Projects
The development of socially meaningful language variation in (pre)adolescents with Down Syndrome KU Leuven
This project studies the development of the social meaning of linguistic variation in (pre)adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS), given their unique developmental profile with strengths in social functioning and challenges with linguistic processing. The system for pronouns of address in Belgian Dutch displays two dimensions of socially meaningful variation (T/V and standard/colloquial) and serves as a case study. The key innovations are the ...
Temperament and parenting as predictors of psychosocial development in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy. Ghent University
This project addresses the predictive value of the temperament-parenting interplay, vitally crucial for all children, to explain the wide range of variability in both maladaptive and adaptive development of youngsters with special needs. Using a three-wave prospective cohort design, transdiagnostic generalizability of processes is tested in and across three neurodevelopmental disabilities (Autism, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy) relative to ...
Integrated development and modulation of the brain, bones and cognition in the context of Down syndrome KU Leuven
Trisomy of chromosome 21 in Down syndrome (DS) leads to intellectual disability, craniofacial and skeletal dysmorphologies. As in many neurodevelopmental disorders, the DS phenotype relies on altered development and crosstalk between tightly integrated tissues. Neural and skeletal morphogenesis are linked through common signalling pathways, with a prominent role for Dyrk1A, a key gene in neural, but also craniofacial development and bone ...
The settlement of Elkab: Documenting the Rise of Urbanism in an Upper Egyptian town KU Leuven
The ancient Egyptian site of Elkab lies on the east bank of the Nile in southern Upper Egypt and was an important provincial centre during the early stages of Egyptian history. Despite over a century of intensive archaeological research, our knowledge of its occupational history is still limited and biased. Indeed, past research has primarily focused on the large funerary and religious monuments and little attention has been devoted to the ...
Poultry farming Project in the rural town of Ouled Daoud Azkhanine in Morocco. University of Antwerp
Making a home away from home: Asylum seekers' gendered experiences of place-making in Cape Town, South Africa. Hasselt University
The Aspects of Community-Based Approach towards Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings, as a catalyst for Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Heritage Buildings in the Historic Town of Bagamoyo. Hasselt University
The town is the countryside. Textile production and towncountry-relations in the Flemish West Country (15th-16th centuries). University of Antwerp
From dawn till dusk: synthetic granule development for tailor-made microbial community engineering Ghent University
Microbial communities play a crucial role in bioprocesses aimed at bioenergy recovery, bioproduction and nutrient recovery. Current monitoring focuses mainly on compositional analyses, which do not consider 3-dimensional microbial organisation. Hence, a novel approach for direct microbial community engineering is essential to explore opportunities in the bio-based economy. This project aims to acquire and apply fundamental insights in ...