Projects
Design for a Circular Economy: How to design optimal plastics usage in a circular economy 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
Economic growth and material living standards in a transistion economy: Venice (1600-1800). University of Antwerp
Beconomy: The nowcasting platform for reliable economic advice Ghent University
Economic advisors must always provide the best possible answers to the complex questions they are asked. That answer, both narrative and numerical, is a nowcast: an estimate of the current optimal answer. The Beconomy platform automates the continuous processing of textual and numerical data into nowcasts available via a chatbot. The underlying technology combines econometric forecasting models with semantic analysis and language models. This ...
"When Political Economy was Popular": The Reception of Political Economy in Bri tain, 1817-1847 KU Leuven
Ever since C.P. Snow first coined the phrase, it has been widely accepted that the history of public and academic discourse is one of a widening divide between “two cultures,” generally designated as literature and science. This view is especially pervasive in accounts of the first half of the 19th century, a period in which artists and writers increasingly defined themselves against scientists and vice versa. Even though ...
Policy Research Centre 2012 Work & Social Economy Social Economy Research Centre. KU Leuven
Policy research centre sustainable materials management in a circular economy University of Antwerp
Social Economy - BOF Tenure Track mandate (ES/2018/003) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1) Social economy: determinants of size and growth
2) The economic behavior and performance of social economy organizations
3) Stakeholders and the governance of social economy organizations
For each part, the main goal is to conduct state-of-the-art (and beyond) scientific research, in line with the mission and the values of the VUB.
Political economy and institutions of food policy and development. KU Leuven
Today the global economy, its development challenges and its food security are a very different place from 10 years ago. A series of crises have challenged our thinking on the way an economy and food system is best managed, in particular the role of the state and that of the market, and on the problems and opportunities that lie ahead. The Methusalem Research Program studies food policy and development and in particular the impact of ...