Ghent University researchers explain their research in a Twitter Thread
Eline Lievens, Hannes Mareen en Sarah Bonte
(29-10-2021) Fourteen UGent PhD candidates were brave enough to take on the #ThesisThread challenge. Three of them will move on to the final jury.
In the #ThesisThread competition Flemish universities challenge their PhD candidates to explain their doctoral research in a Twitter thread. The researchers posted their threads between 1 September and 15 October. Fourteen Ghent University PhD candidates took part in this first edition of the contest.
All Ghent University Twitter Threads
- Anneke Vandendriessche explains how she wants to help adolescents sleep more
- Anouk Decuypere sets out how leadership, wellbeing and attentive communication can improve companies
- Ben De Groeve tells us about the perception of vegans and vegetarians in their efforts to promote plant-based diets
- Charlotte Eben looked into how people respond to failure: impulsively or thoughtfully?
- Eline Lievens’ research covers the importance of different types of muscle fibres in sports, and she turned her PhD into an illustrated practical guide
- Eva Cloots went in search of the secrets of a protein called IRE1β
- Hannes Mareen went on a pirate hunt with his research into how Game of Thrones episodes were leaked before their official release dates
- Ioanna Chatzigiannidou goes into the treatment of oral diseases and how that can affect the micro-organisms in our mouths
- Jorn Van de Velde asks whether last summer’s historic floods are likely to be repeated in future
- Killian Foubert investigated the correlation between terrorism and migration: do migrants want to stay in their host country, return or move on to a different country?
- Pieter Van den Berghe explains how music can be used to reduce the number of injuries sustained by runners
- Sarah Bonte uncovers the link between our immune system, cancer and.... computers
- Sepideh Soroush uses washed up seaweed to clean beaches and purify sea water
- Sien Devriendt wonders whether certain religious practices are allowed in schools and what the legal framework is on this issue
Final jury
- The three Ghent University threads that have been selected for the final jury are those by: Hannes Mareen, Eline Lievens en Sarah Bonte.
- An interuniversity panel of judges will select three winners who will each win €250.
- The winners will be announced after the final judging, which is due to take place on 2 December.