Projects
The Mental Models Theory and Relational Reasoning: Refinements, Extensions, and a Developmental Perspective KU Leuven
Terms expressing relations are omnipresent in everyday communication, and relational reasoning plays a vital role in daily life. Cognitive psychology largely debated on the mechanisms underlying spatial reasoning, which led to a wide consensus on the mental model approach (Johnson-Laird, 2006). Although this research line has been for a time somewhat quiescent, advancements in other domains open the possibility of gaining crucial insights in ...
Going Beyond Appearance: An integrative and longitudinal perspective on the body and identity in community adolescents and emerging adults KU Leuven
"This body is me." Previous researchers have highlighted the intricate connection between one's body and identity (Kling et al., 2018). Erikson already noted that one of the most important concomitants of achieving an optimal identity is feeling at home in one's body (Erikson, 1968). Given that both identity formation and body image come to the fore during adolescence, especially adolescents may view their bodies as their primary ...
Corporate social responsibility and managerial accounting: a stakeholder perspective. KU Leuven
During the last decades, the interest in and importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have grown dramatically, both within business as within the academic world. Whereas CSR studies in fields such as marketing, management, supply chain research and finance have been booming, accounting researchers have only recently rediscovered CSR as a theoretically important and socially relevant domain, offering many opportunities for research ...
Perspicio: the perspective drawing as unlocker in the Renaissance art painting, a development of painted spatialities KU Leuven
A game-changing perspective on intra-seasonal wood formation dynamics using high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography to elucidate leaf senescence and autumn dynamics of temperate deciduous trees in Europe. University of Antwerp
How do adolescents manage conflicts with their mothers? A developmental and micro-contextual perspective KU Leuven
Conflicts are a normative feature of parent-adolescent relationships due to the realignment of this relationship from being vertical to more horizontal. Such conflicts, however, are not necessarily detrimental for adolescent development. The way conflicts are handled or managed is of crucial importance. We focus on four conflict management styles that adolescents and mothers may use when they have disputes with each other: positive problem ...
The long-term monetization of Sagalassos. Questioning monetary production, circulation and use from a regional perspective. KU Leuven
This PhD study focuses on the long-term monetization of the ancient city of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) from the late 5th century BC until the 7th century AD, and questions the mechanisms of coin production, circulation and use at the site from a regional perspective. The research is carried out within the framework of the project ‘Comparing regionality and sustainability in Pisidia, Boeotia, Picenum and northwestern Gaul between Iron and ...
The impact of short-time work compensation schemes on worker attitudes, well-being and careers: A psychological perspective KU Leuven
The present research project is part of an overarching BRAIN-BE 2.0 project looking into the psychological and economic consequences of short-time work (STW) compensation schemes (sometimes coined “temporary unemployment”). In this PhD project, the focus is on the psychological aspects of STW compensation schemes. STW compensation schemes are public programs that allow companies facing a temporary reduction in production or demand to fully or ...
Optimal Operation of Thermostatically Controlled Loads in Residential Buildings under Uncertainty – From a Building to an Electricity System Perspective KU Leuven
Advanced control strategies, and model predictive control (MPC) in particular, are gaining widespread attention for building climate control, since they can systematically save energy and/or costs with simultaneous thermal comfort improvement, as well as adapt the energy demand in correspondence with the available (renewable/residual) supply via demand response. The performance of any MPC strategy is dependent on the accuracy of the ...