Projects
P5, Employability of Youth through Education, Innovations, Workplace Learning, and Technology Transfer HOWEST
A feminist and decolonial approach to studying environmental movements in the Democratic Republic of the Congo KU Leuven
In the face of an escalating climate crisis, social scientists are confronted with an urgent challenge: How can our research contribute to facilitating the kind of radical economic and political reorganizations necessary for reduced resource use on a global scale? European scholars and activists and are at the vanguard of this research, and many approaches have coalesced around theories of ‘degrowth’ and ‘post-growth’, which envisage the ...
Early-stage Glaucoma screening platform using combination of Visual Field Testing and Fundus imaging mechanisms KU Leuven
Glaucoma is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease which mainly damages the optical nerve part of human eye progressively. Worldwide, nearly 60 million people are affected by glaucoma, where around 90% of these people are from the low- and middle-income countries. And this number is expected to raise above 111 million worldwide by 2040. The prevalence of glaucoma is very high in low-income countries like Ethiopia, compared with the ...
Integration of the MooV-model with first/last mile optimalisation. University of Antwerp
Space heroes - Interactive toolbox for space education and participation HOGENT
BUILDING EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH OF HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS WITH GEOSPATIAL AND EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES KU Leuven
HES-GEO project aims to enhance existing research capacity and stimulate scientific excellence in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management (IGSM), Jagiellonian University, in studying human-environmental systems (HES) of the Anthropocene, along variety of urban-rural-marginal gradients, at various spatial and temporal scales and using tools and data available through Earth observation (EO) and geospatial technologies. HES-GEO will ...
The Spatial Political Economy of Discontent KU Leuven
We live in an unequal world, where both incomes and political convictions continuously seem to diverge. On the economic front, Piketty’s publication of ‘Capital in the 21st Century’ has made it commonplace to talk about the current period as a second Belle Époque where the richest 1% appropriate an ever larger share of national income. On the political front, the post-1980 period was an era of ‘rising regionalism’ with a geographical ...
Analysis of the supportive environment of new entrants in farming KU Leuven
Optimizing calf health through a systematic approach and correct use of resources/tools Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Recent growth measurements of young calves on Flemish dairy farms show there is room for improvement in terms of efficient rearing. The KALFIT project aims to develop a preventive approach to the rearing of young stock, which should lead to less disease and mortality, lower use of veterinary medicine, and better growth. Calves between 2 and 3 months are vulnerable. This rearing period is ...