Projects
The Economic Theology of Neoliberalism: Foucault and Agamben on the History of Governmentality KU Leuven
Foucault's lectures on the emergence of neoliberal governmentality have been an influential source on the study of neoliberalism today. I argue that Foucault's approaches, however, also possesses some limits. It does not address why governmental rationalities display historical continuities, the mutual affinity between neoliberalism and Christian forms of thought, and how neoliberal regimes exclude surplus populations. I turn to Agamben's ...
Integration of ecology, sociology and economics in water policy by means of a policy support system. University of Antwerp
Integration of biology and engineering into an economical and energy-efficient 2G bioethanol refinery Ghent University
ProEthanol brings together researchers from the EU and Brazil to improve the overall operation of bioethanol plants from a biorefinery perspective. Ghent University will focus on the valorization of the side streams within this biorefinery using bioelectrochemical systems.
Towards sustainable and dynamic management of subsurface activities (GEOLOGICAL ECONOMICS). University of Antwerp
Systemic analysis of dam-driven transitions of downstream alluvial plains in Ethiopia. University of Antwerp
OSIRIS - Tracing Metropolitan Brussels water routes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Integration of geoscientific data and uncertainties in techno-economic forecasting on CO2 capture and storage KU Leuven
Global warming and the associated climate change can, with overwhelming evidence, be directly linked to the increasing emission of greenhouse gasses by human activities, with CO2 being the most important one. The increase of the mean global temperature has many effects on the natural environment, of which some are considered to be very harmful to the current human society. Under the 2015 Paris agreement, it was therefore internationally ...