Projects
Feasibility of iodine biofortified lentils in school feeding programq to improve school performance, public health and agricultural policy in rural landlocked regions of Easst-Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) Ghent University
Iodine is an important micronutrient definiency poses social and public health concerns. Salt iodizantion is largely unsiccessfull in certain endemic regions. Novel, alternative strategies like (GM) buifortification are promising. This study will evaluate the feasibility of iodine biofortified lentils in school feeding programs and examines farmers and paents interest in orde to define relevant policy recommendations.
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 ...
Policy Research Centre Study & School careers KU Leuven
The aim of the project is to “construct knowledge about ‘school careers through education into the labour market’, and the impact and effectiveness of policy measures and educational innovations on these transitions.” This implies the collection of longitudinal data as well as analyses which are relevant for policy. More specifically, the invitation to tender mentions two distinct research areas.
- school careers of pupils and ...
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children: from research into policy. University of Antwerp
School choice and segregation: determinants, effects and policy KU Leuven
We investigate the determinants and effects of school segregation, a socially and economically relevant topic. Not only does social segregation have severe democratic consequences, it also impacts educational outcomes and hampers an efficient allocation and production of human resources. First, we investigate how preferences for socio-economic and ethnic group composition lead to school segregation. We estimate and simulate school choice ...
The Policy Research Centre (PRC) : Educational and school careers. KU Leuven
Legitimizing elite multilingualism: Language policy, language practice and meta-pragmatic awareness in the international school University of Antwerp
School platformization: An ethnographic inquiry into policy, pedagogy, and practice KU Leuven
The purpose of this research project is to develop an empirical understanding of how platformization affects school education. Referred to as school platformization, this process emphasizes the localized and context-specific integration of digital platforms within schools, reshaping possibilities in school education and co-determining what is considered educationally relevant. School platformization signifies the increasing significance or ...