Projects
Private standards in global food chains: an analysis of the trade and welfare effects in the Peruvian asparagus sector. KU Leuven
Standards are increasingly governing international food production and trade. While public standards are set by public authorities, private standards are set by private companies and non-state actors. Private food standards started to emerge at the end of the 1990s, mainly in response to consumer concerns in high-income countries about food safety and quality, and later expanded to address environmental and ethical concerns. Due to the ...
Analysis, modeling and design of multi-rate discrete-time sigma-delta circuits Vrije Universiteit Brussel
One of the main problems is the lack of voltage headroom. Due to this, conventional analog techniques are ...
Sustainable Sourcing of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Senegal KU Leuven
Rural development can be a major welfare catalyst for rural Sub-Saharan African regions, as more than 80% of the poor live in rural areas and derive their livelihoods from a limited range of (on-farm) activities. Rural development – an umbrella term for all activities, programs and strategies that target to improve the livelihoods of rural households – comprises both agricultural and non-agricultural development, and can be triggered through ...
VacxSYS: An integrated systems thinking approach to enhance vaccination strategies Hasselt University
VacxSYS: An integrated systems thinking approach to enhance vaccination strategies KU Leuven
For many human infectious diseases, especially those caused by pathogens for which no effective treatment exists, the development, production, supply and optimal allocation of effective vaccines is of paramount importance. However, achieving an effective balance between supply and demand in vaccine supply chains is challenging. Optimal decision-making in vaccine supply chains is highly complex due to the many uncertainties involved, the ...
Addressing the 'home' in home delivery - A placemaking approach to optimise e-commerce activities and improve residential areas. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
decade, not in the least in response to e-commerce. Accelerated by
the COVID-19 pandemic, online business models have become
important alternatives to stores. As a sector that relies on home
deliveries, e-commerce impacts the environments in which it
operates, including very locally. To reduce the negative
environmental impacts, research focuses ...
Sectoral spillovers in the macroeconomy KU Leuven
Macroeconomists are typically concerned with changes in aggregate economic activity. Traditionally, the drivers of these aggregate fluctuations are considered to also be of aggregate nature, such as productivity, aggregate demand or monetary policy shocks. Most of the literature on economic fluctuations outright disregards the possibility of microeconomic shocks to specific sectors or firms to generate relevant aggregate fluctuations. A ...
Scientific evaluation of (meta)heuristic algorithms: a longitudinalanalysis approach. University of Antwerp
Private standards as a market-based sustainability institution in global food systems KU Leuven
Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) cover a large number of products and are important in global markets. Yet, their actual impact on sustainability is unclear. This PhD project aims to evaluate the efficacy of VSS to contribute to increased trade revenues for low- and middle-income countries and improved incomes and socio-economic wellbeing of smallholder producers in these countries. The PhD research entails a comparative approach with ...