Projects
Systemic analysis of dam-driven transitions of downstream alluvial plains in Ethiopia Ghent University
Considering the increasing number of large dams worldwide as well as the lack of integrated studies on hydrology, agricultural systems and socio-economic effects in the downstream alluvial plains, research is required to fill this gap in a holistic framework. Ethiopia is an excellent case, since the country is engaged in an ambitious dam building plan. This project proposal exploits our longstanding expertise and network in the country and ...
An anthropological inquiry by design towards improving indoor air quality within hospital settings KU Leuven
The project seeks to leverage scientific research involving sensorial experience and perceptual acuity of patients, hospital staff and visitors into architectural and engineering design processes and practices towards improving air quality within hospital settings. This research aims to advance anthropology by means of design (rather than for or of design). The research has potential to link social and material dimensions of air quality in ...
Rethinking transport infrastructure investments and mobility management across the Brussels metropolitan area: from critical analyses to cooperative policies - MOBRU. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Between the borders and the spirits: A historical political ecology of water from the perspective of a Himalayan village community KU Leuven
Mountain communities are today bearing the brunt of the adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts of human induced climate change, including the erratic and decreasing water supply caused by receding glaciers. Besides their on-going response to climate change, economists, anthropologists, and environmentalists have been studying mountain communities as models of how to sustainably manage natural resources with minimal intervention by ...
3D printing point-of-care diagnostics driven by capillary flow KU Leuven
Fibre Nervous Sensing Systems (FINESSE) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A Strategic Learning Assessment of ILO Employment Promotion Interventions KU Leuven
This strategic learning assessment aims to improve the design, effectiveness and measurability of ILO employment interventions programmes and projects. It will seek to use and apply latest knowledge available from impactful programmes both within and outside the ILO with the view to sharpen ILO employment projects intervention models and theories of change. The analysis will be based on a detailed review of ILO project evaluations, project ...
Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Socio-economic analysis of the Brussels Ecological Network KU Leuven
The Brussels Capital Region has set-up a ‘Green Network’ in 2002, which was turned into a ‘Ecological Network’ in 2012. The Brussels Government now wants to set ecological targets for this Network, through the ‘Operational Plan’. HIVA will carry out a socio-technical evaluation for this operational plan. More specifically, the impacts on the competitiveness of companies, on the revenue distribution of households, on vulnerable groups, on ...