Projects
Greetings from the past: on the use of interjections in foreign language textbooks from Early modern Flanders Ghent University
This project focuses on interjections in spoken 16th-century Dutch, contrasted with other Germanic and Romance languages. We will investigate their semantic-pragmatic functions based on a parallel corpus of multilingual textbooks (Colloquia, et dictionariolum, 1536-1700) which we will compile. The project will also provide insight into aspects of linguistic and cultural knowledge transfer through language teaching in Early modern Flanders. ...
Development and validation of a cognitive model for assisted driving systems at intersections: A situation awareness approach. Hasselt University
Sabbatical Fredie Floré: Reframing Knoll International: Exploring Intersections of Architecture, Design and Business History KU Leuven
The sabbatical period is primarily focused on research, in particular on preparing two publications and exploring the associated avenues for further research.
a) Knoll International: book project at the intersection of architecture, design and business history
In 2017, together with Cammie McAtee, I published the internationally well-received edited volume The Politics of Furniture (Routledge). The production of this book revealed ...
Because We Need to Live: Exploring Healing at the Intersections of Trauma and Postcolonial Experience in the ‘War on Drugs’ in the Philippines KU Leuven
In 2016, the so-called ‘war on drugs’, a nationwide anti-illegal drugs campaign in the Philippines, has resulted to thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings and thousands more of left-behind families. Among them is a group of widows, mothers and orphans in an impoverished community of Payatas B, Quezon City. How does healing take place and critically understood within this context? The study posits that the experience of survival in the ...
Intersections and identifications in media use: ethnicity, sexuality and generations. University of Antwerp
Inequalities in cancer screening and the development of tailored interventions Ghent University
Literature shows important social inequalities in cancer screening participation. This is problematic as cancer screening offers a unique prevention opportunity and reduces cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality. Yet, screening programmes are only effective if every phase in the screening process is optimally addressed. Yet, in the Flemish context, 19.7% of all abnormal pap smears does not receive proper diagnostic evaluation. Therefore, ...