Projects
The meaning of the precautionary principle in administrative law Ghent University
The government is increasingly confronted with dangerous or high-risk situations that emanate great scientific uncertainty, but which do require government action. The corona pandemic is the most recent example, which has led to a global health crisis, but for which science cannot (yet) offer conclusive solutions to protect people and the environment. How does the government deal with this uncertainty?
The law offers a possible way ...
Damages Assessment and Evaluation Methods of Energy Infrastructures in International Investment Law: Dissecting the Interplay with Climate Change and Trade Law and Policy. Hasselt University
Sustainable development and human rights law (SUSTLAW). University of Antwerp
Designing an adequate legal framework for protection and valorisation of cultural heritage as a pilot for an integrated spatial planning law. KU Leuven
Designing an adequate legal framework for protection and valorisation of cultural heritage as a pilot for an integrated spatial planning law.
This research consists in a comparative analysis (the federated entities of Belgium, the Netherlands, England and France) of the legal framework for protection and valorization of cultural heritage.
The Flemish cultural heritage legislation is fragmented. Within the heritage ...
Determining the content of ‘due regard’ as found within the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and used as the key to reconciling different uses of the seas Ghent University
Despite the vast space the seas cover, more than ever there is competition for maritime space for shipping, renewable energy, fisheries and aquaculture, environmental protection of habitats and species and mining. This research aims to assist in harmonizing the competing interests at sea, specifically with respect to the exclusive economic zone, the high seas and the seabed of areas beyond national jurisdiction. This will be done by ...
Principles of good citizenship : towards a reciprocal administrative law KU Leuven
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A legal analysis of online intimidation tactics that aim to silence environmental defenders Ghent University
The proposed research analyses online intimidation of individuals who speak out or report on environmental matters. The chilling effect of such practices can create an environment in which public and social watchdogs are less likely to express their opinions or report on certain issues in order to prevent further harassment, which essentially restricts their human rights (freedom of expression, right to privacy and right to association and ...
Environmental Migration: “The New Normal” How to address the current legal impasse and protect environmentally-induced migrants KU Leuven
The nexus between environmental change and migration is not newly emerged; however, the academic debate around its exact relationship is rapidly growing. Undeniably, it is difficult to establish straightforward links between environmental degradation and human mobility. Therefore, in order to examine the state of art and understand this multifaceted phenomenon, this project will explore the persistent definitional quagmire. The lack of a ...
Sabbatical Bert Keirsbilck: Sustainability in European and Belgian business law KU Leuven
1. During this sabbatical period I want to work thoroughly on the further development and substantive interweaving and deepening of my ongoing research in the field of sustainability in European and corporate law. The main goal is to write two English-language top publications that tie together the existing sustainability research (by myself and our PhD students) and emphatically frame it within a broad and new theory about the role of ...