Projects
Investigating Himalayan landscapes within the challenges of climate change: Comparing complexities between ‘adaptive’ ambitions and ‘urbanizing’ realities in South Asia. KU Leuven
This research studies the peculiarities of the ‘highly operational’ Himalayan landscape which urbanizes by ‘harnessing’ its natural resources. The research investigates and interprets it through the lens of environmental studies a host of concurrent challenges, including climate change, frequency of natural disasters, overpopulation, and resource exploitation. It proposes the study of the landscape as a ‘complex surface’, which is fragmented ...
Back to the Roots. Agroforestry and the Rediscovery of Roman Viticulture (200 BC - AD 200) Ghent University
The history of Italian viticulture between the Late Republic and the High Empire (ca. 200 BC-AD 200) remains very much unwritten. The application of modern-day schematic and bi-sectorial economic concepts to the Roman (wine) economy has produced a flawed but resilient view of Roman commercial viticulture as a proto-capitalist business driven by slave-run estates exploiting intensive vineyards that primarily focused on export. Inspired by the ...
Phage biocontrol of crazy roots and its ecological impact KU Leuven
Due to the ever increasing prevalence of resistance to antibiotic, alternative treatments for infectious diseases are searched. Plant diseases are no exception and today, spraying antibiotics on the fiels is already forbidden in Europa. A promising alternative is phage biocontrol, in which virusses are used to treat bacterial plant pathogens. During this PhD, the potential of phages to treat hairy root disease will be investigated. This ...
The house's honour (ghar kī 'izzat): a study of shame in north Indian children and women's periodical and didactic literature (1870s-1940s) Ghent University
A crucial step towards understanding and explaining better socio-cultural norms and historical practices and thus facilitating intercultural dialogue is the consideration of affects. Focusing on a critical moment of the history of India, which saw the refashioning of social norms of behaviour, this project explores the most social emotion, shame, and its expressions in Hindi and Urdu-language literature for women and children to shed light ...
Astroparticle Physics with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole and a High-Energy Extension - SRF mandate Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tick-Bone Infections in the North Sea Region - A competence network to improve public service delivery based on a one health perspective full application in Call 9 (NORTH THICK). University of Antwerp
Mid-term evaluation of the FOS-SOLSOC-ISVI / IFSI 2017-2021 program: North KU Leuven
This mid-term evaluation focusses on the effectiveness of involving the South partners of the three organisations in their North programmes (education and lobbying & advocacy). In addition, advice is given regarding the monitoring and evaluation system of the programme.
A comparative evaluation of the South African tax regime for investments using trusts Hasselt University
Feasibility study scaling up police zones in Northwest and South Limburg Ghent University
At the request of the Limburg governor, a preliminary study is being conducted on the possibilities and feasibility of a merger between the police zones Sint-Truiden-Gingelom-Nieuwerkerken, Canton Borgloon, Tongeren-Herstappe and possibly also the police zone Bilzen-Hoeselt-Riemst. The study provides answers to the following questions:
RQ1. What is the level of support for a merger among those in charge of the police zones in the ...