Projects
"Taxing for equality" in the personal income tax: the choice for a separate or joint tax unit? An interdisciplinary an explanatory study on the effect of international norms and organisations on the individualisation of personal income tax.. Hasselt University
The importance of internal procedural justice and trust for policing and police organizations: An interdisciplinary and comparative study. KU Leuven
Trust relationships are assumed to improve the working of government institutions. Therefore, their origins and consequences have attracted a lot of scholarly attention. However, this attention is unbalanced: much research has been done on citizens’ trust, hardly any on public officials’ trust. This general pattern strikingly recurs in the literature on the police. In this study I will scrutinize police officers’ trust by developing and ...
A comparative private law study in the EU and China of the effectiveness and legitimacy of arbitration agreements in electronic commercial contracts Ghent University
This research will focus on the emerging legal issues that arise from agreeing on arbitration in the context of electronic contracts. It will take into consideration the validity requirements of electronic arbitration agreement and the impact of public policy rules to its effects. It will examine the compatibility of fundamental principles of arbitration and unconscionable and illconsidered nature of electronic contracts.
Towards a Uniform Approach in EU Cyber Security Law? Responsibilities of Online Market Places in the E-commerce Environment as a Case Study KU Leuven
After the transition to a more digitalised world, cybersecurity incidents have skyrocketed. In the absence of legal responsibilities, undertakings are unlikely to deploy effective cybersecurity measures. This problem is caused by the undertakings' unwillingness to consider the expenses borne by society and other undertakings in the event of a cybersecurity incident. In response to this problem, the EU legislative framework imposes various ...
Interdisciplinary exploitation of the federal Herbarium and Xylarium for tropical forest management Meise Botanic Garden
Interdisciplinary Research Program: Gerontopole Brussels, centre of expertise for Gerontology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Visual idea(l)s of Law & Justice: A legal, art & cultural historical inquiry into the iconology of Belgian law (1795-1914) Ghent University
This research scrutinzes the top down communication of the notions of law, as an ideal, and justice, as one of the means to reach that ideal, from the legal and political elite towards the population via art and iconography. The focus is on Belgian legal iconography during the long nineteenth century.
A European Private Law for Investment Services? Indirect harmonization of private law by supervistory regulation versus the Draft common frame of reference. Ghent University
the research project identifies and evaluates the coordinating and conflicting interacton between the European harmonization of the supervisory regulation of financial institutions and the diverse aspects and elements of the as such not harmonized legal relationship between these service providers and their clients, with special attention for the influence of the draft common frame of reference on financial provate law.
Equality, proportionality and the duty of care in animal welfare law - One Biology, one welfare - one law KU Leuven
The research is concerned with the animal's position in society, using the concept of 'One Welfare', which focuses on the interaction between the welfare of animals, human beings and their environment. 'One Welfare' is considered to be an extension of the 'One Health' theme, with which it partly overlaps. The last few months it has become even more clear that the health and welfare of human beings cannot be seen separately from the health and ...