Projects
Method development for retrospective exposure assessment in general population studies KU Leuven
Modern technologies in the assessment and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse - experimental and clinical studies KU Leuven
In this project, we aim to use modern assessment techniques to study certain risk factors related to the development of pelvic floor prolapse in a clinical setting as well as in an experimental model. Pelvic floor prolapse is a bothersome condition when the vaginal wall or the uterus protrudes through the vaginal opening. It affects mainly women who were at least once pregnant and delivered vaginally. The project includes clinical part during ...
Tenure track professorship in Development studies Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Sabbatical Maarten Simons : Future School and Policy Studies KU Leuven
Purpose of the sabbatical period: an extensive literature/review study, combined with processing of previous research, must result in two manuscripts (exact form to be determined, at least 1 book): 1. A publication in which a state of the art of educational policy studies is presented is ordered according to specific social issues, 2. A manuscript on the social significance of school as a follow-up to the successful publication “In defense of ...
BOF TT Islamic studies Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Starting Grant: Small scale collaborative research studies and events Ghent University
The project aims to collaborate with African researchers and writers outside of UGent in small-scale scientific research studies, and in dissemination of research output.
The Principal Investigator will present his research at external organisations, using funding from this grant.
Guest writers and researchers will be invited to pressent at Ghent, and may be hosted in Ghent for a short period of time. Student assistants will ...
Sabbatical Albert Oosterhof: Applied Dutch studies: Language variation and grammar studies in applied perspective KU Leuven
The sabbatical period is aimed at carrying out a number of sub-studies in the field of Dutch grammar, language variation and language proficiency. This will include the following:
topics are published and presented:
- omission of language elements in headlines: prepositions (in collaboration with research group GIST, UGent);
- comparative correlatives in Dutch: constructions with the longer… the meer and influence of ...
Tenure track professorship in development studies Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Grammatical Studies in Buddhist Hybrid Chinese: the passive construction in early Chinese translation literature (2nd-5th century AD) Ghent University
The thesis is a study of early Buddhist Hybrid Chinese with an amphasis on the development of the passive constructions. Based on the quantitative analysis of materials collected in a database, the evolution of passive constructions, their distributions during different periods, questions concerning grammaticalization processes, and the influence of Indic languages and Chinese dialects will be studied and analyzed.