Projects
The Fast-Track to Technological Change: Railways, Market Access and Industrialization in Belgium KU Leuven
The project will for the first time digitize spatially and sectorally disaggregated high-quality census information on labor and output market variables in the various Belgian population, industrial and agricultural censuses and detailed information contained in the historical (light) railway archives for the period 1846-1914. These data are subsequently used to better understand how Belgium’s forerunner role in ‘railwayfication’ has shaped ...
Improving diagnostic accuracy and follow-up of neuroendocrine neoplasms through detection of (epi)genetic biomarkers in liquid biopsies using novel technological platforms. University of Antwerp
Improving the technological assessment of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease KU Leuven
Freezing of Gait (FOG) is a complex, episodic and debilitating symptom, common in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Patients with FOG are at a very high risk of falls, experience more anxiety and have a lower quality of life. A key issue hampering the development of therapies for FOG is that methods to detect and quantify these events objectively for clinical research are time-consuming and highly sensitive to inter-rater variability. The current ...
SBO project with a primary economic finality aimed at the transfer to existing companies: Highly conductive protein fibers as a radically new technological material Vrije Universiteit Brussel
radical alternatives to the electronic materials currently in use. Recent
discoveries show that bacteria can produce “conductive silk”, i.e.,
protein nanofibers with a high conductivity rivaling that of the most
performant semi-conductor materials. This brings a long-time dream of
material scientists within reach: to combine the unique ...
Highly conductive protein fibers as a radically new technological material. University of Antwerp
The impact of technological progress on the labor market: micro level evidence. KU Leuven
The impact of technological progress, such as advancements in
information and communication technology (ICT), robots and artificial
intelligence is at the heart of the current policy and academic debate.
This project will construct a novel and unique database including firm
level measures of both robotics and ICT. By doing so, the project will
contribute to the ongoing debate in three different ways. First, we will ...
A technological chain for the development of antibacterial lysins against fermentation contaminants and infectious diseases Ghent University
Lysins are a broad class of bacteriophage-encoded, enzyme-based antibacterials with a new mode-of-action based on active peptidoglycan degradation. While initially considered for human healthcare only, the potential market of lysins has now been expanded to each sector where bacteria are undesired, including the fermentation industry that suffers significant yield and profit losses from recurrent bacterial contaminations. To leverage the ...
NUTRICHOICE: Assessment of choice behaviors and technological development shaping the circular economy for N and P. University of Antwerp
Unobserved Heterogeneity in Technological Change and Dynamic Gains From Trade. Ghent University
While the current economic situation requires strong and persistent productivity growth to maintain economic prosperity, this growth is hampered by an increasingly uncertain international environment. The welfare cost associated with this uncertain international environment, however, remains unclear. Current quantitative trade models are not sufficiently general nor reliable to provide a clear picture of the impact of trade on technological ...