Projects
Project Animal Welfare, Animal Ethics and Animal Law Ghent University
This project is a collaboration between Ghent University and KU Leuven.
The research involves supervising a doctorate about the role of the animal in society with as common thread the "One Welfare" concept in which the interaction between animal and human welfare and the environment are central. "One Welfare" is considered a broadening of the "One Health" theme, with which it also partly overlaps. In recent months, it has become even ...
Exploring the Role of Non-Human Animal Workers Within the Domain of "Animal Organisation Studies". Hasselt University
Necropsy of indigenous wild animals in Flanders Ghent University
This project investigates causes of death in wild animals in Flanders
Replacement of confocal fluorescence microscope for visualisation of biological processes in humans and animals Ghent University
The confocal fluorescence microscope Leica TCS SP2 Laser Scanning Spectral Confocal System, localized in the Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is a device that is daily used by different users of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine and Health Sciences for the research on different biological processes (pathogenesis, immunopathology, embryology, …). It is the only confocal microscope at the Faculty of ...
Longing For: A design-led exploration of intimacy and sexual expression within the context of residential care for individuals of advanced age with high support needs. KU Leuven
Process Mining and Anomaly Detection in Financial Auditing Hasselt University
Context-aware adaptive and continual learning for anomaly detection in dynamic industrial settings KU Leuven
A combined framework of machine learning and extreme value theory for anomaly detection and ranking Ghent University
Anomaly detection is frequently encountered in quantitative research in the life sciences. Conventional machine learning methods are not fully adapted to deal with the identification nor the ranking of rare events. In this PhD track, we aim to combine machine learning methods with principles of extreme value theory, a field in statistics especially suited to build models of extremes.
Effects of companion animals in the (home) workplace on employee wellbeing and performance KU Leuven
The role of companion animals in the lives of employees and the potential benefits for organizations when facilitating employees’ care for their animals has been largely neglected in research to date. However, the new labour market generation of millennials surpasses baby boomers as the largest pet owning generation and will make up for up to 75% of the workforce by 2025. Organizations could respond to this reality in two main ways. First, ...