, G1 and G3 migrants with a background in the oldest fifteen members of…
Conflicting Expectations of Interpreters’ Roles in the Interaction between Guardians and Unaccompanied Minors
Public service interpreters assume a key role in rendering accessible social services to newcomer clients. They could even be considered inherent to social work settings that are multilingual in nature, such as the interactional context of unaccompanied minors and their legal guardians. However, despite the intrinsic linguistic diversity and the unique position of interpreters in this setting, guardian–minor encounters remain unexplored in resear…
Identificational Assimilation Patterns in Young First, Second, 2.5 and Third-generation Migrants
Classical assimilation theory states that migrants’ identification with a receiving country strengthens over generations, whilst identification with the home country weakens. A Flemish survey of first (G1), second (G2), 2.5 (G2.5) and third (G3) generation immigrant youths ( n = 1,587) reveals that the findings for adolescents with a background in the oldest 15 member states of the European Union (EU15) seem to align with classical assimilation t…
But that’s what I’m saying”: Experiential versus institutional truth in guardian-minor interactions
Asylum interviews have come to resemble credibility inquiries into applicants’ stories. Their narratives are scrutinised and held against bureaucratic standards of ‘truth’. To meet these standards, applicants for international protection require support in uncovering and reorienting their lived stories into factual accounts. Although this support is typically provided by legal professionals, unaccompanied refugee minors may receive additional gui…
Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From “Doing no Harm” to Reciprocity and Equity
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are key concepts in European ethical research standards, especially in qualitative migration and refugee studies (QMRS). The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (ALLEA, 2012, 2023) provides a framework for the European research community that is grounded in the principles of doing no harm, reliability, honesty, respect, and accountability. The 2023 revision of this Code also emphasizes the importance o…
Loneliness in newly-arrived adolescents in Flanders: The role of positive and negative social ties within reception education
Structural assimilation in young first-, second- and third-generation migrants in Flanders
Assimilation theory assumes that differences between migrants and non-migrants disappear over generations. We report on a Flemish survey study conducted with young first- (G1), second- (G2) and third- (G3) generation migrants (n = 1,587). The results showed that G1 and G2 had lower chances of being in educational tracks preparing for higher education than non-migrants. Further, G1 and G3 migrants with a background in the oldest fifteen members of…
The development of an analytical framework to compare reception structures for unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe
The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child stipulates that unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) are entitled to specific and adapted accommodation structures and care. Despite the general strive in EU policy to reach common standards for those reception structures, they still vary largely, resulting in unequal treatment and care conditions. In this article, we aim to build an analytical framework, based on central features of concrete reception p…
Families on hold: How the context of an asylum centre affects parenting experiences
Migration, especially under stressful circumstances, places pressure on parental capacities. At the same time, being part of a supportive family is of prime importance for the well‐being of migrating children and parents. In this paper, we highlight the impact of the living conditions in a collective asylum centre on asylum applicants' parenting experiences through in‐depth interviews with and participant observations among parents in a Belgian a…
Identificational Assimilation Patterns in Young First, Second, 2.5 and Third-generation Migrants
Classical assimilation theory states that migrants’ identification with a receiving country strengthens over generations, whilst identification with the home country weakens. A Flemish survey of first (G1), second (G2), 2.5 (G2.5) and third (G3) generation immigrant youths ( n = 1,587) reveals that the findings for adolescents with a background in the oldest 15 member states of the European Union (EU15) seem to align with classical assimilation t…
Meanings attached to intergenerational language shift processes in the context of migrant families
In most migrant families, a language shift from the heritage language(s) to the dominant language takes place over generations. This shift is influenced by different factors, among which the political and societal pressure to use the mainstream language. The consequences for intergenerational family relations remain understudied. This article sheds light on how families navigate this language shift through eight three-generation family interviews…
No More Walls in the Seas’: Migration graffscapes and migrants’ messages while en route to and in Europe
This article explores forced migrants’ use of graffiti writing along their precarious and fragmented migration journeys. Previous research has recognized the use of graffiti by activist groups, yet existing empirical evidence of the materiality of life in transit and of forced migrants’ reactions to it remains scarce. Our analysis reveals how graffiti documents migrants’ agentic reactions to the uncertainty and adverse experiences they faced alon…
Conflicting Expectations of Interpreters’ Roles in the Interaction between Guardians and Unaccompanied Minors
Public service interpreters assume a key role in rendering accessible social services to newcomer clients. They could even be considered inherent to social work settings that are multilingual in nature, such as the interactional context of unaccompanied minors and their legal guardians. However, despite the intrinsic linguistic diversity and the unique position of interpreters in this setting, guardian–minor encounters remain unexplored in resear…
But that’s what I’m saying”: Experiential versus institutional truth in guardian-minor interactions
Asylum interviews have come to resemble credibility inquiries into applicants’ stories. Their narratives are scrutinised and held against bureaucratic standards of ‘truth’. To meet these standards, applicants for international protection require support in uncovering and reorienting their lived stories into factual accounts. Although this support is typically provided by legal professionals, unaccompanied refugee minors may receive additional gui…
Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From “Doing no Harm” to Reciprocity and Equity
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are key concepts in European ethical research standards, especially in qualitative migration and refugee studies (QMRS). The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (ALLEA, 2012, 2023) provides a framework for the European research community that is grounded in the principles of doing no harm, reliability, honesty, respect, and accountability. The 2023 revision of this Code also emphasizes the importance o…
Loneliness in newly-arrived adolescents in Flanders: The role of positive and negative social ties within reception education
Where does it start, where does it stop?’: Defining the roles and responsibilities of educational staff in addressing loneliness and supporting the social wellbeing of newly-arrived migrant adolescent…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (3 works)