Projects
Prestige as explanatory factor for borrowability: a Cognitive Contact Linguistic approach. KU Leuven
Why do the Dutch refer to their best friend as their 'soulmate' instead of their 'zielsvriend'? Why do the French use 'pipole' to talk about 'celebrities'? More generally, why do people borrow words from other languages? The two most popular answers linguists have provided are lexical gaps and prestige. It is not hard to understand the importance of lexical gaps: new objects or concepts need new names, and borrowing words is a convenient way ...
Publishing between profit and prestige: An empirical analysis of the Swedish literary publishing field in today’s age of digital production and globalisation. Ghent University
In recent years, the publishing landscape has experienced significant changes that have shaped the way books are now produced, mediated and consumed. Market constraints have given rise to large publishing corporations/media conglomerates, the growth of retail chains and the increasing power of literary agents, resulting in a highly polarised publishing field, with a small number of large publishing groups and a large number of medium and ...
PRESTIGE: PREvention of Late Stent Thrombosis by an Interdisciplinary Global European effort. KU Leuven
In search of the pristine environments in the lowland river system of Flanders for assessing the impact of past human occupation on current phosphate concentrations Ghent University
The Flemish region cannot cope with the guidelines set out in the European Water Framework
Directive for good water quality, mainly due to excess nutrients. Over 80% of the rivers and lakes
exceed the phosphate (P) limit. The P concentrations in surface water fail to decrease despite
reduced P emissions during the last 20 years. We have recently shown that P concentrations in
Flemish waters are mainly affected by ...
In search of the pristine environments in the lowland river system of Flanders for assessing the impact of past human occupation on current phosphate concentrations KU Leuven
The Flemish region cannot cope with the guidelines set out in the European Water Framework Directive for good water quality, mainly due to excess nutrients. Over 80% of the data from rivers and lakes exceed the phosphate (P) limit. The P concentrations in surface water fail to decrease despite reduced P emissions during the last 20 years. We have recently shown that P concentrations in Flemish waters are mainly affected by internal loading of ...
Exploring mechanical properties of pristine graphene and with nanoparticles using stochastic physics University of Antwerp
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 ...
Art and Signaling in a Cultural Species KU Leuven
In recent years, the research field of the evolution of art has witnessed contributions from a wide range of disciplines across the "three cultures" (i.e., humanities, social sciences and natural sciences). In this thesis, I make both a critical review of existing explanations, and try to do elucidate the evolution of art by employing insights, methods and concepts from different disciplines (esp. biology, philosophy, and ...