Projects
Sustainable use of sand in nature-based solutions - SUSANA Ghent University
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are defined as the sustainable management and use of nature for tackling societal challenges such as climate change and flooding. A great challenge in the large-scale implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS) for coastal safety along sandy coastlines lies in dealing with the finite nature of sand resources and with the impacts on the marine ecosystem caused by sand extraction activities. Truly sustainable NBS ...
Modal shift, routing and nudging solutions in Nature areas for sustainable tourism KU Leuven
Nature areas in North-West Europe (NWE) face an increasing number of visitors (intensified by COVID-19) resulting in an increased pressure on nature, negative environmental impacts, higher management costs, and nuisance for local residents and visitors. The high share of car use exaggerates these impacts, including peak pressures. Furthermore, the almost exclusive access by car excludes disadvantaged people, specifically those without access ...
SUMEMS: Sustainable membrane technology-based solutions for solvent-rich wastewater treatment. KU Leuven
This project is the development of innovative sustainable solutions for the sustainable and economic treatment of advanced pollution flows with water flows for the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industry.
ASTRA-innovative sustainable housing solutions that aim to combat homelessness and housing exclusion and that are supported by social workers KU Leuven
My research project in ASTRA focuses on Sustainable housing solutions for SW practices for social inclusion of young people in precariousness . The aim is to link the eco-social approach to current SW practices with homelessness and housing exclusion, to deepen the theoretical understanding of the interlinkage between the strategies to combat housing exclusion and TSTR, to analyse sustainable solutions to housing exclusion in Europe.
Sustainable Solutions in a Digital World: A Socio-Technical Approach to Blockchain-based Information Systems KU Leuven
In the face of escalating climate change and environmental degradation, this doctoral project positions itself at the intersection of technology, sustainability and business practices. Its central focus revolves around sustainable information systems (IS) designed to promote environmental sustainability, with a specific emphasis on Blockchain technology. This research aims to shed light on how digital technologies offer viable solutions to ...
Sustainable use of sand in nature-based solutions - SUSANA KU Leuven
The aim of SUSANA is to develop a coupled ES (ecosystem services) model to assess and compare the ES in the NBS (nature-based solutions) with the ES at the sand extraction sites. The model to be developed enables an analysis from a system perspective across the entire impact zone of NBS. Specific attention is paid to the dune-by-dyke principle as a work case. It investigates how alternative sand sources influence the ecosystem functions that ...
AI enabled artistic solutions for sustainable food systems KU Leuven
Agriculture has been a nursery for practical solutions to global challenges for a long time. EU agriculture is the only major system in the world that reduced greenhouse gas (CHC) emissions by 20% since 1990. Nonetheless, even though the EU’s transition to sustainable food systems has started in many areas, food systems remain one of the key drivers of climate change and environmental degradation and there is an urgent need to transition to ...
Sustainable Thin Film Solutions for Frontier Energy Applications (SuFiEn) KU Leuven
Nature-based solutions for sustainable sanitation in Ecuador Ghent University
NATURESS aims to revive decentralized sanitation in rural areas in Ecuador. The project involves nature-based solutions, such as Constructed Wetlands and Vermifilters, adapted through community input. Pilot tests and a modular system implementation are planned, aligning with the SDGs. The project spans three phases, focusing on community needs assessment, pilot experimentation, and real-scale implementation. The initiative emphasizes ...