Projects
A New Metric for Evaluating the Colour Quality of White Light Sources with Reference to Memory Colours KU Leuven
Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate (OZR EU BONUS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
possible for the first time to produce reliable forecasts for lake and river water quality on regional and global scales.
inventWater (Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate) will bring water
quality forecasting to the forefront of the scientific disciplines supporting managers ...
New measurement of pedagogical quality in childcare in Flanders, based own the scientifically instruments developed in the MeMoQ project Ghent University
On behalf of Agentschap Opgroeien we measure the proces and structural quality of childcare in Flanders. In 2015-2017 we measured the quality in a baseline study of 400 location. The present study will repeat the measurement in 300 location. In addition a surbey of managers and parent will be done. The project runs in cooperation with KU Leuven.
Climate change, news media and democratic debate: an investigation into frame sponsorship and media representation University of Antwerp
Fluid news in Flanders Ghent University
Online news is fluid. Articles are continuously published and edited. The consequences of this fluidity are unclear today. In this project, the continuous adaptation of news will be studied and a measurement procedure for news quality is developed. Moreover, a system for public control will be developed to monitor the quality of news in Flanders.
Media legitimacy, news exposure and corporate environmental communication. University of Antwerp
Excelling in equality: A new method to improve life-long uniformity and resilience of livestock via precision livestock breeding KU Leuven
The Piétrain pig breed is the last native Belgian pig breed with a viable population size. The breed originated in the vicinity of the village Piétrain during the first half of the 20th century, and the breed is characterized by its black spots with a grey outline and superior muscularity. After the formation of the breed, Piétrain pigs were exported worldwide from the 1960s which led to the formation of various Piétrain subpopulations ...
The European public sphere in top-down perspective: the area of tension between the intentions and the reality of the communication policy of the EU analysed in three cases: the European president, the climate debate and the new Commission Ghent University
In the context of the gap between the EU and its citizens the lack of a European public sphere (EPS) is often considered as the missing link. This research verifies two competing hyptheses and examines if the intentions of the EU on communication policy and EPS have not been realised due to "not being able to" or "not wanting to".