Projects
Regulatory Cooperation Between International Organizations: Uncovering Innovative International Law-Making Processes KU Leuven
International organizations have conquered an important place in international law in the past decades. With hundreds of international organizations in existence today and many working in the same fields and addressing similar issues, there is a growing need for coordinated actions and unified responses to better tackle globalchallenges. As a result, international organizations often cooperate in their regulatory activities to address gaps, ...
Brazil's contestation of global norms and its impact on international cooperation KU Leuven
This PhD focuses on the interpretation and contestation of global norms by Brazil and its effects on the possibility for international cooperation. In an era of increasing contestation but also ever growing connectivity the paradox of these simultaneously occurring phenomena calls for systematic scholarly attention. The proposed research aims to provide such a systematic and nuanced assessment of the dynamics of Brazil’s interaction with ...
Economic Sovereignty, Contestation and Cooperation in Sustainable Development Chapters of Chinese International Investment Agreements: Current Trends and Future Possibilities KU Leuven
This PhD project will contribute to the C1 CONNECTIVIY PROJECT. CONNECTIVITY's ultimate ambition is to generate novel insights into how international cooperation may be best fostered amidst the crisis of the current global order. CONNECTIVITY will generate (i) a fundamental re-thinking of theories that are built on the assumption of globally accepted values, including a critical reflection of current Western-centred conceptualisations of ...
Promoting Multi-Stakeholder Contributions to International Cooperation on Sustainable Solutions for Aquaculture Development in South-East Asia Ghent University
EURASTIP will evaluate and prepare for the launch of an international multi-stakeholder platform (MSP), so as to provide a new mechanism to create and reinforce international cooperation on sustainable aquaculture between Europe and South-East Asia and will focus on actions that will provide mutual benefit to both regions. EURASTIP, headed by the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATiP) will create and support 3 ...
Guidance mid-term evaluation (2020) and final evaluation (2020-2021) VVSG program 'Municipal International Cooperation' KU Leuven
The Municipal International Cooperation program is one of the programs implemented by the VVSG International service (Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities). Funding comes from the Belgian government. The aim of the program is to contribute to good local governance by strengthening capacity to govern in the South and local policy coherence in Flanders. To achieve this, the VVSG is working on the localisation of the SDGs and, in 9 ...
INTERLACE: INTERnational cooperation to restore and connect urban environments in Latin AmeriCa and Europe Research Institute for Nature and Forest
The project aims to:
• Advance knowledge and awareness of the benefits of restorative nature-based solutions (NbS), for healthy (peri)urban ecosystems and social, cultural and economic wellbeing
• ...
Evaluation of the Trade Union Cooperation Programme (TUCP) 2013-2016 of CNV International. KU Leuven
International Cooperation 0n Semiconductors Ghent University
The European semiconductor and semiconductor-based photonics industry aims to achieve an internationally leading role. Existing international cooperation initiatives among regions, like ITRS2 and IRDS, are paving the way. With this in mind, the EU-funded ICOS project will assist in defining topics and measures to strengthen Europe’s position in the global value chain of semiconductor and semiconductor-based photonics through cooperation ...