Projects
Terraces as a land management strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean: a long-term perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Despite their widespread occurrence, the history of terraces has
remained poorly understood due to problems with accurately dating
their construction and modification over time and determining past
cultivation practices for which they were used. This has hampered
broader research on the histories of terraced landscapes, examining
when and ...
A New Agenda for Banking Reform KU Leuven
The dramatic events of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 have led to the largest reform of global banking regulation since the 1946 Bretton Woods agreement. The primary focus of these reforms has been to prevent disruptive banking failures. But, to what extent have the post-crisis banking reforms succeeded in making the financial system more just? The aim of the proposed project is to put forward a critical justicebased account of ...
Advice to the compliance of financial products with the new Quality Standard (QS) for socially responsible and sustainable financial products. University of Antwerp
Cost of (poor) quality in healthcare KU Leuven
Healthcare institutions are putting quality and patient safety of care high on the agenda. Identifying the cost of poor quality is essential to intensify future investments in high-quality care. The financial impact of unnecessary care, poor quality or safety incidents at the level of the patient, caregiver, healthcare institutions and the government are not yet sufficiently transparent. This research aims to answer the question of what the ...
Capitalism and the Impoverishment of the Lifeworld KU Leuven
Capitalism tends to frame most aspects of human life in economic terms: human beings are seen as human resources, homes as equity, university degrees as investments, etc. While this has long been a theme for Marxist critique, there is also a phenomenological dimension to this framing that has often been overlooked. The claim I want to explore is whether and how this economic framing can impoverish the experience of the world around us. I call ...
Investigation of the construction of integrating world views Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(1) The construction of a model of the world: research ...
VR for Social Change? The efficacy and acceptance of VR experiences for prosocial purposes. University of Antwerp
TowArd sustainable foresigHt capabilitiEs for increAseD Civil Security Ghent University
With the rise of potentially disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, a particular challenge has emerged for LEAs and other civil security practitioners. Tasked with fostering safe societies and protecting European citizens from new forms of criminality, they need to pre-empt technological evolutions, turning potential threats into opportunities, and anticipate the operational future of policing.
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