Projects
Global Fertility Chains: a feminist political economy of outsourced reproduction from Israel to Ukraine and Georgia Ghent University
In what is framed as a "new" kind of post-Fordist niche, called the reproductive bio-economy, organised around the flow of reproductive materials and organs, women are increasingly commercialising their bodies by working as oocyte vendors, surrogate mothe
Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of GM crops in Bangladesh: FarmersU+2019 willingness to adopt, benefit distribution and stakeholdersU+2019 analysis Ghent University
Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops are well documented but there has been much less focus on farmer attitudes, perception and willingness to adopt GM crops as well as the distribution of benefits from GM crop adoption. This research aims to evaluate current and future GM crops in Bangladesh from farmersU+2019 and different stakeholdersU+2019 perspective.
The politics of afterlives: Martyrs, sovereignty and the making of Kurdish political community Ghent University
How do dead people shape politics? In the Middle East and beyond, the dead recurrently stand at the heart of political contestations over sovereign power, whether they are celebrated or condemned, exalted or disowned, worshipped or mutilated. This researc
Analytical project control methods for corrective actions to achieve project success Ghent University
A project is a temporary endeavour with a specific goal (e.g. the construction of a railway station) and consists of several components (i.e. activities, a project network and resources). Often, projects do not meet their goals or suffer from delays or co
Post-colonial state building, dispossession and its resistances in Morocco and Tunisia Ghent University
This project aims to offer an innovative re-reading of the dynamics of social and political transformation in North Africa. Starting from the hypothesis that mechanisms of dispossession alongside processes of privatizing U+201Cthe commonsU+201D, which can be traced
Convention Actiris: Diversity plan Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Convention is part of the VUB strategy to obtain the ACTIRIS Diversity Label as a result of its Equality Policy Plan 2019-2020.
Searching for partners via friends: implications for household formation and economic decisions University of Antwerp
The aim of this project is to understand the interplay between the search for partners, household formation and economic decisions. Making an investment in the ability to search for a better partner affects the characteristics of the match, but also the bargaining position in the relationship by determining the quality of the outside options in case of divorce.We will introduce search frictions in the marriage market proposing a matching model ...
DISpATch: Digital twin for synchromodal transport Hasselt University
The DISpATch project will focus on organizational and technical enablers for seamless synchromodal transport services in Flanders. Given the real-time dynamics and flexible nature of synchromodal transport, different actors and transport modalities need to work together and adapt according to unexpected events as well as contextual information that affect transport processes. These events and contextual information can be positive or negative ...
Examining Driving Behavior of Adults with Higher Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders to Develop and Evaluate an Innovative Driving Instructor Training Program Hasselt University
The current project aims to comprehensively investigate driving behaviors as well as related psychological characteristics of novice drivers with ASD. For this, we use self-report measures and a driving simulator. The to-be-developed simulated driving scenarios can serve as validated assessment tools in future research. Furthermore, this project targets the development of innovative training modules for the driving instructors to equip them with ...