"The overall objective of the COPPER project is to increase and expand the engagement of citizens within and across Energy Communities to create Positive Energy Districts on different geographical levels, by facilitating energy information supply and communication between citizens, modelling energy …

Sociaal-ruimtelijk adviseur, onderzoeker en docent Mark Sekuur ziet in het dorpsommetje bij Huizinge hoe belangrijk deze wandelroutes zijn voor het herstellen van onze verbinding met het landschap.

This thesis investigates the effects of different music genres on the behavior and spatial preferences of captive African elephants, with the aim of improving their welfare and management strategies. Given the growing concern among zoological professionals about the impact of captivity on the health …

Living Lines of the Barely Noticeable is a long-term artistic research project aiming to develop distinct artistic approaches to relate to and interact with flying insects and provide the artistic research with a theoretical and practical context by reflecting on relationships and connections with the …

In hun bijdrage laten Imka Buurke en Vanessa Bakhuizen-van ’t Hoogt zien hoe zintuigelijke ervaringen als voelen en horen tijdens het leren maken een essentiële rol spelen. Met voorbeelden uit hun onderzoeksprojecten maken ze duidelijk dat tijdens het maken handen en hoofd, doen en denken, hand in hand …

Climate change requires cities to adapt to heat, drought, and high-intensity rainfall to become resilient. In the Netherlands, more than 74% of population lives in urban areas. Many Dutch cities have intensified their efforts to become climate resilient and water-robust by 2050. One of the strategies …

How does defamiliarization relate to that which it assumes to be familiar? This chapter explores this question in the context of toxicity, an often invisible and imperceptible power, with the aid of two case studies from landscape art. Wout Berger’ s work Giflandschap (Poisoned Landscape, 1992) is exemplary …

The importance of learning to create an expressive performance is a consistently discussed topic in music education. However, how musicians develop “expressiveness” is still understudied. Recent investigations haveshown that musicians’ motor behavior is a significant source of perceptual information …

Launch event in the framework of ARTICULATE. Art & Research days and Art x Research x City, in collaboration with ARIA. This programme will take place on 18 October 2024 at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp).Dear enthusiasts of research in the arts,We want to extend a warm …

Knowledge on the biodiversity and abundance of phytoplankton is key for many ecological and societal (e.g., blue growth) questions. Gathering temporal variation and spatial patterns on key indicators requires reliable and standardized protocols on sampling, species identification and counting. Numerous …