Projects
Nanophotonics by Nanocrystals, from integration to single photon operation Ghent University
Phonsi is a research and training program on the development of nanophotonic devices by means of colloidal nanocrystals. Working at the cross-roads of nanomaterials and nanophotonics, it brings together multinational and start-up companies with universities and research institutes around a research programme combining the synthesis and analysis of quantum dots (QDs) with the formation of QD-based nanophotonic devices for emitting and ...
Development, implementation and evaluation of a communication model about spirituality in palliative cancer patients in Flanders. KU Leuven
Transitional care in adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease: multi-level analysis of healthcare system factors, hospital and patient characteristics impacting lanck of cardiac follow-up. KU Leuven
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in newborns, affecting about 9 per 1,000 babies worldwide. It comprises a wide spectrum of anatomical defects of the heart and/or great intrathoracic vessels that have a variable long-term impact on patients’ health status, functionalities, and overall well-being. While CHD was one of the most common causes of infant mortality around the 1960s, about 90% of children with CHD ...
The Attitude to Change in the Field of Fashion Ghent University
Change is considered inherent to fashion by people in the industry and the academy. In the contemporary field of fashion change is rarely reflected upon. This project explores and aims to account for the convergences and/or divergences in the attitudes towards change in fashion by examining the views of cultural intermediaries of fashion. The project mainly addresses contemporary attitudes towards change in fashion (1945-2010)
A comparative study of the views regarding palliative sedation in Christian traditions KU Leuven
Though palliative sedation has been the been the object of often heated societal and academic debates since the nineties of the previous century, so far little attention has been given to the specific views and attitudes of world religions regarding this topic. Given the fact that these religions can, even in a very important way, influence the attitudes of palliative patients and their families and of caregivers regarding this practice, it ...
A comparative study of the normative views regarding palliative sedation in Christian and Indian religious traditions KU Leuven
From Bias to Balance: Examining media representations, public attitudes, and campaigns in battling discrimination KU Leuven
Societies are not inclusive by default. Fighting inequality is seen as one of society’s greatest grand challenges (UN Development Programme, Strategic Plan 2022-2025). COMMunity starts from the premise that effective policymaking can only be developed when reliable monitoring indicators provide a thorough insight in social reality. Moreover, the objectives of anti-discrimination policies need to be understood. COMMunity will provide a ...
Fury: A Philosophical Analysis of the Productive Value of Women’s Anger Ghent University
Following the peak of the #MeToo movement, 2018 saw a remarkable surge in popular publications on the topic of women’s anger. These publications might reflect a shift in the popular attitude concerning women’s anger, which historically has been valued very negatively but is gaining in appreciation. While these books and articles re-examine the phenomenon of women’s anger for a broad audience, an academic counterpart is largely missing. In ...
Can I see some ID, please? Police discretion in cannabis-related ID checks and stop and searches, and their effect on police legitimacy. An ethnographic study in 2 Belgian police forces. Ghent University
The way police act in their daily police practice against the possession and use of cannabis, the most
commonly used illicit drug, is a controversial story, both in the academic - and in the political world.
The role and function of the police in the fight against cannabis remains very unclear, both with the
police and with the users. Although there is a lot of research into cannabis use and the harms done
by cannabis ...