Projects
Developing new professional insights. CLIL-actors'articulation of their subjective CLIL teaching and learning theories. KU Leuven
Games at school KU Leuven
Interdisciplinary Research Programme: Brussels Centre for Urban Studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Professional Roles and Employability of Future EngineeRs KU Leuven
The PREFER project (Professional Roles and Employability of Future EngineeRs) aims to reduce the skills mismatch in the field of engineering: new engineering graduates frequently display a lack of transversal skills required by the labour market. Enterprises observe a lack of self-awareness among new engineering graduates of who they are as an engineer and what their strengths are. Despite appropriate levels of technical skills, enterprises ...
Investigating elementary and (lower) secondary preservice teachers' mathematical content and pedagogical content knowledge in the rational number domain. KU Leuven
Exclusion from civic engagement of a diverse older population: Features, experiences, and policy implications (CIVEX) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
challenge not only for older people themselves but also for wider society. Moreover,
older adults continue to be at risk of social exclusion in key life domains, including
material and financial resources, social relations, access to services, community and
neighbourhood integration, and civic and cultural participation. While social
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Machine Learning for Energy Performance Prediction in Early Design Stage of Buildings KU Leuven
The early building design is an iterative process. In this process, architects and engineers evaluate different design concepts to ensure the design brief is fulfilled. The rising need for a design to adhere to certain performance has introduced building performance simulation (BPS) into the design process. Early design decisions have the highest impact on building performance. Therefore, it is important to make good design decisions at this ...
Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa. KU Leuven
All three essays that constitute this thesis empirically analyse various areas of household decision and human development: education, health and gender equality, in this very order.
Using a compilation of 86 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) rounds from 34 countries, Chapter 2 assesses the impact of household fertility on children schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Exploiting plausible exogeneity of twins birth to address ...