Projects
Sabbatical Katelijn Vandorpe: Burdened by taxes? Fiscal centralization and government control in Hellenistic Egypt. KU Leuven
The extraordinary documentation of Hellenistic Egypt (thousands of papyri and potsherds including tax receipts and lists) informs us in detail about the complex fiscal system of the Nile country, which is known for its many taxes and its bureaucracy. However, the synthesis studies and many detailed studies on the tax system are very outdated. Moreover, many researchers assume that because of the high number of taxes, the tax burden was high, ...
Organizing central government: current trends in European public sector organization. KU Leuven
UNFPA - Reimbursable Loan Agreement: "strengthen the capacities of governments and civil society networks of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region in the development and implementation of high quality and impact oriented national plans and str Ghent University
Autonomous government. Towards a general legal framework for the creation and regulation of autonomous public bodies. University of Antwerp
Viceregal Houses, Power, Articulation. The Origins of Political-Economic Government in the Kingdom of Perú in a time of incertainty (1675-1725) KU Leuven
This project examines the governmental transformations that have taken place in Peru in the transition from a domestic economy to one governed by political economy criteria from the viceregal houses between 1675 and 1725. The research will be based on the analysis of the decomposition of the domestic economy, understood as an indirect government governed by personal relationships, to a political economy, where the rationalization and ...
Maturity Composition of Government Debt and the Macroeconomy: Empirical Effects KU Leuven
The recent macroeconomic crisis (the Great Recession) has rendered traditional macroeconomic policy largely powerless. Central banks around the world have dramatically reduced their policy interest rates to the bare minimum. Fiscal authorities have been reluctant to pursue overly expansive policies, for a range of reasons. In response, central banks have turned towards an alternative means to achieve higher growth and inflation closer to ...
Government and Open data: Enabling Social Equity in Open Data Policies KU Leuven
The project aims at identifying the role and responsibilities of the central/regional government in the open data ecosystem as a user from a public values perspective. The needs, values and roles of the government can play a key role in how they interact within the open data ecosystem. The sub-objectives are: • To elaborate a systematic literature review of related theories to government (public) values for open data ecosystems. • To identify ...
Government as a Platform Ghent University
This project investigates the impact of ICT on government and how digital transformation impacts the way of working. It goes beyond the one-on-one digitalisation of existing processes and services, and includes topics such as agile and user-centric ways of working, managing platforms and collaborating in ecosystems. The reserach will focus on digital transformation in public administration and on government as a platform. Rather than pure ...
A study into the development of an evidence-based HR policy in the Flemish Government. KU Leuven
Evidence-informedHRM is still in its infancy, but there are already several trends within the Flemish government towards an evidence-based policy. This is necessary because society is currently plagued by various wicked problems in which the Flemish government is given a prominent role. More than ever, sustainable recruitment and selection within the Flemish government are of crucial importance. The literature often refers to psychological ...