Projects
Assessing and predicting the impacts of extreme weather on vigour and productivity of apple and pear orchards in Flanders KU Leuven
Apple and pear production systems throughout Flanders are vulnerable to extreme weather events or episodes like frost during blooming, prolonged spring and summer drought, heat waves, storm and hail. In this PhD-project the productivity and vulnerability of apple and pear orchards throughout Flanders under current and expected extreme/exceptional weather are investigated, with a focus on drought and heat waves. The methodological focus is on ...
The educational-didactical approach of reading comprehension in primary education in Flanders KU Leuven
This doctoral research focuses on reading comprehension in primary education. This research coincides with the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) of 2021. This international study maps the reading performances of fourth grade students and gathers contextual information using student, home and teacher questionnaires. Flanders participated in PIRLS studies in 2006 and 2016. Between 2006 and 2016 a large decrease was noted, ...
The outcomes of municipal amalgamations in Flanders. Ghent University
For the first time in 42 years there are municipal amalgamations in Flanders. Despite the fact that these reforms are increasingly being questioned internationally, mergers remain popular in many European countries. This research aims to study the effects of those mergers in Flanders, both in terms of the efficiency of the municipal administration and the functioning of local democracy.
Start and coordination of the 'Nutricycle Flanders' platform Ghent University
That the European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan of 2 December 2015 proposes the reuse of raw materials, including nutrients; that the processing of nutrients from residual flows and manure in Flanders is now only partly focused on nutrient recovery; that Flanders is researching and developing technologies for nutrient recovery: that further development and upscaling of these technologies is necessary; that a platform with members ...
Greetings from the past: on the use of interjections in foreign language textbooks from Early modern Flanders Ghent University
This project focuses on interjections in spoken 16th-century Dutch, contrasted with other Germanic and Romance languages. We will investigate their semantic-pragmatic functions based on a parallel corpus of multilingual textbooks (Colloquia, et dictionariolum, 1536-1700) which we will compile. The project will also provide insight into aspects of linguistic and cultural knowledge transfer through language teaching in Early modern Flanders. ...
Integrated first line in Flanders. KU Leuven
Research into the integrated financing for an integrated first line in Flanders, a joint implementation of KU Leuven and UGent.
From Dissecting Table to Courtroom. The Professionalisation of Medico-Legal Expertise in the Early Modern County of Flanders (16th-18th Centuries) Ghent University
This research proposal aims to analyse the professionalisation of medico-legal expertise in the early modern County of Flanders. This objective will primarily be achieved by an analysis of the form and content of autopsy reports produced by medical experts who offered their services to law courts.
Much attention will be paid to comparisons between courts on different institutional levels.
ExpoVoc: Exposure to English and vocabulary learning: the unique case of young English-as-a-foreign-language learners in Flanders KU Leuven
Project "Development and application of a sports association support model for sports clubs in Flanders" Ghent University
In order to be able to evolve into a strong, sustainable, socially committed sports association, the operation (sports facilities, infrastructure, finance, administration, ....) must first have a good basic level. It is not the primary purpose of this assignment to use this. There is already a wide range of partners in the Flemish sports landscape (VSF, Dynamo, sports federations, local authorities, VTS, Sportwerk Vlaanderen, ISB, private ...