Projects
Making Amnesty international: connections, disconnections, and the uneven geography of international human rights, 1961-2001 KU Leuven
How does an organisation become international? How does it overcome the political, social, economic, cultural and material barriers to transnational collaboration - and what happens when it can't overcome them? This project explores this question by taking a global look at the creation of Amnesty International, one of the most well-known international non-governmental organisations in the world. This project will map the development of ...
Power networks and fractured modernities: a political history and geography of electrification in Palestine-Israel Ghent University
This research project investigates the ways in which electrification, and the 'roll out' of electricity infrastructures. comes to matter socially, politically, economically and spatially both symbolically and as a set of materials. An interdisciplinary analytical focus on how these 'large technical systems' are constructed and used in Palestine-Israel offers a powerful way of thinking about electricity as a complex assemblage of actors, ...
CLEARING HOUSE:Collaborative Learning in Research, Information-sharing and Governance on How Urban tree-based solutions support Sino-European urban futures Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Trees and forests are a prTrees and forests are a proven nature-based solution that contribute to sustainable urban development. Their potential for delivering ecosystem services, enhancing biodiversity and contributing to the wellbeing of urban societies is often underestimated and underused. CLEARING HOUSE provides evidence and tools that facilitate mobilising the full potential of urban forest-based solutions (UFBS) for ...
The Structure and Impact of Trans-Pacific Trade, 16th to 18th Centuries: The Manila Galleon Trade Beyond Silver and Silks Ghent University
This project will provide a radically new history of early modern trans-Pacific trade, by critically re-evaluating conventionallyused sources, examining hitherto neglected historical archives and records in a range of Asian and European languages, and analysing recent archaeological evidence using new methodologies and perspectives. An interdisciplinary team, comprising specialists in Chinese, Japanese, Latin American, Southeast Asian, ...
ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course 4Cities 2: UNICA Euromaster in Urban Studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Solidarity in Diversity KU Leuven
Over the last decade, liberal democracies in Europe have been shaken to their core by the rise of national populisms. This puts strong pressure on all forms of solidarity, especially as they cross ethnic-cultural boundaries. The increasingly successful capture of the notion of solidarity by radical right, anti-liberal democratic forces is testimony to this. The challenge for European democracies is to identify the conditions under which ...
Smart and Sustainable Host UniverCities: leveraging city-university interactions to further the twin green and digital transition KU Leuven
SUNSET aims to develop innovative research and training capacity around city-university interactions driving the EU’s green and digital transition. This twin transition is a defining element of the current EU policy agenda towards achieving climate neutrality and sustainable growth. The European Commission considers cities to be frontrunners in this transition agenda, but their transformational capacity and resilience crucially depends on the ...