Projects
Improving quantitative research methods in socio-economics: A systematic analysis of stakeholder evaluation research Ghent University
In line with my broad, empirical field of expertise in quantitative research in socio-economics, this research project will focus on methodological improvements and innovations in stakeholder evaluation in the agri-food sector, which is tightly connected to the domain of meta-research. I mainly aim to generate knowledge about decision-making of chain actors, by which both secondary and primary data will be scrutinized. More in particular, ...
Tree and wood quality research for the Flemish forest and wood sector: evaluation of properties and uses of wood from sustainably managed stocks, supporting the research assignments of INBO Ghent University
This project includes the following priority research points: A. In the context of sustainable forest management and ecological afforestation, longer operating times and more hardwoods are central, is a techno-economic evaluation of the production of the under this policy produce wood necessary. B. Within the framework of the various selection programs programs at the Institute for Forestry and Game Management is looking for cooperation for ...
Evaluation research on the implementation of the budget for basic support for persons with disabilities. KU Leuven
The central aim of this research is the monitoring and primary evaluation of the phased implementation of the budget for basic support (BOB) for persons with disabilities. The main research question is: for whom and for which the BOB is used for, where are opportunities and bottlenecks and which actions for improvement can be formulated.
Action research around the use of complexity oriented monitoring and evaluation approaches in global citizenship projects. KU Leuven
Research stay in HEP Vaud in the field of evaluation engineering. Hasselt University
The development, operationalisation and validation of a core outcome set for the evaluation of palliative sedation in clinical research and practice. Ghent University
Extensive debate surrounds the practice of palliative sedation (PS, i.e. sedative drugs to lower consciousness in patients nearing death), particularly given reports of improper application, suboptimal performance and poor communication. Initiatives undertaken to date to evaluate and improve PS were focused on a single outcome domain unlikely to reflect overall sedation quality and thus, leading to an incomplete evaluation of the overall PS ...
Evaluation of Scientific Publications to Predict the to be Expected Research Quality in Collaborations with External Service Providers KU Leuven
There is a strong trend in the pharmaceutical industry to externalize research and to outsource non-clinical studies to external service providers (academia, biotech, contract research organizations, etc.). At present, Janssen Pharmaceutica performs quality assessments of ESPs with the help of a self-assessment questionnaires to evaluate the risk towards biased study outcomes, data integrity and traceability required in non-clinical, non-GxP ...
Exploratory research and process evaluation of the offense-oriented context counseling within juvenile delinquency law KU Leuven
In this research, an exploratory inventory is made of the functioning and various scientifically substantiated methodologies of the sixteen Flemish services that are recognized for modules of offense-oriented context guidance. We hereby pay attention to the offense-oriented context counseling as an autonomous response, or shared in the context of a 'forensic trajectory' (combination with closed counseling within the community institutions). ...
Evaluation research of the new targeted employment policies in Flanders based on a reduction of social contributions to the employer KU Leuven
This research aims to evaluate the so-called targeted employment policies in the Flemish Region of Belgium for the first time after its regionalization in 2014. The instrument used consists of targeted hiring subsidies for employers through a reduction in social security contributions. These are (mostly) newly recruited employees in the lowest wage categories belonging to one of the following three groups: low and middle qualified young ...