Projects
Resisting resistance: WWII resistance movements as milieux de mémoire in post-war Belgium (1945-present) Ghent University
The Second World War in Belgium is remembered personally and locally, in different and often
contrasting ways. Internationally, the Belgian memory landscape has therefore been pointed out
as a unique case study, not only because of the plurality of war memories, but especially for the
lack of national attention for the victors of the war: resistance fighters. Notwithstanding the
political usage of resistance legacy by ...
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: the use of biological control for the management of invasive aquatic weeds in Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
methods are the most widely used measures to ...
Cremations, Urns and Mobility U+2013 Ancient population dynamics in Belgium Ghent University
This project proposes to study the collections of cremated bone found in Belgium dating from
the Neolithic to the Early-Medieval period. CRUMBEL greatly improves the current
understanding of how people lived in Belgium between 3000 BC and 700 AD. Until now the
dominance of cremation as funeral practice from that period in Northern Europe led to
limited information on migrations and living conditions.
Over the ...
Drivers and consequences of individual candidates' digital campaign spending levels: The case of Belgium (2007-2019) KU Leuven
The rise of the internet brought new communication possibilities for ordinary citizens and political actors alike. In some political communication researchers' view, it creates opportunities for smaller parties and less known electoral candidates to counterbalance their lack of access to mainstream media by providing relatively inexpensive online tools to get their message out there. This led to the development of the equalization theory, ...
Disability and the Great War: the re-education of disabled soldiers in Belgium, 1914-1940. KU Leuven
Histoire croisée and cross fertilisation between Belgium and Great-Britain: Laurence Binyon, Olivier Destrée, their networks and periodicals, 1890-1930 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Behavioral adaptation to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) – A multi-method comparative study between Vietnam and Belgium Hasselt University
Testing & optimising a mobile app in Belgium for the prevention and management of COVID-19 infections Ghent University
This project aims to develop and test a digital contact mapping tool (the ‘COVered App’ to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the overarching contact tracing strategy in Flanders and Belgium. The COVered app goes beyond Belgium's current approach by combining GPS data, which records locations, with BLE technology to map contacts. It allows exchange of care-related information between eHealth and CoZo.be (Collaboratief Zorgplatform ...