Projects
The Greening of EU Trade? The Effectiveness of Environmental Provisions in EU trade agreements Vrije Universiteit Brussel
provisions in EU trade agreements. Environmental provisions are the
key policy instrument in place to govern the trade-environmentnexus. However, there is conflicting evidence on their effectiveness.
Scholars disagree whether environmental provisions can have an
environmental effect and whether they have an effect on the ground.
This study offers to ...
The systemic risks of EU law. The possible contribution of EU agencies to mitigation policies in the area of network services. University of Antwerp
Optimizing the collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy technique for studies on exotic neutron- rich Cu isotopes near the N=50 magic shell gap KU Leuven
A very important observation in nuclear physics is that there are certain nuclei with configurations of protons and neutrons that have noticeably different properties. These are often referred to as ‘magic nuclei’, and are essential to our understanding of nuclear theory. A key question is to what extent our knowledge on the readily available magic nuclei can be extrapolated to more and more exotic cases. My research will focus on getting an ...
The Role of EU Delegations in Climate and Energy Diplomacy in a Contested World Order KU Leuven
This dissertation focuses on how European Union (EU) Delegations and Offices, as the EU’s quasi-embassies in more than 140 locations across the globe, implement the EU’s climate and energy diplomacy. By putting the EU Delegations at its centre of analysis, the study offers novel insights into how EU diplomacy works ‘on the ground’, namely in a more continuous and comprehensive fashion, compared to summit diplomacy or the specific activities ...
Do the EU and relevant national legal frameworks provide for a fair allocation of data control and responsibility in the context of precision medicine? A case study of clinical trials KU Leuven
Clinical research relies on patient participation and the use and (re-)use of sensitive personal data. Moreover, several types of research are heavily dependent on exchange of data between countries (e.g., precision medicine trials), and all health research would benefit from greater, meaningful cross-border collaborations, as shown during the COVID-19 crisis. However, the current legal system for the conduct of cross-border research in the ...
EU decision-making with regard to international negotiations in first pillar domains: a comparative principal-agent analysis. KU Leuven
The Transparency-Secrecy Trade-off in European Union Trade Policy: Explaining Informalisation and Transparency in EU Decision-making on International Negotiations. KU Leuven
There exists today a wide-spread belief that decision-making in the European Union (EU) mainly takes place behind closed-doors, in secret backrooms and informal conversation in the corridors. In the case of EU trade policy, a perception of secretiveness due to the widespread use of informality has sparked extensive criticism from both public and parliamentary actors. At the same time however, the European Commission (Commission) as the main ...
The role of the constitutional traditions of the Member States in de judicial application of EU-law. Is there room for constitutional pluralism within the EU. KU Leuven
Price differentiation from an EU legal perspective. An intradisciplinary study into the scope, systemic coherence and adequacy of the regulatory framework. KU Leuven
Price levels for consumer products diverge extensively in the EU, both between Member States (e.g. lower medicine prices in countries with low per capita income) as well as between individual consumers within Member States (e.g. student and employee discounts). This phenomenon, whereby the same provider sells identical products for different prices and such differences are not motivated by different costs, is called price ...