Projects
Paul's Prophetic reconfiguration of his Diakonia in 2 Corinthans: reassessing the evidence in light of Second Temple Jewish perspectives on prophecy. KU Leuven
Centre of expertise for falls prevention in Flanders. KU Leuven
Fragrant Gospel, Odoriferous Apostle, and the Divine Wisdom: Sapiential Traditions in St. Pauls Second Letter to the Corinthians. KU Leuven
Adapted riskdetecion and -prevention of falls in specific subpopulations in the ageing society: dementatia and diabetes Ghent University
1) Determination of incidence and detection of riskfactors for falling in elderly a) with dementia in respective stages of disease and types, b) with diabetes in different stages of disease and differentiated treatment 2) Assessment of applicability of instruments and scales in view of developing an accurate fallrisk profile for respective groups 3) Constructing and testing of fallrisk-prevantative measures for given subpopulations.
The Prospects of Public Reason KU Leuven
The public reason project (PRP) recommends that basic public matters should be decided by public reasons alone, so that citizens’ plural non-public or private reasons will not endanger the unity of the society’s public reason, which is responsible for the stability of the basic structure of society. PRP (1) employs the strategy of insulation (of public reason from the potential infection of private reasons) and (2) accords priority ...
Hobbes's Theory of Justice. KU Leuven
Sabbatical Veerle Draulans: Co-creation of a gender mainstreaming policy in academia, with a special focus on gender & STEM KU Leuven
Collaboration with academic partners such as University of Limpopo (SA), African Doctoral Academy, Stellenbosch University (SA), Arba Minch, Bahir Dar & Mekelle University (Ethiopia), University of Rwanda: Rwandan Association for Women in Science & Technology, Rawise the great need for exchange on updated, clear criteria for a sustainable gender mainstreaming policy, in which the scientifically important concept of intersectionality ...
Improving gender balance in the transition from STEM secondary education to STEM higher education in Rwanda KU Leuven
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in general, and for girls in particular, is prominent in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Empirical research shows that gender imbalances in
attitudes towards STEM tend to be smaller in Sub-Sahara Africa, compared to the West; a trend confirmed in our 2021 Global Minds Multistakeholder research project implemented in Kayonza, Rwanda. Our data and
stakeholder ...
Implementation of a multimodal screening program for interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients KU Leuven
Interstitial lung disease associated to rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) is an important extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in approximately 10% of patients. It has a poor prognosis; the median survival is only 3-10 years. At this moment, a systematic screening is lacking and the diagnosis is only made in an advanced stage, or during an acute exacerbation. The need for a cost-effective, safe and high-impact screening tool ...