Projects
Sustainable Mining Research Network (CicloMin): competences for transforming environmental mining liabilities into sustainable development assets KU Leuven
This project tackles the issue of environmental mining liabilities (EML) in Peru, and reinforces the country’s institutionality for reducing the vulnerability of populations and ecosystems facing contamination hazards from long-term exposure to mine tailings. In Peru, a total of 6903 EML have been officially registered, of which around 2800 correspond to mining waste and tailings . These residues contaminate water sources, soils and air, and ...
Public procurement within the framework of the sustainable federal procurement policy: intersecting the procurement needs of the federal government with priority themes of sustainable development KU Leuven
Research project in the framework of the sustainable federal purchasing policy : the intersection of the purchasing needs of the federal government with priority themes of sustainable development.
Towards a cultural sociology of sustainable citizenship: Understanding different ways of crafting sustainable citizenship through cultural repertoires. University of Antwerp
Once sustainable, always sustainable? Pro-environmental spillover behaviour: effects of conscious and nonconscious environmental goal pursuit and environmental goal importance. Ghent University
Behavioural science has identified several interventions that increase the likelihood of sustainable choices. For example, putting a vegetarian product on a visible in-store location enhances sales of that product. In this project I look at when and how effects of a behavioural intervention in a specific purchase context spills over to consecutive purchase decisions. I demonstrate that the direction of the spillover effect is critically ...
Children as change makers in a household’s sustainable food consumption. Exploring how in-store marketing interventions targeting children can affect sustainable food literacy, -attitudes and - choices in children and their parents. Ghent University
Stimulating consumers towards more sustainable food consumption (consumption activities which provide for the needs of the current generation while preserving the needs of future generations) is becoming increasingly important for governmental and academic actors and the food industry. For retailers, it can become a path to economic growth, because providing sustainable food options can lead to positive consumer responses. Reaching children ...
Sustainable finance for sustainable agriculture and fisheries. KU Leuven
A good functioning of the European food system is key to deliver food and nutrition security for all Europeans. However, that system faces many economic, environmental and social challenges as well as opportunities following socio-economic and technological developments, that are not equally distributed throughout the EU. Future policymaking aiming at healthy and resilient systems needs to take into account this differentiation and diversity ...