Title Promoter Affiliations "Caput Iohannis in Disco or St John's Head on a Platter (Johannesschüssel): Object, Context, Medium, Roots. Towards an Iconology of the head in the Middle Agnes and the early Modernity, between North and South." "Barbara Baert" "Art History, Leuven" "Development of organoids from human and mouse teeth as novel and powerful tools to study tooth biology and pursue regenerative therapy" "Ivo LAMBRICHTS" "Cardio & organ systems, Morphology" "Tooth loss is an important health problem worldwide. Replacing lost or missing teeth with a biological tooth, preferably generated from the patient, would be highly superior to the current standard implantation of synthetic materials. Organoids, defined as self-forming three-dimensional in vitro reconstructions of an organ, provide a powerful means to pursue this goal. The tooth organoids obtained will be scrutinized to gain more insight into molecular and cellular mechanisms of tooth (stem cell) biology and tooth disease (i.e. caries). Taken together, our project will generate an innovative tooth in vitro model that will be highly valuable for studying tooth biology and disease, and will pave the way towards prevention and towards regenerative replacement therapy." "MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIZED (IMMATURE) TEETH IN CHILDREN NEEDING ORTHODONTIC TOOTH REGULATION" "Dominique Declerck" "Population Studies in Oral Health, Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery - Imaging & Pathology (OMFS-IMPATH), Orthodontics" "Orthodontic treatment after dental trauma.Orthodontic tooth regulation is a type of treatment frequently offered to children, usually in the stages of development of the dentition and surrounding orofacial structures.Teeth affected by trauma are most often situated in the esthetic zone. Visible defects and discolorations may have a lifelong impact on self-esteem, overall well-being and quality of life of the individual. Complications require additional treatment sessions and eventual tooth loss will have consequences on the development of the surrounding structures since childhood and adolescence are the periods in life where growth of orofacial structures and development of the dentition take place. Finally, economical aspects should not be disregarded both at the level the patient (and his parents) and society (health care system).       To ensure optimal orthodontic care of children with a history of traumatized anterior teeth, certainly teeth with poor prognosis, interdisciplinary long-term management is required including the general dentist, the pediatric dentist and the orthodontist. Reports from the literature show that the knowledge on dental trauma and its implications on orthodontic tooth movement is  rather poor. " "North South South Cooperation programme (NSSCP) between VUB and University of Nairobi (UON) Kenya and University of Western Cape (UWC) South Africa." "Georges Eisendrath" "Educational Science" "The VLIR-UOS IUC programme provides a dynamic framework for institutional cooperation, including the notion of learning and flexible responses to emerging demands and/or opportunities that are being identified during its implementation. From its inception in 1997, the notion has gained ground for VLIR-UOS to gradually invite the partners themselves to offer opportunities to develop joint initiatives. As a result an IUC North South South Cooperation Fund (NSSCF) was created in 2005, following which a call to submit proposals was launched. A least 2 IUC partners of different countries have the possibility of including non IUC partners. Typically, it concerns a clearly defined activity (exchange, training etc) in which all the NSSCP partners participate, and which is financially supported by VLIR-UOS. Objectives In general, it can be stated that, as the overall IUC programme, the IUC North South South Cooperation Programme (NSSCP) will contribute to processes of institutional capacity building through: - enacing the mutual self-help capacity, and ownership with regard to the VLIR-UOS - exchanging best practices or engaging in joint activities in areas of research, education, policy and management; - contributing to linking the VLIR-UOS IUC partners to existing (Southern) networks or creating such networks in areas that Contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the partner programmes concerned." "North South South Cooperation Programme (NSSCP2011-2012): Pilot research data center - Moi University (Kenya) and Jimma University (Ethiopia)" "Bernard Manderick" "Jimma University Ethiopia, Moi University, Informatics and Applied Informatics" "The North South South Cooperation Programme (NSS) aims to stimulate and support joint initiatives from Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) partner universities and to deepen South South cooperation between them and with the Flemish counterparts. NSS projects concern clearly defined activities of exchange (best practices, joint opportunities) and training in which all the project partners participate." "Use of stereolithographic model in tooth autotransplantation and periodontal ligament stem cells for pulp revascularization and reinnervation to increase the success rate for tooth replacement in children" "Reinhilde Jacobs" "Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery - Imaging & Pathology (OMFS-IMPATH)" "Loss of permanent teeth is a particular challenge in children considering that alveolar bone growth is not yet complete and treatment approaches should adapt to both growth and developmental changes in the oral region to have the potential for long-term survival. This could be realized via autotransplantation, which is a biological approach for tooth replacement in young children. Key factor for its success is the preservation of the periodontium of the grafted tooth. However, the cut in vascular supply of the dental pulp can result in necrosis and in some cases this can lead to a loss of autotransplanted tooth. Thus the aim of this project is to compare the outcome of a novel approach using a