Research projects

DevOps Academy is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership that brings together six organizations from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The project is developing an innovative, completely free online training around Sustainable DevOps, with a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility.

This project helps farmers in the Flemish Ardennes tackle soil erosion using innovative agricultural machinery. Because this equipment is often expensive and unfamiliar, the project focuses on shared use. CenSE is developing a sustainable and widely supported business model for this purpose.

In the UlvaLaunch project, we are optimizing the cultivation of sea lettuce (Ulva) to reduce the ecological footprint and production costs, and we are identifying ways to develop a local seaweed supply chain in Flanders.

With this project, we want to leverage circular collaborations by developing an accessible guidance program for this purpose. After all, a real transition to sustainable development is only possible through joint actions between actors and organizations. We will work with circular entrepreneurs through design science research to guide them in this process.

In the project COntent, we delve into the opportunities that generative AI offers for the content marketer and guide Flemish SMEs with its application within their content marketing activities.

BS4Inno aims to put together a curriculum for succession planners of family businesses and SMEs. In this way, the project aims to contribute to the formalization of the succession planning profession.

With UpskillOpMaat we support customized companies with smart and practical applications of industry 4.0 technology. This is how we help them to provide quality assurance, empower employees and take the step towards digitalization. With smart configurators and targeted training modules, we make technology simpler and usable for everyone. Discover how your organization can also grow with this approach!

In Flanders, the aquaculture sector still has significant growth potential. AquaPlanner maps the economic potential of aquaculture and offers entrepreneurs support through an integrated business model perspective and calculation tool.

ABC BlendEd is an EU-funded initiative designed to improve employability, innovation, and socioeconomic prosperity in Africa through challenging blended learning. The project adapts a successful European blended mobility course to the realities of African universities, particularly in the field of agriculture, and creates a global learning community that connects students, faculty, researchers, and industry professionals.