Projects
Contribution of biodiversity to training and food security in the northeastern Congo Basin (Kisangani, DR Congo) Meise Botanic Garden
Understanding responses and resilience of central Congo basin forests to a changing environment - FORMONCO II in DR Congo Ghent University
Impact of trace elements exposure on the incidence of congenital malformations in newborn in the mining areas of South-Kivu, D.R. Congo. KU Leuven
Clinicians suspect an increased incidence of visible congenital birth defects in newborns in artisanal mining areas in South Kivu. This activity is not controlled by preventive health authorities and the artisanal miners donot have protective measures against trace elements exposure, nor do the families living around, which may lead to birth defects linked to trace element poisoning.
Many different metals, trace elements, and derivatives ...
Optimising community antibiotic use and infection control with behavioural interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo Institute of Tropical Medicine
Preventie van Diabetes type 2 en zwangerschapsdiabetes bij vrouwen van reproductieve leeftijd in Kisantu, DR Congo Institute of Tropical Medicine
Het ontwikkelen van effectieve strategieën rond gezonde voeding en beweging voor vrouwen van vruchtbare leeftijd.
In vijf gezondheidscentra zet de uitvoerder een gezamenlijke strategie op i.v.m. prenatale zorg, met een specifieke opdracht in diabetesmanagement.
An assessment of the relation between carbon storage and biodiversity in lowland rainforest in DR Congo University of Antwerp
The conundrum of violence against civilians: Explaining civilian abuse by armed forces in the eastern DR Congo Ghent University
The eastern DRC has been mired in ongoing violent conflict for more than two decades. Civilians bear the brunt of this violence, which is mostly committed by armed forces. This research project examines the patterns of and processes underlying civilian abuse in the eastern DRC, aiming to explain when and why armed forces commit abuses against civilians and their property.
Development of a platform for long-term integrated forest ecosystem monitoring in DR Congo - FORMONCO Ghent University
Tropical forests are an important element of DR Congo's natural capital (e.g. accounted via UN-REDD). However,
capacity and efforts for environmental and ecological research in DR Congo's forests are marginal as compared
to the Amazon basin. To close this gap science-based and structured efforts should be put in place urgently.
The goal of this 2-year project is the development of an operational benchmark ...
Ambient Technologies: An Ethnography of Extractive Pathways in Eastern DR Congo KU Leuven
This doctoral research focuses on the historical trajectories of mining technologies, from colonial infrastructures to current manual and motorized practices in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim is to understand how the use, modifications and narratives around current technologies in extractive practices attend to a wider post-colonial setting, economy and culture. On the ...