Projects
Hydrological and biogeochemical indicators for assessment of ecosystem health and ecological integrity of Mt. Kenya and Aberdare water towers, Kenya. KU Leuven
Water catchment areas have a tight connection between their landscape and the rivers that drain them. Catchment degradation is usually assessed using changes in vegetation cover and other land use changes inferred by GIS techniques. While such methodologies are undoubtedly useful, their sensitivity to minor temporal changes may be limited. As a complimentary approach, the hydrology and biogeochemistry of rivers can offer useful insights into ...
Life in a Hotter World: Navigating, Mastering and Metabolising Heat in and Around Nakuru, Kenya KU Leuven
This ethnography deals with following question: how does ‘heat’, understood as a cultural artefact, relate to the daily lives of people and how does it contribute to the production of new ideas about being and becoming in a Kenyan secondary city? It sheds light on urban life in Nakuru, a vibrant secondary Kenyan city of 610 000 inhabitants situated 160 km Northwest of Nairobi, and is based on 18 months of ethnographic research. Fieldwork ...
The supply side of the medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya. University of Antwerp
Carbon cycling from a catchment perspective: an integrated approach to terrestrial-aquatic linkages in the Tana River basin, Kenya. KU Leuven
Enhancing Capacity for Climate Change Resilience in Nakuru, Kenya through an AI-based Monitoring and Early Warning System for Climate Change Induced Air Pollution KU Leuven
Our primary aim is to enhance climate change resilience in Nakuru through supporting local AI-enabled innovative forecasting of climate-change induced air pollution that supports effective climate adaptation strategies in line with Nakuru's Climate Change Act, the National Climate Change Plan 2023 – 2027 and Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP). This project thrives on a collaboration between experts in data science, ...
Critical Mapping and Empowerment: Exploring the Role of Maps in Spatial Dynamics, Representation, and Collective Action amidst Rapid Urbanization in Coastal Kenya KU Leuven
The research project focuses on the nexus between Mapping, Indigenous/local communities, and social innovation/empowerment. It critically questions the notion and mechanisms of maps, their mapping processes, and how they empower or disempower indigenous/local communities, especially in urbanizing contexts. Through action research, and in an exploratory manner, the research project seeks to engage local/indigenous communities in coastal Kenya ...
Studying of enrofloxacin resistance prevalence in APEC isolates of broiler chickens in Kenya Ghent University
Current dosage regimens of antimicrobials have been determined for treatment without taking antimicrobial resistance into account. Enrofloxacin is commonly used to treat avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) infections. Hence, the first aim is to investigate the current enrofloxacin resistance prevalence in clinical APEC isolates in Kenya. Through PK/PD modelling the posology of the antimicrobial will be optimized for Kenyan broilers ...
Insects for Nutrition and Health: Development and Evaluation of Insect-based Complementary Foods for Children in Kenya Ghent University
Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia Ghent University
This project focuses on ‘Oral Literature for Development’ (OL4D) as a new line of thinking. We introduce OL4D firmly based on the belief that culture and creativity are central for all people’s development.
As a team, we see huge potential in the cultural-historical ways in which people have dealt with crisis situations through their history of literary expression, but at the same time we notice that many adolescents in Kenya and ...