The Limits of Seagrass Transplantation The Faculty of Sciences’ UNSEAL project aims to study the limiting mechanisms responsible for the success or failure of seagrass transplantation as part of the restoration of anthropogenic patches created by large ships in Posidonia oceanica meadows. A Socio-technical Study of Digital Twins in Urban Governance One of the latest innovations in urban governance is the development and use of ‘Digital Twins’, virtual and dynamic replicas of a city. This project by the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology aims to understand how virtual experiments are both configured and used in urban governance by describing and explaining how cities are represented through their digital twins. The study also aims to understand how virtual experiments are organised and how they can transform governance practices. Improving Wax Quality in the Walloon Beekeeping Sector Following on from the Qualiwax project, which - with the BeeToxWax tool - enabled beekeepers to work with waxes that were less or not at all contaminated and to improve the health of bees, the Qualiwax + project of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will increase the availability of local waxes (through recycling) and their quality through a process of decontamination. Gendered Inheritance in the Event of Legal Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce and Death in Belgium From a legal perspective, and using an empirical approach, the aim of this study by the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology is to analyse whether the various legal tools for passing on assets have a differentiated effect on men and women and, as a result, whether they are likely to contribute to a wealth gap between men and women. Developing the Peanut Value Chain in Benin The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Peanut Quality project aims to improve storage practices and the processing and preservation of peanuts, and their by-products, to ensure satisfactory health quality. The project will also improve the incomes of women and producers through the promotion and development of peanut value chains in Benin. FIND OUT MORE 38 | ACTIVITY REPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT ULIÈGE | 2022 – 2023
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