Projects
Design for a Circular Economy: How to design optimal plastics usage in a circular economy University of Antwerp
Belgian Economy Today: A high-frequency data aggregation and visualisation platform for adequate and timely economic analysis Ghent University
In turbulent Covid-19 times, we experience shocks that have an immediate impact on the financial situation of economic actors. Tracking these changes with accounting data, monthly surveys or quarterly macro-economic data leads to numbers that are neither timely nor accurate: they are not detailed enough and published with a release lag. The solution is a digital platform called Belgian Economy Today. The platform aggregates, distributes and ...
The Dynamic Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Circular Economy KU Leuven
The objective of this particular PhD is to study the interaction between the changing economic context and the resource and environmental drivers for circular economy. How can economic models for the circular economy better take the dynamics of material flows and environmental impacts into account, and how can environmental assessments better reflect the consequences of changing markets. In other words, the dynamics of the system in which the ...
Belgian Economy Today: A high-frequency data aggregation and visualisation platform for adequate and timely economic analysis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
immediate impact on the financial situation of economic actors.
Tracking these changes with accounting data, monthly surveys or
quarterly macro-economic data leads to numbers that are neither
timely nor accurate: they are not detailed enough and published with
a release lag.
The solution is a digital platform called Belgian Economy Today. The ...
The political economy of Europe: a game-theoretical analysis of the economic policy of the European Union KU Leuven
In my research, I would like to investigate the economic policy of the European Union. More specifically, I will be using game-theoretical models to analyze whether or not the economic policies imposed by the European Union can be seen as an example of democratic decision-making. The goal of my research is not only to analyze these policies in a descriptive way but also to formulate possible solutions for potential problems.
Antecedents and economic impacts of circular economy innovation at the firm level KU Leuven
Given today’s environmental challenges, businesses are increasingly urged to embrace sustainable solutions, with the circular economy emerging as a prominent strategy. While many studies have investigated the environmental implications of the circular economy, research about its economic implications is limited. This research project aims to fill this gap by examining how the adoption of circular economy practices by firms impacts their ...
Political Economy Analyses of the African Union, and Regional Economic Communities in Africa. University of Antwerp
The development of alternative design blueprints for social economy sites aiming for a (more) inclusive economic participation within an urban(ized) environment (the so-called IEP-sites) University of Antwerp
Exergy balances and economic evaluation of plant production systems with valorization in the bio economy Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the finite nature of fossil resources forces us to move more and more towards a bio-based economy. This biomass of vegetable origin can be used for the production of food, materials and energy. However, the available agricultural land is not unlimited and therefore the biomass must be produced and used as efficiently as possible. In this research we ...