Didier Boost
Biographic Data
| ID | 6782817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Didier Boost |
| GIVEN NAMES | Didier |
| FAMILY NAME | Boost |
| SIGNATURE | BOOST D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4222-0434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The (He)art of doing research with undocumented migrants
Building on the reflexive turn in migration studies, this article examines how ethnographic researchers negotiate moral conflict during and after fieldwork with undocumented migrants. As an important, yet often-overlooked, dimension of migration research, we conceptualise moral conflict as the tension between professional expectations, institutional constraints, and researchers’ own moral convictions. To explore and examine this issue, we adopt t…
The Right to Exist
In the current geopolitical landscape, undocumented migrants are increasingly illegalised and excluded from rights, policies, and services aimed at guaranteeing an acceptable standard of living for legal residents (Ataç & Rosenberger, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 17(1): 1–10, 2019). At heart, this implies that undocumented people are cast out of the ‘common humanity’ to whom a dignified life is owed. Not only is this fundamentally at od…
From human rights to transformative change
Scholarship on social work and human rights is increasingly steering the debate towards praxis and the development of action frameworks. However, these efforts have hitherto not explicitly inquired into how such approaches contribute to transformative change. Addressing this issue, we engage with dialectical critical realism to embed the ongoing discussions in broader theories of change and unravel the transformative potential of human rights dis…
Addressing the social determinants of health
Organizing health care requires addressing the social determinants of health, broadly defined as the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health outcomes. However, this is often beyond the scope, expertise, and time of medical professionals. As a result, there is an increasing tendency towards interprofessional collaboration in general, with the involvement of social workers in specific. Given the profession’s expertise in a…
Overcoming non-take-up of rights
In contemporary welfare states, the non-take-up of rights is a pervasive and considerable problem. Yet, our empirical and theoretical understanding of this phenomenon is still rather limited. In this context, the historical role of social work practice in bridging between citizens and the welfare state cannot be overlooked. To adequately tackle non-take-up, there is an urgency for usable knowledge that is oriented towards practice. In this articl…
‘We trust them, because they are receptive’
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‘We trust them, because they are receptive’
Overcoming non-take-up of rights
In contemporary welfare states, the non-take-up of rights is a pervasive and considerable problem. Yet, our empirical and theoretical understanding of this phenomenon is still rather limited. In this context, the historical role of social work practice in bridging between citizens and the welfare state cannot be overlooked. To adequately tackle non-take-up, there is an urgency for usable knowledge that is oriented towards practice. In this articl…
Addressing the social determinants of health
Organizing health care requires addressing the social determinants of health, broadly defined as the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health outcomes. However, this is often beyond the scope, expertise, and time of medical professionals. As a result, there is an increasing tendency towards interprofessional collaboration in general, with the involvement of social workers in specific. Given the profession’s expertise in a…
From human rights to transformative change
Scholarship on social work and human rights is increasingly steering the debate towards praxis and the development of action frameworks. However, these efforts have hitherto not explicitly inquired into how such approaches contribute to transformative change. Addressing this issue, we engage with dialectical critical realism to embed the ongoing discussions in broader theories of change and unravel the transformative potential of human rights dis…
The (He)art of doing research with undocumented migrants
Building on the reflexive turn in migration studies, this article examines how ethnographic researchers negotiate moral conflict during and after fieldwork with undocumented migrants. As an important, yet often-overlooked, dimension of migration research, we conceptualise moral conflict as the tension between professional expectations, institutional constraints, and researchers’ own moral convictions. To explore and examine this issue, we adopt t…
The Right to Exist
In the current geopolitical landscape, undocumented migrants are increasingly illegalised and excluded from rights, policies, and services aimed at guaranteeing an acceptable standard of living for legal residents (Ataç & Rosenberger, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 17(1): 1–10, 2019). At heart, this implies that undocumented people are cast out of the ‘common humanity’ to whom a dignified life is owed. Not only is this fundamentally at od…
Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)