Projects
Teaching entrepreneurship advancing the maritime sector Antwerp Maritime Academy (AMA)
Transboundary Maritime Spatial Planing (TransMasp) Ghent University
TransMasp will explore the impact of legal and natural boundaries in the implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in a transboundary case study: the French-Belgian marine and coastal zone (Pas-de-Calais French region and the Belgian part of the North Sea). In this area, both countries share the same sandbanks, its rich biodiversity and substantial human activities (maritime transport, tourism, fisheries...). TransMasp will investigate ...
The global rise of modern borders and irregular maritime migration networks (1882-1938): comparing Atlantic with Pacific migration systems Ghent University
The project analyzes the establishment of global racial barriers on migration, the formation of irregular migration networks, the attempts by states to regulate migration transnationally and the central role of shipping companies in this process during the first period of accelerated globalization (1882-1938). It compares this for Pacific and Atlantic migration to the US and how this affected migration policies in the Americas.
A study on the assessment of the EU's role in international maritime organisations. KU Leuven
Alliances in contested waters: U.S. extended deterrence in China’s maritime territorial disputes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
provided by the United States (or the lack thereof) have affected maritime disputes in the East and
South China Seas and the Yellow Sea from 1970 to the present. More precisely, building on the
theory of composite security dilemma, it investigates
how the interpretations of U.S. security commitments have influenced Chinese, ...
Strengthening the capacity for excellence of Slovenian and Croatian innovation ecosystems to support the digital and green transitions of maritime regions (INNO2MARE). University of Antwerp
The European academic and industry network for innovative maritime training, education and R&D (KNOW-ME). University of Antwerp
High Tide - Low Tide. Bruges’ late-medieval harbour system as a maritime cultural landscape. Ghent University
Bruges’ role as late-medieval harbour and “maritime cultural landscape” is inextricably associated with the dynamic interaction between man and nature via the Zwin tidal inlet. The connectivity within the local and with the global trade networks, the transactions in commodities as well as the impact of residing foreigners on material culture will be the subject of this interdisciplinary study.
China’s Maritime Commerce and Naval Activities in Northeast Asia During the “Yuan-Ming Rupture” (late 14th century) Ghent University
The Penglai port (north China) has been used as a strategic commercial and military base for maritime enterprises since ancient times. A comparative analysis of written and archaeological sources will shed new light on China’s maritime policy and the interaction of official (naval) authorities and private commerce in a much understudied geographical space during a period of a fundamental dynastic shift.