Projects
Research on empowerment of women with a migration background KU Leuven
Antwerp is a diverse city in all its facets, including gender and origin. To generate more equal opportunities, the city wants to put all its efforts into increasing the participation of women with a migration background (=VMMA) in society. This is not only about participation in the labour market, but also about social and civic participation. That is why the city wanted to examine which thresholds in society (discrimination, childcare, ...
Disaster Governance: Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability KU Leuven
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Disaster governance
Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability
A social-ecological systems approach to disaster governance
In many places in the world, people are increasingly exposed to disasters. A few recent disasters illustrate the global magnitude of the problem: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the earthquake, tsunami and ...
The Contribution of 'regional' multistakeholder mechanisms in improving global Governance (GREMLIN: Global and REgional MuLtistakeholder INstitutions) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Creation of Yang Zhu as A Philisopher in The Republican Era KU Leuven
The fame of Yangism was, in ancient times, as great as Confucianism and Mohism. As a matter of fact, Mohism and Confucianism were considered as equals during the Warring States period and the Han Dynasty, while Yangism being the third greatest school among the Hundred Schools of Thought. It is not until later times that Yangism and Mohism were deemed less than Confucianism. And after the Book Burning and Burial of the Scholars in the Qin ...