Projects
Educational film as Study Practice: Re-imagining Education Through the Eyes of the Camera KU Leuven
VLIR-IUS GRe@t:Governance and entrepreneurship through Research, Education, Access and Technology (GRE@T) Ghent University
This IUC with Flemish project leaders Profs Zhu Chang (VUB), Egbert De Smet (UA), Nathalie Holvoet (UA) en Wim Van Haverbeke (UHasselt) intends to build the capacity of Mzumbe University (near Morogoro) in the areas of training, education, research, infrastructure and institutional management, specifically with regard to good governance and demand-driven entrepreneurship, while ensuring sustainable support of these through (e-learning) ...
PADUMI: Patterns of drug use among (ethnic and cultural) Minorities Ghent University
- To contribute to a better understanding of the prevalence and nature of drug use among ethnic and cultural minorities (ECM) in Belgium
- To unveil the determining factors behind substance use (illicit drugs and alcohol)
- To increase community capacity in raising awareness about drug issues within the participants' own communities
- And to assess the needs of these communities and articulate them with the actors responsible ...
Development of a Centre for the Study of Local Cultures at Kuvempu University Ghent University
The project aims to reinvigorate social scientific research and education at a rural university located in a remote region of South India. The Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC) focuses upon innovative research on local problems of caste/inequality and pluralism/conflict. It also established a feedback loop between the university and the local society in Karnataka, its self-government bodies, its policy makers and NGOs. ...