BOF ZAP Sustainability in Engineering Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
Biorefineries are key technologies for the transition to a circular bioeconomy. However, they are also capital-intensive technologies, which hinders the involvement of small-scale actors in the valuecreation process. This research aims to develop financially sustainable biorefinery business models accessible to farmers and rural communities to create value from green biomass while reducing their environmental impacts.
The overall goal of this sabbatical is to improve my understanding of the socio-territorial processes and mechanisms underpinning the nexus between sustainable socio-ecological development, social innovation and adaptation to climate change. Within this exploration, I will give special attention to the analysis of how the ambitions of gender equality and women’s empowerment play out in this nexus. To achieve this goal, this sabbatical ...
The existing building stock plays a pivotal role in transitioning towards a sustainable built environment. Building renovations in the following decades are expected to increase their contribution to achieving European carbon-neutral objectives. Therefore, the orientation of new renovation interventions may be crucial to comply with climate mitigation targets and pursue other challenges in the construction sector, such as resource scarcity. ...
Sustainability is at the core of the European Union's policy objectives, leading it to develop a wide range of regulatory initiatives targeting all stakeholders active in the internal market. In this context, the European Commission unveiled its Proposal on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive which aims to impose mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations on large EU and non-EU companies (the “Proposal” or ...