Projects
Strategieën van 'border management': de evolutie van de grenzen tussen de Habsburgse Nederlanden en de Verenigde Provincieën, 1580-1660 Strategies of border management: the evolution of the boundaries between the Habsburg Netherlands and the Dutch KU Leuven
The dissertation ‘Lawful Limits. Border Management and the Formation of the Habsburg-Dutch Boundary, ca. 1590-1665’ examines the creation of the territorial separation between the early modern Netherlands. Focussing on the Eighty Years War and the first years after the end of this conflict, the research examines the manifold actors who contributed to the emergence of the Habsburg Dutch-Border. Numerous people and institutions, including ...
UniCycL: Uniform & General Framework for Textual Input Representation in Professional Cycling Talent Management Ghent University
Cycling teams are often multimillion companies that should be run as efficiently as possible, given the high monetary stakes. In practice, many decisions remain based on gut feeling, despite the growing list of answers and aids business analytics can offer. However, current developments in the field have a very narrowed scope due to the absence of an industry standard of data collection and representation. Accordingly, I propose the Universal ...
Raman Microscope for Sustainable Inorganic Materials Management (Raman-SIM2) KU Leuven
The Raman-SIM2 project involves a Raman spectrometer coupled to a microscope (Raman microscope) that is specifically designed to study the mineral phases in geological and metallurgical samples, with emphasis on (low-grade) ores, metallurgical slags, mine tailings, geopolymers and industrial process residues. The main goal is the qualitative and quantitative characterization of inorganic materials (solids, liquids and gases) on ...
Hospital operations management in the era of data: Patient-centered models and policies. KU Leuven
One of the main objectives of this doctoral dissertation is to provide insights on how to improve operating room (OR) planning. These insights are derived from real data with the help of data science and simulation modeling techniques. In our models we aim to increase the number of patients that are served within the medically advised time interval, while taking into account the performance measures that are important for the other ...
breaking the boxes in service recovery management: a multilevel approach KU Leuven
As organizations receive more and more complaints, managers need an understanding of how they can optimally manage these complaints. Researchers have examined service recovery for over 40 years, yet strikingly, many customers still receive unsatisfactory responses to their complaints, and the impact of service recovery investments on firm performance remains unclear. Research has mainly developed within different disciplines (marketing, ...
How does a developmental performance management system relate to team performance? The role of team member’s well-being and performance. Ghent University
Teamwork can generate a competitive advantage and is perceived as a core skill in today’s organizations. Teams are able to respond rapidly to changes in the increasingly complex, unpredictable, and volatile work environment. To enhance team performance and avoid unintended, negative consequences of strictly objective-oriented team performance management systems, managers are adopting team developmental performance management systems (TDPMS). ...
Boosting carbon stability in forest soils: the role of soil biota in climate-smart management KU Leuven
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations call for urgent action to develop strategies for negative emissions, including nature-based solutions. The role of forests in climate change mitigation is widely recognized as forests can store vast amounts of carbon both above- and belowground. However, many forest ecosystems are affected by environmental pressures, and are at risk of becoming sources of CO2. As a consequence, EU countries are setting up ...
Fruit and vegetable cell wall material for texturizing food systems: potentials for dysphagia management KU Leuven
In the proposed doctoral research, cell wall material (CWM) from fruit and vegetable origin is evaluated as a potential thickening agent in food systems targeted for dysphagia patients. CWM has recently been shown to have a good network forming potential in model systems after functionalisation. In the first part of the research, functionalised CWM will be prepared and its network forming capacity will be well characterised. Furthermore, the ...
A historiography of Kikongo language studies and management (1624-1960) Ghent University
This project sets out to provide a historiography of Kikongo language studies and management between 1624 and 1960. It will provide a detailed analysis and historical contextualization of linguistic sources from this period in the framework of colonial and missionary linguistics. The main goals are (1) to critically evaluate colonial and missionary linguistic work on Kikongo language varieties as data sources for modern historical-comparative ...