Projects
Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa. KU Leuven
All three essays that constitute this thesis empirically analyse various areas of household decision and human development: education, health and gender equality, in this very order.
Using a compilation of 86 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) rounds from 34 countries, Chapter 2 assesses the impact of household fertility on children schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Exploiting plausible exogeneity of twins birth to address ...
Effective CLIL education in Flanders. Profiles of schools and students, perceived effects and preconditions. University of Antwerp
Educational freedom in relation to evidence-based education KU Leuven
My insider’s perspective as an educational developer and teacher trainer motivates me to be attentive on pedagogical questions and educational -in the sense of what’s happening in formal school institutions- issues. One of this topics has to do with -the for me sensitizing concept of- educational freedom. The interrelatedness of the notions ‘education’ and ‘freedom’ and the meaning, implications and conditions of educational freedom could ...
Introduction of Low And Zero Emission Buses in Private Bus Companies Busworld Foundation
95% of these companies are SMEs that are absolutely not intensively involved in Research & Development (R&D). Moreover, they are clearly “late adapters” and not “early ...
The Influence of Teacher-Student Relationship and Interaction on Primary School Children’s Working Memory: A Multi-Method Approach KU Leuven
Working memory (WM), one of the core executive function (EF) components, is the ability to temporarily hold and manipulate verbal and visuospatial information. WM is considered integral to planning, decision-making, reasoning, and problem-solving, making it crucial for children’s academic achievement and social functioning. In primary education, when foundational skills in reading comprehension and arithmetic are developing, the role of WM on ...