Projects
Negotiating Landed Commons and their Governance: The Case of Slow Paths in Flanders KU Leuven
This PhD research reveals the detrimental social and ecological aspects of privatisation, fragmentation and encroachment of urban and rural spaces in Flanders. It sets out to explore these aspects at the intersection of spatial planning, ownership regimes and land use rights. It aims to understand how the development of community-based shared land use patterns (Commons) in Flanders help to transcend the ubiquitous private-public divide in ...
Powerful digital learning opportunities for everyone. Towards a guideline for blended education for low-literate and NT2 students in Flemish adult education. KU Leuven
Combined learning or blended learning offers potential benefits for adult learners. Blended education makes it possible to learn independent of time and place and to work on a more customized basis. For adult learners, who often have other obligations, and for whom a course needs to match their needs and requirements as closely as possible, blended education can lower the threshold to attend a course. However, these benefits can only be ...
Online care Flanders Thomas More
Blue health solutions: harnessing aquatic resources for hydrogel wound dressings in human and animal care Ghent University
The "Blue Health Solutions" project aims to develop innovative hydrogel wound dressings by harnessing the untapped potential of aquatic resources. Focusing on sustainability and availability, our research explores the extraction of collagen from fish skin and combination with alginate. The project adopts a holistic approach to address wound healing applications for both human and animal care.
The extraction processes for collagen and ...