Publications

In my research as an architect, I am interested in transitional moments involving the ground and the figure, - the figure/ground relationship intrinsic to the discipline of architecture. This research is driven and conducted through drawing to trace the impact of the figure on the ground and the impact of the ground on the figure. It is the quality in this exchange of forces that defines aspects of spatial identity. With this Irish landscape, I ...

The existence of a fundamental right to the protection of personal data in European Union (EU) law is nowadays undisputed. Established in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in 2000, it is increasingly permeating EU secondary law, and is expected to play a key role in the future EU personal data protection landscape. The right's reinforced visibility has rendered manifest the co-existence of two possible and contrasting interpretations as to ...

In a context where several sectors of society compete for space, land use types must be carefully designed and spatially allocated to guarantee a sufficient level of relevant ecosystem services (ES) in a territory of interest. In this respect, contemporary land use planning involves multiple, often conflicting objectives and criteria. Consequently, major benefits can be expected from spatial decision support systems (sDSS) designed to deal with ...

Today, photography as art is ubiquitous. The process through which photography since the 1960s gradually entered the oeuvres of artists of the canon and grew into one of the primary artistic media was the theme of numerous exhibitions and publications. However, how this photographic breakthrough happened in Belgium, remained a terra incognita. Therefore, this dissertation addresses the evolution and the potential particularity of the use of ...

Current transitions in the media and technology landscape go together with a shift from mass media and personal media to media for 'mass self-communication'. This is illustrated by the way that Web 2.0 or social media (like social network sites and micro- blogging) are becoming commercially engrained in Western everyday life, and the belief that the user is in the driver's seat of socio-technical innovation. However we observe a paradox. On the ...

Current transitions in the media and technology landscape go together with a shift from mass media and personal media to media for 'mass self-communication'. This is illustrated by the way that Web 2.0 or social computing tools (like social network sites and micro-blogging) are becoming commercially engrained in Western everyday life, and the belief that the user is in the driver's seat of socio-technical innovation. However we observe a ...

BACKGROUND: A small minority of countries around the globe have podiatry as a recognized profession, hence, there are considerable differences among these countries when it comes to the curricula, the duration of training and legislation regulating the profession. The growth in research led evidence based practice, and the emerging digital landscape of health care practice, occur alongside trends in disease and health behaviours that strongly ...

This paper presents a conceptual decision support system (DSS) to optimise strategic decisions in the biomass-for-bioenergy (B4B) supply chain. This DSS combines three integrated modules: (i) a generic and flexible database, (ii) an optimisation module and (iii) a query tool. The non-spatial component of the database covers the possible product types and the possible techniques to harvest, collect, store, pre-treat and convert biomass to ...