Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Hybrid governance in mining concessions Exploratory field research on hybrid governance in mining concessions in Ghana. IOB researcher Sara Geenen is studying hybrid governance in large-scale gold mining concessions on a post-doctoral FWO fe…

Social Sciences Karolien Poels Karolien Poels 1. What was your favourite subject during your student days? I had my first “aha! - I really find this interesting” moment during Professor Patrick Vyncke's “Semiotics” classes and later also during his classes on consumer behaviour. This led me …

Sara Geenen professor Research Sara Geenen Project websites DRIVING CHANGE. Putting small-scale producers in the driver's seat of mineral supply chain regulation HEALTH. Health in artisanal and small-scale gold mining HANDMADE. From handmade gravel to handmade urbanism. Humans, nature and materials …

Stefaan Marysse emeritus occasional assignment Research Stefaan Marysse Research team Local Governance and post-conflict development. 22/04/2007 - 21/04/2009 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Marysse Stefaan Research team(s) Project type(s) Research Project Poverty and poverty reduction in the great …

Guido Erreygers emeritus with assignment Research Guido Erreygers Research team Economics Expertise I do research about history of economic thought, socioeconomic inequality of health, and linear production systems. Task complexity, framing effects and post-hoc individual-level model analysis in dis…

Tom De Herdt full professor About Tom De Herdt Tom De Herdt Contact Stadscampus Show email address Tel. +3232655426 Lange Sint-Annastraat 7 2000 Antwerpen, BEL I studied political and social sciences and economics. I have inquired into the domains of poverty alleviation, capabilities, local governan…

Tom De Herdt full professor Research Tom De Herdt Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise Provide policy supporting advice or expertise on economic or political issues in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa. Social Protection, Inequality & Inclusive Growth. 01/05/2023…

Rob Embrechts emeritus occasional assignment Research Rob Embrechts Research team VLIR international university development cooperation with the university of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. 01/04/2002 - 31/03/2003 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Embrechts Rob Research team(s) Project type(s) Research P…

Stef Vandeginste associate professor Research Stef Vandeginste Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research covers development political governance in Africa, with a particular focus on Burundi. Thematic areas of interest include: law and development; transitional j…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Analyses and Policy Briefs Analyses and Policy Briefs are crisp and sharp briefs that offer analysis and/or policy recommendations, and generally make reference to more extensive IOB research outputs. These are typically two- or four-pagers …

Marijke Verpoorten professor Research Marijke Verpoorten Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research focuses on the economic causes and consequences of armed conflict; on natural resources, religion, global supply chains; and more broadly, on the economic and insti…

Edwin Wouters full professor Research Edwin Wouters Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Medical sociologist with expertise in health systems research, chronic care and mental health care. Projects on: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Stigma, Community health workers, Chronic illn…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Archive 2009.03 Wim Pelupessy, Joy De Los Reyes | Agrarian Reform in the Philippine Banana Chain Abstract The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of 1986 had been the most far reaching postwar institutional change in rural Philippin…

Business and Economics Doctoral research Doctoral research Ongoing doctoral research (alphabetical order) Name PhD student Title research Supervisor(s) Abdelshafy Mahira Disruption Management in the Port Industry: Empirical Analysis on The Role of Emerging Technologies Sys Christa, Rashed Yasmine Ab…

Economics search menu search content Research projects Ongoing projects Preferential Trade Agreements and Non-Tariff Barriers. 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028 Abstract The nature of trade agreements has changed in recent decades. While they were centered around mutual tariff reduction, they have now a much …

Rene Van Grieken emeritus occasional assignment Research Rene Van Grieken Research team Expertise Trace and micro analysis, especially for environmental samples Research project VMM – heavy metals. 01/10/2014 - 31/10/2015 Abstract Examination of instrumental parameters and current validation for t…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Working Papers The IOB Working Paper Series (ISSN 2294-8643) seeks to stimulate the timely exchange of ideas about development issues, by offering a forum to get findings out quickly, even in a less than fully polished form. The IOB Working …

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Award of the Research Board 2025 - Award Deleeck: Social Sciences and Humanities. 01/12/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract Award of the Research Board 2025 - Award Deleeck: Social Sciences and Humanities. This project inves…

Centre for Population, Family and Health search menu search content Research Ongoing projects Flexible and Complex Families Across the Life-Course (FAMFLEX). 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2031 Abstract Families today come in various shapes and forms, characterized by a wide range of cultural, economic, social,…