Projects
A dynamic list of rogue tenants, landlords and real estate agents University of Antwerp
Blockchain and Real Estate Law : a conceptual analysis. KU Leuven
“Does the use of blockchain technology affect the conveyance process of real estate, and to which extent is the legal framework adapted to this transformation?” This project aims to spearhead a better understanding of the consequences of applying blockchain in the field of real estate law. Although blockchain technology – as a public medium for conveyance without third party intervention – seems to be by its very nature a “next step” within ...
Format of hedonistic model for estimating the normal sales value of real estate KU Leuven
The determination of the value of a home is a difficult exercise for various reasons. However, in recent years, a lot of progress has been made regarding statistical techniques that can be used as a tool for determining the actual sales value. The most common technique for a model valuation is the use of hedonic pricing models. These have various applications. This method mainly allows you to study three elements:
- it allows to ...
Hard drive philology. A genetic analysis of the literary writing process by means of Thomas Kling's poetical estate as a case study in digital forensics Ghent University
In the course of this project, the literary writing process and strategy of the German poet Thomas Kling (1957-2005) will be investigated, including manuscripts, digital born documents and traces recovered from his harddrives in the archive. The study will make use of digital forensic tools and methods to extend the range of textual genetic philology, archival studies and scholarly editions.
Discrimination on the private rental market in Belgium. Strategies and rationales of private landlords and real estate agents to exclude ethnic minorities and low income households. KU Leuven
Discrimination is a persistent issue in various societal fields, including the housing market. This PhD project focuses on the discrimination of ethnic minorities and low income households on the private rental market in Belgium. Taking the perspective of landlords and real estate agents as a point of departure, the project studies how discrimination occurs throughout the entire rental procedure.
More precisely, this PhD project wishes ...
The differential impact of real estate financialization on the political economies of Germany and France KU Leuven
Following the Global Recession of 2007-2008, the financialization of real estate has become a well studied research topic in advanced, capitalist societies and emerging economies. Yet, since financialization is a variegated and path-dependent process, local and national varieties between real estate financialization persist. This research project focuses on the financialization of real estate in Germany and France, two Continental European ...
Creditor's claims on a joint estate KU Leuven
The hypothesis of this study is that the current Belgian legislation does not contain clear guidance/rules about the creditors claims whose debtor only has a share or equitable or beneficial rights on a joint estate. Moreover, it is heavily debated which rights creditors own when their debtors only have a survivorship on a (im)movable. Based on comparative legal analysis and historical legal analysis of existing legislation, policy ...
Do European investors have to invest into Asian real estate in order to protect themselves against the current global market woes ? University of Antwerp
A precise spectrum shape measurement of the allowed Gamow-Teller transition 114In → 114Sn using a plastic scintillator and an electron tracker KU Leuven
For decades long, the Standard Model has shown to be the best theory explaining many phenomena in particle, nuclear and astro- physics. Nevertheless, there are still a great number of observations, mainly in astrophysics, which deviate from SM predictions. This has lead many physicists to devise Beyond Standard Model (BSM) theories, in an attempt to account for these observations. Many of these BSM’s include the existence of bosons with a ...