Projects
Micro-level performance effect of industry. Science links. KU Leuven
Basic Research Collaboration between Firms and University (Star) Scientists KU Leuven
Essays on innovation in multinational enterprises: R&D organization, knowledge transfer and global mindset. KU Leuven
The purpose of this project is to explore the role of university scientists as firms’ key partners in basic research. The first research objective is to explore the conditions for effective collaboration - in terms of impact on firm performance - between universities and firms. We zoom in on the role of university star scientists, i.e. leading scientists in particular fields. First, we seek to explain why certain firms collaborate ...
Breakthrough Innovations: their Origins, Diffusion and Appropriation. KU Leuven
Disaster Governance: Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability KU Leuven
English summary
Disaster governance
Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability
A social-ecological systems approach to disaster governance
In many places in the world, people are increasingly exposed to disasters. A few recent disasters illustrate the global magnitude of the problem: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the earthquake, tsunami and ...
DNA of Industrial Heritage: Deindustrialization aNd Adaptive Reuse. University of Antwerp
Managing forest ecosystem service delivery under climate change: a next generation decision support system. KU Leuven
Climate change has become a major driver of worldwide pervasive shifts in forest ecosystem dynamics. In Europe’s temperate forests, canopy mortality has doubled over the last three decades, with recent drought episodes between 2018 and 2020 exacerbating this trend, triggering die-offs and vitality declines across prominent tree species. However, climate change can also positively impact forest growth through the CO2 fertilization effect and ...