Projects
Recalibrating the base of the Palaeozoic food chain : towards a quantified link between progenitor plankton, the ancient carbon cycle and one of the largest mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth Ghent University
Marine phytoplankton grow via photosynthesis by fixing carbon from CO2 in the atmosphere. Carbon (C) in these tiny organisms serves as the base of the food chain. The balance between the C returned to the atmosphere upon death and decay of these algae (and their consumers) and that sequestered and buried in sediments controls much of the Earth’s C-cycle. Disruptions of this complex C balance may have triggered changes in the planet’s climate, ...
Food from Somewhere? Urban Households, Access to Land and Alternative Food Entitlements in the Late Medieval City. University of Antwerp
Shock cities. Food Prices and Access to Food in Flemish Cities during the Age of Shocks (1280-1370). University of Antwerp
Children as change makers in a household’s sustainable food consumption. Exploring how in-store marketing interventions targeting children can affect sustainable food literacy, -attitudes and - choices in children and their parents. Ghent University
Stimulating consumers towards more sustainable food consumption (consumption activities which provide for the needs of the current generation while preserving the needs of future generations) is becoming increasingly important for governmental and academic actors and the food industry. For retailers, it can become a path to economic growth, because providing sustainable food options can lead to positive consumer responses. Reaching children ...
Environmental and Rural History of Urbanised Societies (Sabbatical) University of Antwerp
Military Violence and its (Dis)Contents in Colonial Congo: Sharing the Records, Writing the History Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Social Justice, Identity Construction and National Identification: A Social History of War Nationalism in Belgium, 1914-1925 Ghent University
This study on national identification in Belgium during and immediately after the German
occupation will examine to what extent and in what ways diverse social groups used national
sentiment to negotiate a reality radically altered. World War I is a crucial focus for nationalism research in Belgium, representing both the summit of Belgian nationalism and a cut-off point where a competing Flemish nationalism gained momentum. However, ...
Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt. Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
paradigms of ancient diet and nutrition. It has long been held that one-sided and low-quality diets, largely
comprised of foodstuffs with high levels of anti-nutrients and poor in micronutrients, resulted in chronic
malnutrition. Recently, these views have been challenged on the grounds of being anachronistic since the
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Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt. Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition. KU Leuven
The AGROS project challenges the main assumptions underlying the current historical and archaeological
paradigms of ancient diet and nutrition. It has long been held that one-sided and low-quality diets, largely
comprised of foodstuffs with high levels of anti-nutrients and poor in micronutrients, resulted in chronic
malnutrition. Recently, these views have been challenged on the grounds of being anachronistic since the ...