Projects
Ready or not? A study on the effects of kindergarten retention KU Leuven
Sustainable sourcing from developing countries: a case-study on horticulture export chains. KU Leuven
The agri-food sector in developing countries has been transforming rapidly during the last decades, leading to a more consolidated and vertically integrated agro-industry. Labour market effects are especially pronounced in high-value export sectors. Whether this transformation in the agri-food sector and the associated employment creation benefits rural households in developing countries remains a highly debated issue. While some argue that ...
Production and commercialization of quinoa by smallholder producers in the Junin region, Peru KU Leuven
Quinoa is a staple food traditionally cultivated for subsistence and local consumption in Andean regions but the crop has attracted the attention of consumers in high-income countries for its high nutrient content. In Peru, the quinoa sector has rapidly been integrated in international and national markets during the last decade, leading to the development of the sector and a transformation of the quinoa supply chain. Higher demand for quinoa ...
An oncogenomics-based in vivo screen to identify melanoma progression and metastasis drivers KU Leuven
A cardinal feature of melanoma is its metastatic propensity. Paucity of insights into the genetic events that drive metastasis has been a major barrier to rational development of effective therapeutics and prognostic diagnostics for melanoma patients. Recent approaches that integrate human genomic and transcriptomic data provide unprecedented opportunities to discover oncogenic drivers in melanoma. However, the radically altered and complex ...
An oncogenomics-based in vivo screen to identify melanoma progression and metastasis drivers. KU Leuven
AHLPACA: the Association between the Home Learning environment and Pre-Academic Competencies in Autism Ghent University
Academic abilities (AA) are indispensable skills in daily life and highly predictive of later prosperity and quality of life. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) however show a very variable and unpredictable AA development, which is already visible in preschool on the domain of pre-academic competencies (PAC). In other groups of children the home learning environment (HLE) is an important factor in the development of AA and PAC, and ...
Typical and atypical learning (learning) Ghent University
Founding an association research platform called "Typical and atypical learning (learning)"