University of Toronto - Ghent University Partnership

About

The Preferential Partnership between Ghent University and the University of Toronto funds research, educational, and infrastructural exchanges between both institutions.

Funding

With support from the Special Research Fund at Ghent University, the preferential partnership between the University of Toronto and Ghent University opened funding opportunities. 

Purpose

The calls for funding, welcome applications for funding from staff in all faculties and departments, working in all disciplines, at both universities. These grants support the mobility of researchers.
The activities supported by the partnership include but are not limited to:

  • Joint research collaborations or the joint publication of scientific papers and educational materials
  • Joint courses or graduate and post-doctoral mobility
  • Exchange of faculty, trainees and staff
  • Participation in and the co-hosting of lectures, meetings, seminars, symposia and conferences
  • Exchanges of knowledge
  • Joint applications for funding for future or ongoing collaborative projects
  • Collaboration in other areas that foster research and educational cooperation
    Joint education programmes, e.g. MOOCs

Seed Funding Application

  • Purpose: Seed fundings serve to broaden and deepen research and educational collaboration between faculty and staff at the University of Toronto and Ghent University through 2026.
  • Funding: up to €10,000 per collaboration.
  • Deadlines: rolling application (please apply as soon as possible).
  • Link to call text and application form

Members

The preferential partnership is a living partnership. Therefore, its membership may change and those changes may not immediately be reflected below. The steering group members are indicated in bold

From Ghent University:

  • Faculty of Arts & Philosophy: Prof. Andrew Bricker, Prof. Marco Caracciolo, Prof. Roald Docter, Prof. Jurgen Pieters, Prof. Pierre Schoentjes, Prof. Frank Vermeulen, Dr. Geertje Bol, Dr. Hannah Cornelus, Dr. Zoë Ghyselinck, Dr. Beatrijs Wille
  • Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences: Prof. Pauline Boeckxstaens, Prof. Sara Willems, Dagje Boeykens, Reini Haverals
  • Faculty of Engineering & Architecture: Prof. Roel Baets, Prof. Lieven Eeckhout, Prof. Mark Saeys, Prof. Patrick Segers 
  • Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences: Prof. Bram De Wever, Prof. Daniele Marinazzo, Prof. Rudi Roose, Prof. Ruben Vanderlinde, Nele Feryn
  • Faculty of Law & Criminology: Prof. Georges Martyn


From the University of Toronto:

  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Prof. Lisa Forman, Prof. Erica Di Ruggiero, Prof. Andrew Pinto, Dr. Katrina Perehudoff, Dr. Carolyn Steele Gray,
  • Faculty of Medicine: Prof. Tara Kieran, Prof. Nav Persaud
  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy: Prof. Jillian Kohler
  • Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering: Prof. Andreas Moshovos, Prof. Natalie Enright Jerger, Prof. David Steinman, Prof. Amr Helmy
  • Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry: Prof. Cathy Chin
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: Prof. Jim Slotta
  • Faculty of Arts & Science: Prof. Barbara Havercroft, Prof. Pascal Riendeau and Prof. Pascal Michelucci
  • Faculty of Law: Prof. Simon Stern

Contact 

For further information concerning the preferential partnership between Ghent University and the University of Toronto, please contact either the chairman of the partnership, Professor Andrew Bricker, or the coordinator of the partnership, Mariek Merckx.

Activities

Title Department Type of activity UG Supervisor UoT Supervisor
Launching a pediatric precision oncology platform in Belgium Biomolecular Medicine Seminars Kaat Durinck Madeline Hayes
Bridging borders for diagnostic safety: exploring patient perceptions on the value of virtual assistants
for self-management		 Public Health and Primary Care Short research stay Ann Van Hecke Kelly Smith

Workshop “Women in the History of Political Thought: Labor, Property and the Family”

 History Short research stay Geertje Bol Torrey Shanks
Multilingualism and literacy in deaf children Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Short research stay Beatrijs Wille Jeff Bale
Literature and Arts in Narrative-based Medicine Literary studies Short research stay by a team Jurgen Pieters Karen Gold
Connecting Land- and Seascapes in the Greek world: Ghent
Toronto Young Researchers meeting Athens, Summer 2022		 Archaeology young researchers meeting Roald Docter Carl Knappett
Archaeological field training and concerted research at the site of Falerii Novi (Italy) Archaeology Workshop Frank Vermeulen Seth Bernard
Africa and the Hogarth Press, 1917-53 Literary Studies archival research Cedric Van Dijck Adam Hammond
Goal-oriented care: exploring the mechanisms of sustainable implementation in primary care sites in Flanders and Ontario Department of Public Health and Primary Care long research stay Pauline Boeckxstaens Carolyn Steele Gray
Goal-oriented care as a catalyst for integrated care Department of Public Health and Primary Care seed funding to explore the role of a Toronto supervisor in a phd that has not yet started Pauline Boeckxstaens Carolyn Steele Gray
Social work in primary health care Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy Short research stay Rudi Roose Rachelle Ashcroft
Science and Narrative Form: Opening a Dialogue Literary Studies Short research stay Marco Caracciolo Daniel Aureliano Newman