Lieselot De Wilde
Biographic Data
| ID | 369502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lieselot De Wilde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lieselot |
| FAMILY NAME | De Wilde |
| SIGNATURE | DE WILDE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4703-477X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Co-producing knowledge through critical encounters
This article extends the critical turn in participatory research with children by developing critical encounters as a lens to analyse how participation is constituted and constrained in practice. Drawing on two doctoral projects in Belgium, it examines moments of institutional friction, methodological tension, and positional negotiation. These encounters make visible the affective and material relations through which participation unfolds. In dia…
Children's voices on parental visits in long‐term foster care
Objective This study explores how children experience and navigate parental visits in long‐term foster care. Background Parental visits are central to shared parenthood in foster care, yet little research has examined how children interpret and engage with these visits. Understanding their perspectives is essential for shaping visitation policies that support their well‐being. Method This longitudinal qualitative study followed 14 children (aged …
Factors influencing the guidance of shared parenthood over time
This study explores the factors shaping foster care workers' (FCWs) guidance on shared parenthood between biological parents and foster carers in long-term placements. Using a qualitative longitudinal analysis of interviews with nine FCWs over 6-10 months, four influencing factors were identified: organizational, professional, case-specific, and interpersonal. Organizational factors proved most decisive, leading FCWs to adopt a cautious, incremen…
Chasing happiness? The meaning of wellbeing-oriented cultural heritage interventions in museums and cultural heritage institutions
In recent decades, museums and cultural heritage institutions have faced increased scrutiny regarding their societal relevance, prompting a growing interest in the connection between cultural heritage and wellbeing. Many museums have partnered with the healthcare sector, using cultural heritage collections to promote wellbeing. Meanwhile, healthcare institutions integrate cultural heritage into rehabilitation or palliative care. However, research…
The Meaning of Shared Parenthood in Long‐Term Foster Care
Shared parenthood is increasingly emphasized in long‐term foster care placements across European countries, including Flanders, where our study was conducted. However, despite its growing importance, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the dynamics and pedagogical conceptualization of shared parenthood. This research seeks to bridge the gap by investigating how parents and foster carers perceive and navigate parenting roles. …
Fearing youth, fostering democracy
Discussions on citizenship always reflect broader political debates on the desired moral fabrics of a society. Evolving from a merely national subject, questions on children and young people’s citizenship and citizenship education have over the past decades gained interest in European policy. Through a thematical-rhetorical analysis of European policy documents, this article engages in the European moral-political discussion on good citizenship a…
Dealing with a contested past
In recent decades, a lot of Western countries have been engaged in a heated debate on how to come to terms with their colonial past. Leaving behind the idea that colonial history consists mainly of common achievements, the former philanthropic narrative of ‘modernisation’ and ‘progress’ has been critically analysed and dissected as the awareness of its painful episodes grew. In this vein, the postcolonial history in Belgium is an interesting case…
Life after an out‐of‐home placement
Multiple attempts have been made to address the perspectives of biological parents in cases of foster care. Despite this, there is a lack of research that adequately reflects these parents' perspectives on parenthood following an out‐of‐home placement. In addition, Western welfare systems tend to be primarily concerned with the rights of children and their foster parents. As we know little about how parenthood takes shape in the day‐to‐day practi…
Several times I have asked the judge to get my children back”
European societies struggle with the question of how to deal best with, and organize care for, those children who, for various reasons, need to be placed out of their home. In an attempt to protect these children, states organize different forms of care. Under the influence of testimonies of abuse and neglect, the image of residential care has become tainted and the placement of looked‐after children in foster families has become increasingly fav…
Discovering dimensions of research ethics in doing oral history
In this article, we argue that research ethics in the doing of oral history research are inadequately addressed in the existing body of research. Although oral history researchers have paid considerable attention to procedural ethical issues, there is currently a lack of attention on situational research ethics in the doing of oral history. We address particular ethical challenges that we experienced while reconstructing the history of three rema…
Foster parents between voluntarism and professionalisation
Challenging the Normative Truth Logic in the Politics of Apology
In recent years, the historical abuse perpetrated against children in residential child-welfare and protection services has increasingly been perceived as a public concern. In the context of this European and global development, several formal inquiries commissioned by authorities into the alleged historical abuse of children in social work services were perceived as a political priority to repair human injustices, and were set up as an attempt t…
Between a contaminated past and a compromised future
In the past decades, a body of international research concerning residential institutions for children emerged. This article focuses on the history of the Ghent orphanages (1945–1984). First, the population of the more than 1200 children and young people resident in the orphanages between 1945 and 1984 is analysed. This analysis illustrates a shift from a legal approach to a normative interpretation of the orphaned child. It becomes clear that th…
Dealing with Risk in Child and Family Social Work
The rhetoric of risk has become a prominent issue in the field of child and family social work. As a consequence, an emerging politics of fear has re-oriented this field towards managing, controlling, and securing social work practice against risk, rather than responding meaningfully to the needs and concerns of children and families. In the available body of research, it is argued that this general tendency creates "anxious" professionals. As a …
Dealing with Risk in Child and Family Social Work
The rhetoric of risk has become a prominent issue in the field of child and family social work. As a consequence, an emerging politics of fear has re-oriented this field towards managing, controlling, and securing social work practice against risk, rather than responding meaningfully to the needs and concerns of children and families. In the available body of research, it is argued that this general tendency creates "anxious" professionals. As a …
The Meaning of Shared Parenthood in Long‐Term Foster Care
