Projecten
Intersectorale netwerken voor innovatie op slimme thermische oplossingen voor fietshelmen. KU Leuven
Bicycle helmets are a tremendously important asset against head injuries during accidents. However, their normal use is often associated with strong thermal discomfort due to the (thermally) insulating nature of the materials used in their structures. This affects directly the willingness to wear helmets, which has direct implications in terms of the risk to which riders are exposed to. However, the capacity and expertise to improve the ...
Publieke participatie bij de ontwikkeling van een gemeenschappelijk kader voor beoordeling en beheer van duurzame innovatie. KU Leuven
The project responds to the Horizon 2020 challenge called ""Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials”. In addition, it addresses the second specific challenge of the Mobilising and Mutual Learning Action Plans (MMLAP) topics, listed in the Science in Society call for proposals of the Capacities Work Programme 2013, namely ""Assessment of sustainable innovation"". The project’s main objective will be to develop a methodological ...
Sabbatperiode Constanza Parra: Duurzaamheid, transdisciplinariteit en sociale innovatie in sociaal-ecologische systemen KU Leuven
The overall goal of this sabbatical is to improve my understanding of the socio-territorial processes and mechanisms underpinning the nexus between sustainable socio-ecological development, social innovation and adaptation to climate change. Within this exploration, I will give special attention to the analysis of how the ambitions of gender equality and women’s empowerment play out in this nexus. To achieve this goal, this sabbatical ...
Open innovatie living labs voor Positieve Energie Wijken KU Leuven
The aim of the oPEN Lab is to identify replicable, commercially viable solution packages enabling the achievement of positive energy neighbourhoods within existing urban contexts that are seamlessly integrated into the local energy system as an active micro-energy hub, and to test these technologies and package as an integrated solution at neighbourhood scale.
Three open innovation living labs in the cities of Genk (BE), Pamplona ...
Criminaliteit en innovatie. Universiteit Hasselt
Groei welzijn innovatie productiviteit KU Leuven
Well before the Great Recession, the strikingly successful socio-economic regime of growth of the three decades after WWII came to an end as the smooth matching among technological innovation, productivity growth, income distribution and aggregate demand increasingly broke down. However, a new virtuous regime is hardly emerging and growth of income and productivity remains sluggish especially in Europe. The project is meant to investigate the ...
Copernicus Academy Hub voor kennis, innovatie en outreach KU Leuven
The overall objective of CopHub.AC is to create a knowledge and innovation hub with several nodes (secretariat, research briefs, knowledge landscape, outreach, sustainability) to focus and link ongoing R&D activities in Copernicus-relevant academic fields, and to sustain the innovation process from academia to businesses on the highest possible scientific and technical level, with a clear commitment to a full thematic and geographic ...
Innovatie in het modelleren van de placenta voor maternale en foetale gezondheid KU Leuven
The placenta is the least understood human organ but arguably one of the most important”-NIH Human Placenta Project . Innovation in Modelling Placenta for Maternal and Fetal Health (iPLACENTA) is a European Training Network (ETN), and will act as a springboard for promoting international, intersectoral and multi/inter-disciplinary training, career development and collaboration of fifteen early-stage researchers (ESRs) in Maternal and Fetal ...