Projects
Designing for Social Justice. Unravelling potentials and limitations of research by design in transformative policy and co-creation processes to tackle the 21st century urban crises KU Leuven
Various 21st century global challenges manifest themselves as complex socio-spatial issues. Climate change, access to qualitative and affordable housing, renewable energy, sustainable mobility, and inclusive care are amongst the great challenges that affect and are impacted by the way the urban environment is planned and built. In the face of these challenges and to tackle the 21st urban crises, there is a growing interest in research by ...
Geographic information systems (GIS) for the benefit of public health - development and implementation of automated time-space models Ghent University
The rise of the automobile in the post-World War era has brought the concepts of transportation and mobility for personal use to the foreground. What started as a luxury
good for the more well-off, swiftly evolved to a common good for the masses due to the combination of an ever-growing demand and vast improvements in the industrial production chain. The increased use of private motorized vehicles has strongly altered the built ...
The Socio-Politics of the Mobility - Urbanization Nexus: Techno-political Frames, Transportation Injustice and Informal Transportation in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia KU Leuven
This research explores the distinctive mobility patterns of transportation systems designed to answer the needs and demands of the commercial and agricultural sector in two specific regions in the department of Antioquia in Colombia (Urabá and San Nicolas valley). In addition, the research studies the impact of the existing and proposed mobility and transportation infrastructural projects in social and urban development on local and regional ...
Brain-Transversal Assessment of Intermodel New Strategies (BRAIN-TRAINS). University of Antwerp
Brain-Transversal Assessment of Intermodel New Strategies (BRAIN-TRAINS). University of Antwerp
IVORY - 'AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety' Hasselt University
What do we owe each other in terms of accessibility? University of Antwerp
Towards a relational approach of spatial planning, social innovation and territorial development KU Leuven
In this period the promotor established, among others, research tracks regarding (1) spatial planning, social innovation and sustainable territorial development, (2) participation and governance, (3) the governance of socio-ecological systems, (4) access to land, land policy and commons, (5) transdisciplinary action research. This was done by developing PhD trajectories, postdoc projects, multi-partner research projects and consulting, ...
The European Union and Party Autonomy in Private International Family Law KU Leuven
A paradigm shift, from State control to self-determination of individuals, is currently occurring within our society. Not so long ago, divorces, same-sex marriages, registered partnerships, birth control or in vitro fertilization were hardly conceivable whereas it is now accessible, or at least debated, in most European countries. This has been largely influenced by the fact that citizens request more liberty to arbitrate their own existence ...