Projects
Historical Demography Ghent University
The Scientific Research Network Historical Demography (HiDo) brings scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds together. HiDo will consist of 14 research groups from Flanders (UGent, KULeuven, and UAntwerpen), Canada, Denmark, Norway, UK, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Wallonia. HiDo promotes historical demography at the international level by broadening and deepening scientific knowledge and increasing capacity building in ...
historical demography Hasselt University
Interaction between micro-evolutionary dynamics & historical demography. KU Leuven
The aim of the project is to study the interaction between micro-evolutionary dynamics & historical demography at regional versus local level in Western Europe.
New uses for X-ray Tomography in natural building stones: characterization, pathologies, and restoration of historical and recent roofing slates Ghent University
Europe is nowadays the world’s leading producer and consumer of roofing slate. Slate quarries are found in most European countries. However, despite their importance as a building stone, roofing slates are a relatively unexamined material. In comparison with other building stones, there is a lack of research and scientific publications on roofing slates.
Applying expertise in X-ray micro-Computed Tomography (MCT) for the study of roofing ...
Greek Spaces in Roman Times: The Construction of Greek Geography in Pliny’s Naturalis Historia. KU Leuven
The influence of Greek culture on Pliny’s the Elder Naturalis Historia has been largely recognized over the last few years. However, an overall analysis of Pliny’s geographical discourse on Greece is still lacking. The aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive insight into Pliny’s description of Greece and to understand how Pliny’s perspective influenced the overall image of it. Combining the criteria of the history of knowledge ...
The genetics behind historical socio-demography in Flanders revealed by the human Y-chromosome: an interdisciplinary approach KU Leuven
The male-specific and non-recombining Y-chromosome (chrY) serves as a powerful tool for genetic-genealogy. But, as a chrY-specific sequencing panel did not exist, it has not been linked to a genealogical database yet. During my PhD, I developed the first chrY-specific sequencing panel, the CSYseq, providing a large dataset of 15,813 interesting Y-markers. This CSYseq is useful to determine evolutionary biogeographical ancestry and to identify ...
Reconstructing disease dynamics in Central Africa using historical museum collections and archives (RECORDED). University of Antwerp
QUETELET CENTER FOR QUANTITATIVE HISTORICAL RESEARCH (QUETELET-BE) Ghent University
QUETELET-BE is a data and expertise center for researchers that make use of quantitative and quantifiable sources from Belgium’s past. It guarantees a durable and optimal use of a series of unique research infrastructures. In addition, the center will stimulate high quality research through the valorisation of the available know-how for the benefit of the UGent, the research community and beyond.
Research of environmental changes in Central Africa based on historical photographs and archives KU Leuven
The general objective of the PAStE CA project is to evidence the importance and the added value of archive documents in studies addressing present day issues in areas lacking baseline studies. In the present case, aerial photographs and archives from RMCA will support present day environmental change studies in target tropical environments of Central Africa. The focus of the environmental topics relies on the spatio-temporal dynamics of LULC ...