During the Early and Middle-Late Holocene at least eight abrupt centennial-scale Rapid Climate Change events (RCC) have occurred, which have been globally identified by recent climate records. However, still little is ...read more
This project focuses on an interdisciplinary, ethnographic study of organic pesticide production (pyrethrum) in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Pyrethrum is a pesticide component derived from the chrysanthemum plant species. The yellow ...read more
The project 'Space for Philippe Van Snick. Physical and Digital Space for the Conservation and Public Disclosure of the archives of Philippe Van Snick (1968-1990)' is a pilot project of ...read more
"Thorn in the unwieldy body of general indifference and in the eye of the official cultural chamber servants. Since every city possesses its cellars, attics or huts for its artists; ...read more
The quality of language stimulating interactions in early childhood education (ECE) has an important impact on the academic language skills of young children, which in turn is a powerful predictor ...read more
Project launched to drive awareness of new terrorist content online regulation amongst hosting service providers. Ghent University will be part of a consortium to drive greater awareness of and compliance ...read more
To this day and age, deep-routed, structural inequalities in health have been one of the most consistent and pressing challenges society has faced. Recent events, such as the COVID19 pandemic ...read more
Across all Abrahamic religions, it has been found that the more religious people are, the more children they have. However, whereas political demographers such as Eric Kaufman have shown that ...read more
This project investigates how pious endowments shaped state-building in the Ottoman Empire between 1450 and 1650. Pious endowments (waqf, singular) were trusts of property devoted to charitable activities that constituted ...read more