Projects
EU-AU PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE AND SECURE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR ALL Ghent University
The UP-RISE project between the EU and the African Union (AU) integrates food safety practices related to mycotoxin contamination in all aspects of
food production, distribution, sale and consumption in the African Union and provides tangible tools and strategies to promote inclusive participation in the Enhanced African Food Safety System (AFSS) at local, national and regional levels.
participation in the Enhanced African Food ...
When Corporations Disrespect Women's Human Rights: Access to Remediation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Human Rights serve as the central reference point, across the entire
spectrum of rights that might be impacted by firms and remedies that
might be available at the corporate, industry and state levels.
Women, in particular, can benefit from remediation, as they are
affected disproportionally by corporate activities, for example, by the
...
Strategic Research Programme: Evaluating Democratic Governance in Europe (EDGE) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Employee directorship, corporate performance and reporting practices: a cross-country study. KU Leuven
This dissertation contributes to the corporate governance literature by providing a deeper understanding of the costs and benefits of board-level employee representation. The first chapter examines the association between ERB and corporate performance, focusing on whether ERB firms have to trade off between financial and social–environmental performance, and whether the ERB effects fundamentally differ between voluntary and mandatory ERB ...
Understanding contemporary interest group politics: mobilization and strategies in multi-layered systems (iBias). University of Antwerp
Understanding Latin American Challenges in the 21st Century KU Leuven
Social, political, and cultural transformation, a fast-changing global economy, geopolitical tensions and global uncertainties have created a markedly different context from the previous era of European Union (EU) policies towards Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The doctoral network LAC-EU will establish a novel, comprehensive and interdisciplinary framework to understand LAC and its relationship with the EU, fostering respectful, ...
Sustainable Economies Due diLigence: good EXamples and the role of social dialogue KU Leuven
Corporate sustainability has become an increasingly important issue for companies in all EU member states and candidate countries as they seek to balance economic results with social and environmental responsibility. The hypothesis behind the SEDLEX project is that the social economy organisations are already one step ahead in trying to balance economic and social (+ environmental and democratic governance) dimensions of their activities. ...
CHANSE: Transformations: Social and cultural dynamics in the digital age Vrije Universiteit Brussel
platformisation and what factors are propelling or inhibiting change in different national contexts. For almost
100 years, PSM have played a central role in European culture and society. However, in the past decade, PSM
have begun to be transformed by platformisation, a particular facet of digitalisation in which a small ...
New challenges for occupational safety and health in times of the digital transformation in Europe: the role of digital labour platforms Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Europe (e.g., investigating its magnitude, business models, career and job
characteristics of workers, …), surprisingly the occupational safety and health
(OSH) implications of platform work have remained largely under the radar.
Against this background, the proposed project aims to (i) investigate the OSH
risks and regulations of platform ...