CBCT-based surgical planning and transfer technique including a stereolithographic surgical guide and tooth replica to the outcome of a traditional autotransplantation protocol and also to explore the angiogenic and neurogenic properties of PDLSCs in order to develop a new therapeuric strategy in which topical application of specific angiogenic and neurogenic factors on the donor tooth, together with the surgical planning and stereolithographic model will improve the outcome of the autotransplantation technique." "Use of stereolithographic model in tooth autotransplantation and periodontal ligament stem cells for pulp revascularization and reinnervation to increase the success rate for tooth replacement in children" Morphology "Loss of permanent teeth is a particular challenge in children considering that alveolar bone growth is not yet complete and treatment approaches should adapt to both growth and developmental changes in the oral region to have the potential for long-term survival. This could be realized via autotransplantation, which is a biological approach for tooth replacement in young children. Key factor for its success is the preservation of the periodontium of the grafted tooth. However, the cut in vascular supply of the dental pulp can result in necrosis and in some cases this can lead to a loss of autotransplanted tooth. Thus the aim of this project is to compare the outcome of a novel approach using a CBCT-based surgical planning and transfer technique including a stereolithographic surgical guide and tooth replica to the outcome of a traditional autotransplantation protocol and also to explore the angiogenic and neurogenic properties of PDLSCs in order to develop a new therapeuric strategy in which topical application of specific angiogenic and neurogenic factors on the donor tooth, together with the surgical planning and stereolithographic model will improve the outcome of the autotransplantation technique." "Flanders in Florence: Architectural Exchanges from North to South, 1400-1600" "Pieter Martens" "History, Archeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics, Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Histories of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture" "This project will be the first to investigate the role of ‘Le Fiandre’ for Florence’s architectural culture in the period 1400-1600. It does not argue for a marked Flemish influence on Florence’s Renaissance architecture but intends to study how the intense commercial, artistic, political and military ties with the Low Countries have enriched Florence’s broad architectural culture. While the impact of Flemish painting on Florentine art is well-studied, the transfer of architectural ideas, images, materials and techniques from Flanders to Florence remains a blind spot in scholarship on Renaissance Florence’s internationalism. The project analyses what Tuscan merchant-bankers working in Flanders wrote about its local manners of building and dwelling, and how they adorned their palaces in Florence with Flemish paintings, tapestries and luxury objects. It also examines how depictions in the admired Flemish paintings of a distinctly northern, gothic architecture were perceived in Florence, where most artists, patrons and architects ostensibly favoured a totally different all’antica style. And it studies the decoration of major Florentine buildings with Flemish black marble and stained glass and with painted battle scenes and cityscapes from the Low Countries. Assessing how all these aspects interacted and evolved will enhance our understanding of a vital chapter in Europe’s cultural history and elucidate also the (perceived) characteristics of ‘Flemish’ art and architecture" "Tracing the contours of constitutionalism in climate litigation: A comparative perspective from the Global North and the Global South" "Geert Van Calster" "Institute of Private International Law" "This research project adopts a constitutional law lens for examining climate litigation. In doing so, the analysis will focus on the application, contribution, and limitations of constitutional law in addressing climate change issues before courts in certain jurisdictions within the European Union and in India. The overall aim of the research is to contribute to the literature on climate litigation in the Global South (specifically India), comparative literature on climate litigation between the Global North and the Global South, and to develop a methodology for comparative constitutionalism for climate litigation. The research objectives are to contribute to the state of the art by providing the following perspectives:1. Examining climate litigation using the lens of environmental constitutionalism and constitutional law. 2. Providing a comparative constitutional perspective between certain jurisdictions in the European Union (EU) and in India3. Providing a comparative perspective between jurisdictions with and without a climate law framework" "2nd Fall Symposium 2022 Building Beyond Borders - Reflecting on the agency of architecture for regenerative and distributive solutions in the Global North and the Global South." "Griet VERBEECK" ArcK "As a response to the extractive and exploitative character of the building sector, many universities and architectural practices in the Global North and the Global South have started to investigate other ways of designing and building that create a positive impact on both social and ecological level by searching for regenerative and distributive solutions. The Fall Symposium Building Beyond Borders is designed as a biennial event that reflects additionally on the postgraduate cycle. Initiated by the Building Beyond Borders team, the Fall Symposium sets up a broad conversation and reflection on the topic and live project of the most recent edition of the postgraduate, with the aim of establishing an international network of thinkers and doers that will lay a foundation for more regenerative and redistributive solution in the construction sector, both in the Global North and the Global South."