The Centre for Research & Development Monitoring (Expertisecentrum Onderzoek en Ontwikkelingsmonitoring, ECOOM) is an interuniversity consortium with participation of all Flemish universities (KU Leuven, UGent, VUB, UAntwerp and UHasselt). Its mission is to develop a consistent system of R&D and Innovation (RD&I) indicators for the Flemish government. This indicator system has to assist the Flemish government in mapping and ...
Dit project onderzoekt de invloed van politieke elites op premoderne economieën. Het centrale concept is de heerlijkheid: de instelling die ervoor zorgde dat rurale elites hun macht over de plattelandsbevolking in stand konden houden. Heerlijkheden beïnvloedden de rurale economie door middel van surplus-extractie die niet gebaseerd was op marktwerking maar op macht. Hoewel deze politieke bevoordeling de inkomens van lokale boeren schaadde, ...
Zorgen is delen: een omgeving creëren van kwaliteitsrelaties tussen thuis en het gefaciliteerde groepshuis voor kinderen met uitgebreide ondersteuningsbehoeften.
Carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) constitute a highly profitable market in EU’s economy. Their high stiffness and strength and low density allow engineers to design lightweight structures with a lower carbon footprint than conventional metallic ones. Nonetheless, CFRPs hold two main drawbacks which hinder their exploitation in industry: 1) poor damage and impact tolerance; and 2) limited design space due to the lack of robust ...
Co-lingual-S tackles a well-documented disconnect between family- and school language policies regarding multilingualism by applying innovative visual methods to understand multilingual family life, and develop multilingual pedagogies in schools. Co-lingual-S sets out to 1) understand how family members’ intersected identities (such as the interplay between gender, language and migration status) shapes family roles and actions in creating ...