Projects
New spaces of capital: The Real Estate/Financial Complex in Russia and Poland KU Leuven
English Summary
The state-finance-real estate ‘triangle’ found its most spectacular expression in
2007/8 when the collapse of the U.S. mortgage market caused an economic crisis
of global scale. Yet, even though financial news is full of implicit references to the
interaction between the three dimensions, it rarely explicitly addresses it as issue in
its own right. For this reason, Aalbers (2013b:1) has proposed the ...
Giving meaning to migration. Polish migrants in Belgium and their relatives and friends who stayed in or returned to Poland, 1945-2008. KU Leuven
Sabbatical Peter Vermeersch: Minority activism in Perilous Times: The Politics of Being Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian in Poland KU Leuven
This sabbatical period is intended to enable the development of a new research project that aims to examine how relationships between minorities and majorities change in the context of a changing international context. In particular, this project aims to study the complex political and social positions of the Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian minority communities in Poland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
When scholars study the ...
Dealing with the past in a political transformation process. The past relationship in Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic: 1989/91-2004. KU Leuven
THE IMPACT OF DEPOPULATION ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN EUROPE. A PILOT STUDY INÂ FRANCE, CZECH REPUBLIC AND POLAND. KU Leuven
Post-socialist orders in the making: Governance models, welfare systems and imaginaries of ‘good life’ in Poland, Russia and Tajikistan Ghent University
In the light of increasing contestations of the liberal order worldwide, this research project aims to investigate alternative models which emerge in the post-socialist space. By taking the cases of Poland, Russia and Tajikistan, it will analyse similarities and differences which characterise political and socio-economic orders in these countries. The project will move away from the ‘transitional’ and ‘illiberal’ lenses towards a decolonial ...
Characterisation of rhizospheric and endophytic microbial communities of the Zn-hyperaccumulator Cardaminopsis halleri, the excluder C. arenosa, and the legume species Trifolium repens from old zinc and lead waste heaps in Poland Hasselt University
Characterisation of the relation between florsitic diversity, soil microbial diversity and biogeochemical processes in a pristine wetland (Bierbza, Poland) Ghent University
With this project, we want to investigate whether there is a link between floristic diversity and microbial community structure and how this affects nitrogen biogeochemistry. The specific objectives are: 1. To study the effect of changeing plant diversity on microbial community structure and key microorganisms 2. To quantify N-biogeochemistry and the uptake of N-species by micro-organisms under varying plant diversity 3. To study whether ...