Projects
Conect4children - Collaborative Network for European Clinical Trials For Children Ghent University
c4c (conect4children) is a large collaborative European network that aims to facilitate the development of new drugs and other therapies for the entire paediatric population.
It is a pioneering opportunity to build capacity for the implementation of multinational paediatric clinical trials whilst ensuring the needs of babies, children, young people and their families are met.
c4c is committed to meeting the needs of paediatric ...
Diaspora Communities in Transitional Justice. Analysing truth seeking measures with a case study on Argentina. KU Leuven
Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the present proposal aims to investigate the role of diaspora communities in transitional justice (hereinafter TJ) processes in order to contribute to a better understanding of the underexplored relationship between TJ and forced displacement. The first aim of the study is to examine the place of diaspora specifically in truth –seeking measures: how and to what extent these measures, particularly those ...
Collective representation of professional & managerial staff in companies within the metal and technology industry: an investigation into practices in companies and regulations KU Leuven
The study tries to find out what the actual situation is of collective representation for professional and managerial staff via trade union and non-trade union structures. This is done by questioning the management, representatives and the staff themselves. In addition, there is an international section whereby through a literature study and interviews the situation in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy is being reviewed.
Understanding responses and resilience of central Congo basin forests to a changing environment - FORMONCO II in DR Congo Ghent University
Non finito: Michelangelo, Rilke, and the Poetics of the Fragment Ghent University
The project reevaluates the relation between modern theories of literary, psychoanalytical, and philosophical fragmentation and Michelangelo Buonarroti’s late artistic style, non finito. The research explores the influence of Michelangelo’s poetry on Rainer Maris Rilke’s oeuvre and the latter’s translation of Michelangelo’s poems, as well as the development of later variations of non finito in Modernism.
The second module of the project ...
Remembering the City of Life KU Leuven
In September 1919 a group of volunteers headed by the Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio occupied the town of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) to claim its annexation to Italy. During the occupation, which lasted till December 1920, Fiume became a unique political and artistic labyrinth, attracting all sorts of political activists as well as many Italian and foreign avant-garde artists. Extensive scholarly attention has been devoted to the ...
The Political Economy of Euroscepticism, Referenda and Primaries in an Integrated Europe KU Leuven
In recent decades voters in Europe and North America have become less loyal to political parties. Support for mainstream parties has declined and radical populist parties prosper. In the European Union (EU) this evolution has led to more Euroscepticism. One way mainstream politicians have responded is by giving voters a more direct role in the political process. Examples include the use of referenda on EU-related issues in the Netherlands and ...
Addiction Recovery as a Spiritual Journey: A Theological Case Study of Transformation Through the Entanglement of Bodily and Spiritual Practices in the Cenacolo Community KU Leuven
This research approaches the role of Christian spirituality in the context of faith empowering practices in drug addiction related care. It is developed around the case study of the Cenacolo Community, a Christian grassroots movement founded in Italy and now spread worldwide, aiming to transform the life of drug addicts through faith-based bodily practices. How spiritual and bodily dimension interact within the Cenacolo method will be ...