Projects
Exposome project for health and occupational research KU Leuven
Exposures at the workplace contribute to many non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with a similar magnitude as urban air pollution or obesity. Given the associated societal and economic (2-6% GDP) pressure, ensuring a healthy work environment is a strategic goal for the European Commission. Demographic changes (aging workforce, female workers) and the rapidly changing nature of work with respect to secure employment and migration, are posing ...
A critical perspective on diversity in the workplace: discourses, practices and identities in nonprofit organizations. University of Antwerp
The impact of interprofessional education on the interprofessional identity development in healthcare students. Ghent University
During undergraduate education healthcare students develop a professional idenity.
Simultaneously they need to acquire an open attitude towards interprofessional collaboration
preparing them for the interprofessional workforce. This project investigates the impact of
interprofessional education on the development of an interprofessional identity. An evaluation tool
will be developed.
Bottom-Up generation of atomicalLy precise syntheTIc 2D MATerials for high performance in energy and Electronic applications – A multi-site innovative training action KU Leuven
The “graphene rush” has triggered a great interest in the design and fabrication of synthetic 2D materials (S2DMs) excelling in their chemical and physical properties for future emerging technologies addressing numerous societal needs, such as faster and better performing electronics, as well as energy storage and conversion. To match the societal benefits of being at the forefront of new technological and scientific developments, the EC ...
Navigating Complexity: Case Studies on International Policy-Making in a Context of Global Instability KU Leuven
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has radically reshaped the world of work and has introduced new economic challenges which are still unaddressed. The purpose of this proposal is to analyse how dual employment protection legislation (EPL) is reacting to these pressing changes from three different approaches. Firstly, an assessment of how well dual EPL provides the flexibility needed by firms and security demanded by workers in this new ...
Translational SYStemics: Personalised Medicine at the Interface of Translational Research and Systems Medicine KU Leuven
TranSYS will recruit 15 ESRs to highly skilled jobs in the new area of Systems Health developing tools and approaches to exploit large and complex datasets, to advance Precision (Personalised) Medicine in several disease areas. The training programme and experience of different international research environments cuts across traditional data and life sciences silos. The emphasis on translational research will support new collaborations ...
Essays on Corporate Finance KU Leuven
This doctoral dissertation consists of four chapters that cover a range of topics in corporate finance. Specifically, this dissertation (i) reviews the literature on the real effects of banks' credit supply shocks, (ii) investigates the effect of firing costs on firm productivity, (iii) examines the allocation of loans with public guarantees during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting real effects, and (iv) studies the effect of bank ...
Modelar Toolbox for Professional Education Ghent University
In MOTOPED, industry and academia jointly develop training tools to meet industry's need for focused, flexible training of new and existing workforce. MOTOPED combines a modular on-demand web-based training 'toolbox' and a professional blended learning methodology. It will be developed with and beta-tested by learners from industry with Umicore as test case. The toolbox and concept can also be implemented in other fields and networks later. ...
Understanding the weak relationship between firm size and productivity KU Leuven
The standard economic framework predicts a positive relationship between size and productivity. If firms can pay a fixed cost to export or enter a new product market, this relationship will be even stronger. Most empirical studies, however, find only a small productivity premium for larger firms. This could be due to misallocation of resources, an active area of research, but other explanations are possible. Either the theory misses an ...