Projects
Boy, that escalated quickly: protest and the contagious nature of scope expansion. University of Antwerp
Tracing the Roots of Resistance: Critical Communities and the Protest against Genetically Modified Organisms in Belgium, The Netherlands and France Ghent University
Understanding urban protest in a context of war: An ethnographic analysis of ‘urban political terrains’ in Eastern DRC. Ghent University
Tracing the Roots of Resistance: Critical Communities and the Protest against Genetically Modified Organisms in Belgium, The Netherlands and France Ghent University
The aim of this project is to uncover the historical roots of the anti-GMO movement in Belgium, The Netherlands and France. By using archival sources and oral history, this research hopes to explain how in the eighties, a “critical community” of thinkers and activists succeeded in mobilizing a vast network of NGO’s opposed to the genetic modification of crops.
Understanding urban protest in a context of war: An ethnographic analysis of ‘urban political terrains’ in Eastern DRC Ghent University
This research project offers a theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of the complex forms of urban political resistance, activism and protest in the war-torn region Congo. This will be operationalized by an ethnographic study in three cities in Eastern DRC.
EU Protect KU Leuven
Exploring levan oligosaccharide-producing organisms to protect strawberry fruit KU Leuven
Novel approaches to develop alternatives for the use of agrochemicals, e.g. fungicides, are urgently needed. Application of biocontrol microorganisms and natural compounds leads to more sustainable and environmentally friendly disease-control on important crops. Strawberry is a highly popular small fruit crop worldwide with a significant economic importance and a large market share in Europe. In Estonia and Belgium strawberry is the most ...
The state's obligation to protect economic and social rights against violations by transnational corporations: health litigation in a context of resource extraction. Ghent University
Transnational corporations (TNCs) are in principle not directly bound by human rights norms, but states are obliged to protect the rights of their citizens against violations by TNCs. However, as developing countries want to maintain an attractive investment climate, they do not appropriately regulate the activities of TNCs. The project analyzes whether the obligation to protect can be enforced through litigation.
Immunization of broiler breeders to protect progeny against Campylobacter infections Ghent University
This project investigates the role of maternal antibodies in protecting broiler chickens against
Campylobacter infections. It comprises three work packages: 1/ a cost-benefit analysis, 2/ a field study
on antibody levels in chicks and their relationship with onset of infection, and 3/ immunization of
breeders to look into the protective effect of maternal antibodies against campylobacter infection in
their progeny.