Projects
FabLab in the border region: FabLab as a bridge between companies and educational institutions Hasselt University
Provincial cities at war. Local public spheres in German, Belgian and Dutch towns in the border region compared (1914-1919) Ghent University
The core aim of this doctoral research is to write an international comparative history about local public spheres in a border region during the First World War. Public spheres are central spheres of social life. If we want to understand the various changes and its consequences for everyday life, it is absolutely necessary to examine the transformation of the public spheresduring wartime.In order to attain significant results, we are dealing ...
Sustainable aquaculture in the border region Flanders-Netherlands Ghent University
This project aims to develop the aquaculture sector to sustainable economic activity in the border region. This tries to do it by conducting research into the potential for sustainable farming of fish and shellfish and for growing vegetables saline, in order to further commercialization of sustainable farming techniques. Also educating future entrepreneurs and resolve questions from the sector are part of the project.
FabLabs in the border region. KU Leuven
INTERREG IV - project that examines how Fablabs can best bridge the gap between companies and educational institutions.
Borderland(s) in motion: Borders, mobility and history in the Lake Kivu region Ghent University
Historical research on and about the border between Rwanda and the DRC (ca. 1880-1962)
Labour relations and border regimes in a pandemic scenario. A comparative study of migrant labour in the EU agro-industrial sector KU Leuven
EU economies’ structural need for low-cost foreign labour is usually invisibilized by nationalistic and populist discourses on immigration. Similarly, border and migration studies tend to overlook states’ role in sustaining the demand of employers for low-cost migrant workers. However, the shortage of labour in the agro-industrial sector of western EU countries during recent border closures was calculated at around one million workers – ...
Borders, a blessing in disguise? A structural analysis of tourism and regional development processes in European borderlands KU Leuven
Solutions for regional development questions are increasingly sought in cross-border cooperative arrangements. The tourism sector is often assigned with a high potential in this regard due to the sector’s alleged contributions to the economic viability and quality of life in rural destinations, and the assumed ease with which cross-border tourism projects can be initiated. However, the underlying mechanisms behind tourism-related regional ...
Definition of the formal stratigraphy of layers recognised in cored wells and penetration tests in order to draw regional maps for type areas on basis of geological and geotechnical properties Ghent University
Input of stratigraphic interpretation of geotechnical data in the geological database of the subsoil of Flanders (DOV) and transformation into user-friendly maps for a series of type area