Shared parenthood is increasingly emphasized in long‐term foster care placements across European countries, including Flanders, where our study was conducted. However, despite its growing importance, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the dynamics and pedagogical conceptualization of shared parenthood. This research seeks to bridge the gap by investigating how parents and foster carers perceive and navigate parenting roles. …
Life after an out‐of‐home placement
Multiple attempts have been made to address the perspectives of biological parents in cases of foster care. Despite this, there is a lack of research that adequately reflects these parents' perspectives on parenthood following an out‐of‐home placement. In addition, Western welfare systems tend to be primarily concerned with the rights of children and their foster parents. As we know little about how parenthood takes shape in the day‐to‐day practi…
Foster parents between voluntarism and professionalisation
Dealing with Risk in Child and Family Social Work
The rhetoric of risk has become a prominent issue in the field of child and family social work. As a consequence, an emerging politics of fear has re-oriented this field towards managing, controlling, and securing social work practice against risk, rather than responding meaningfully to the needs and concerns of children and families. In the available body of research, it is argued that this general tendency creates "anxious" professionals. As a …
Between a contaminated past and a compromised future
In the past decades, a body of international research concerning residential institutions for children emerged. This article focuses on the history of the Ghent orphanages (1945–1984). First, the population of the more than 1200 children and young people resident in the orphanages between 1945 and 1984 is analysed. This analysis illustrates a shift from a legal approach to a normative interpretation of the orphaned child. It becomes clear that th…
Discovering dimensions of research ethics in doing oral history
In this article, we argue that research ethics in the doing of oral history research are inadequately addressed in the existing body of research. Although oral history researchers have paid considerable attention to procedural ethical issues, there is currently a lack of attention on situational research ethics in the doing of oral history. We address particular ethical challenges that we experienced while reconstructing the history of three rema…
Foster parents between voluntarism and professionalisation
Challenging the Normative Truth Logic in the Politics of Apology
In recent years, the historical abuse perpetrated against children in residential child-welfare and protection services has increasingly been perceived as a public concern. In the context of this European and global development, several formal inquiries commissioned by authorities into the alleged historical abuse of children in social work services were perceived as a political priority to repair human injustices, and were set up as an attempt t…
Several times I have asked the judge to get my children back”
European societies struggle with the question of how to deal best with, and organize care for, those children who, for various reasons, need to be placed out of their home. In an attempt to protect these children, states organize different forms of care. Under the influence of testimonies of abuse and neglect, the image of residential care has become tainted and the placement of looked‐after children in foster families has become increasingly fav…
Life after an out‐of‐home placement
Multiple attempts have been made to address the perspectives of biological parents in cases of foster care. Despite this, there is a lack of research that adequately reflects these parents' perspectives on parenthood following an out‐of‐home placement. In addition, Western welfare systems tend to be primarily concerned with the rights of children and their foster parents. As we know little about how parenthood takes shape in the day‐to‐day practi…
Fearing youth, fostering democracy
Discussions on citizenship always reflect broader political debates on the desired moral fabrics of a society. Evolving from a merely national subject, questions on children and young people’s citizenship and citizenship education have over the past decades gained interest in European policy. Through a thematical-rhetorical analysis of European policy documents, this article engages in the European moral-political discussion on good citizenship a…
Dealing with a contested past
In recent decades, a lot of Western countries have been engaged in a heated debate on how to come to terms with their colonial past. Leaving behind the idea that colonial history consists mainly of common achievements, the former philanthropic narrative of ‘modernisation’ and ‘progress’ has been critically analysed and dissected as the awareness of its painful episodes grew. In this vein, the postcolonial history in Belgium is an interesting case…
The Meaning of Shared Parenthood in Long‐Term Foster Care
Shared parenthood is increasingly emphasized in long‐term foster care placements across European countries, including Flanders, where our study was conducted. However, despite its growing importance, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the dynamics and pedagogical conceptualization of shared parenthood. This research seeks to bridge the gap by investigating how parents and foster carers perceive and navigate parenting roles. …
Factors influencing the guidance of shared parenthood over time
This study explores the factors shaping foster care workers' (FCWs) guidance on shared parenthood between biological parents and foster carers in long-term placements. Using a qualitative longitudinal analysis of interviews with nine FCWs over 6-10 months, four influencing factors were identified: organizational, professional, case-specific, and interpersonal. Organizational factors proved most decisive, leading FCWs to adopt a cautious, incremen…
Chasing happiness? The meaning of wellbeing-oriented cultural heritage interventions in museums and cultural heritage institutions
In recent decades, museums and cultural heritage institutions have faced increased scrutiny regarding their societal relevance, prompting a growing interest in the connection between cultural heritage and wellbeing. Many museums have partnered with the healthcare sector, using cultural heritage collections to promote wellbeing. Meanwhile, healthcare institutions integrate cultural heritage into rehabilitation or palliative care. However, research…
Co-producing knowledge through critical encounters
This article extends the critical turn in participatory research with children by developing critical encounters as a lens to analyse how participation is constituted and constrained in practice. Drawing on two doctoral projects in Belgium, it examines moments of institutional friction, methodological tension, and positional negotiation. These encounters make visible the affective and material relations through which participation unfolds. In dia…
Children's voices on parental visits in long‐term foster care
Objective This study explores how children experience and navigate parental visits in long‐term foster care. Background Parental visits are central to shared parenthood in foster care, yet little research has examined how children interpret and engage with these visits. Understanding their perspectives is essential for shaping visitation policies that support their well‐being. Method This longitudinal qualitative study followed 14 children (aged …
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Foster care (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)