Projects
Purchase of small laboratory equipment for the "Environmental Science Department", Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines Project: "Implementation of cconstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in the Philippines Part I: Pilot-scale S Ghent University
The promotor of the ICP Environmental Sanitation opts for a small research fund for graduated ICP scholars employed at the same institution (i.e. the Environmental Science Department, Ateneo de Manila University). With this fund, small laboratory equipment can be pruchased for the department, so that graduates can put the acquired knowledge into practice. In the first instance, the laboratory equipment will be used in the framewordk of the ...
The Philippines and Equatorial Guinea in the Spanish Literary Production of the Early Francoism (1939-1955). University of Antwerp
Exploiting and exploring food upcycling for energy conservation, sustainable livelihood, and food security in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines Ghent University
This project embarks on an exploration of food losses and wastes in the vegetable industry of the CordilleraAdministrative Region in the Philippines. Marked as the country's most abundant highland farming sector, thisregion suffers acutely from multiple accounts of post-harvest losses, and these are exacerbated by the lack ofwell-defined waste management programs. The impacts of these losses are severe - ranging from decliningfarmer profits ...
The rise of non-communicable diseases, and implications for health care delivery and health programmes in the Philippines Institute of Tropical Medicine
Thinking about Religious Education as 'Pag-alalay': A postcolonial, empirical and theological study into the theory and practice of Catholic religious education in the Philippines KU Leuven
For contexts like the Philippines, where the majority of the people are religious and where the Catholic religion has been entangled with a history of oppression of peoples, the challenge for religious education is to reimagine both the content and methodology of religious education. Thereby it is important that it promotes inclusive care and just relations inside and outside the classroom. In dialogue with postcolonial theory, practical ...
Because We Need to Live: Exploring Healing at the Intersections of Trauma and Postcolonial Experience in the ‘War on Drugs’ in the Philippines KU Leuven
In 2016, the so-called ‘war on drugs’, a nationwide anti-illegal drugs campaign in the Philippines, has resulted to thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings and thousands more of left-behind families. Among them is a group of widows, mothers and orphans in an impoverished community of Payatas B, Quezon City. How does healing take place and critically understood within this context? The study posits that the experience of survival in the ...
Strengthening Entrepreneurial and Networking Capacity of Cocoa Farming and Processing Households in Bicol Region, Philippines Ghent University
The large potential of the Philippine cocoa industry is underexploited. Given that 90% of cocoa farmers are smallholders, leveraging this sector requires the right support mechanisms, from development to marketing. This South Initiative aims to improve the livelihood of small-scale cocoa farming and processing households by improving their agricultural and post-harvest practices and strengthening entrepreneurial competencies. Thereby, it ...
Design and implementation of a Webbased Multimedia Database on the church organs of the Philippines. KU Leuven
Nudging consumers towards healthier rice-based diets: Estimating the value of healthier rice varieties in the Philippines Ghent University
Rice is integral in consumers’ diets in the Philippines. However, preference for polished white rice leads to micronutrient deficiency due to the milling process. We study how healthier rice varieties can be integrated into consumers’ rice-based diets through expert elicitation workshops, consumer surveys and experimental auctions. The results will aid policymakers in designing nutrition interventions towards healthier rice-based diets....