Publications

This article analyses ‘circular economy measures’ as a novel type of instrument promoting the EU's Fit for 55 objectives. Specifically, the article focuses on the legal coherence between such circular economy measures and the World Trade Organization (WTO) law. We analyse, as a case study, the coherence between the Recycled Content Requirements of the EU's new regulation on batteries (RCR), a product group central to carbon neutral mobility and ...

Re-centering late-fifteenth-century diplomacy on King Ferrante i of Naples (r. 1458–
94), this essay reconstructs a resilient Anglo-Neapolitan axis that subtly rebalanced
power against France across two thousand nautical miles. Engaging the manifesto
“Provincializing ‘New’ Diplomatic History,” it applies three injunctions – geographical
decentering, scalar analysis, and sub-elite agency – through a combined micro-macro ...

Abstract This study presents a non‐destructive geochemical and petrographic workflow to generate highresolution chemostratigraphic records across key stratigraphic intervals, exemplified by a terrestrial CretaceousPaleogene (K‐Pg) boundary sequence preserved at Starkville South (Raton Basin, Colorado, USA). To fingerprint specific Chicxulub impact ejecta and to unravel their mode and timing of deposition, we combined high‐resolution (25 μm) ...

This PhD research investigates taste and odour (T&O) devaitions in tap water. T&O have a significant impact on consumer perception and consequently on their choice between tap water and bottled water. However, detecting T&O compounds in drinking water is very complex, as these substances occur in extremely low concentrations (sub-ng.L⁻¹), show a large physicochemical diversity, and originate from different (unknown) sources. ...

Ephesus was an important harbor city that flourished during the Roman period and ancient texts mention Almaden in Spain and the Cilbian fields of Ephesus as important cinnabar sources in antiquity. This work investigates whether imported cinnabar was used and whether this could be related to changes in painting activities over time. Microscopic analysis indicates a consistent preparation of cinnabar, hinting at a uniform source material quality ...

Recent scholarship confirms that early-modern maritime workers were often married, and that sailors’ wives were far from passive economic subjects. They actively developed strategies to augment the family income while playing a role in their husbands’ private trade. Using early eighteenth-century correspondence in a microhistorical approach, this article focuses on women’s economic agency in the coastal Southern Netherlands. Instead of ...

This study examines the short- and long-run relationship between remittance and Benin household expenditure. We analysed 45 years of time series data, from 1974 to 2019, from the World Bank Open data repository using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) to cointegration model. The findings suggest no significant long-run relationship between remittance receipts and household expenditure. However, the short-run relationship is positive and ...

The pindani, Chindongo socolofi (Cichliformes, Cichlidae) is a popular freshwater ornamental fish from Lake Malawi in Africa. Although identifying parasites associated with the global ornamental fish trade is critical for developing biosecurity practices, little is known about the parasite fauna of C. socolofi. Therefore, this study sought to determine what monogenean parasites C. socolofi harbours in India. Adult specimens of this host species ...

Geopolitics has become the new buzzword in debates by and about the European Union (EU). In today’s world order run amok by geopolitical tensions and conflicts, European political leaders widely recognize that the EU should follow suit. Whenever one might situate the tipping point, it seems palpable that we are witnessing a shift from a civilian or normative towards a geopolitical power EU in the 21st century. It seems that EU foreign policy has ...

Taste and odor deviations in tap water affect many consumers and cause a preference for bottled water. However, since tap water is more sustainable than bottled water, these issues should be solved and prevented rapidly. Haloanisoles (HAs) have a very low odor threshold concentration (sub ng.L-1) and are of considerable concern since they are mainly formed in drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). Understanding their formation and ...