Projects
Work, living arrangements and social policy. An exploration of socio-economic differentials in family formation in Belgium using an administrative socio-demographic panel. University of Antwerp
The point of (no) return? An ethnographic study of forced removal practices in immigration detention centres. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Safety and efficacy of tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) as add-on treatment in patients affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). KU Leuven
TUDCA-ALS will focus on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a rare neurodegenerative disorder, that affects motor neurons in the brain, brainstem and spinal cord, resulting in progressive weakness and atrophy of voluntary skeletal muscles. ALS has an estimated prevalence of 5.40 cases per 100.000 population corresponding at about 40.000 patients at European level. Treatments are modestly effective at best, and the majority of patients die ...
Essays on local housing and real estate brokerage markets. KU Leuven
As noted by the late housing economist John Quigley (1979), housing markets are characterized by a peculiar combination of features, such as durability, spatial fixity and multidimensional heterogeneity. The combination of these features differentiate it from other product markets and it has been shown that they have a non-negligible impact upon market outcomes in housing and real estate brokerage markets. The inherent spatial fixation and ...
Policy capacity of rural municipalities: fourth round, including knowledge transfer University of Antwerp
Precision livestock monitoring for chicken embryo development till hatching KU Leuven
One of the most outstanding values of livestock is the nutritional merit of its end products. Foods of animal origin are naturally energy-dense and nutrient-rich, essential for the human body functioning. As a result, there are significant changes to how animal-source foods are produced, processed, and distributed globally.
The worldwide trade of livestock products has increased the risk of expanding a local animal disease into a global ...
Towards MR imaging and design guidelines for future hearing implants KU Leuven
The use of medical technologies in both the diagnosis and treatment of several health issues has become common practice. In medical diagnostics, magnetic resonance imaging or MRI has become a widely accepted and preferred imaging technique for many pathologies. This is mainly thanks to the fact that MRI is superior in visualizing soft tissue structures, whilst it does not rely on the use of potentially harmful ionizing radiation.
With ...
The labour market disadvantage of citizens with a migration background: from measuring to explaining and remedying (LAMIE). University of Antwerp
Essays on audit partner characteristics and audit market competition. KU Leuven
In the first chapter of the disseration we study whether the similarity between a pair of clients located in the same market segment is associated with the likelihood of choosing the same audit firm and whether this affects audit market competition. As we use archival data to investigate audit firm selection and only observe supply and demand forces in the equilibrium, we keep supply-side factors as constant as possible to be able to ...