Research projects

Labour market tightness. A hot topic. Can rethinking work provide solace? If so, what is needed to do so?

Hybrid working is a new challenge for all of us to continue to work healthily and vitally. But... how do you deal with it? You can discover it in our new trajectory 'Feeling good, at home and at work'. You can participate individually or with your entire team or organization.

In this project we developed a MOOC to guide future farmers into creating a strategic plan for a farming business of the 21st century.

Do you want to get more out of your data by enriching it with data obtained from external parties? Or do you see an opportunity in trading your own data? In this project, we will find out how this can be done in a privacy-friendly way.

Te Vroeg is a digital platform that brings together reliable and relevant information about preterm birth. The platform serves as a compass to guide parents of (former) preterm infants towards appropriate care and support, both from healthcare professionals and their wider environment. Through testimonials and peer experiences, this digital tool aims to connect parents with one another.

"Hybridisation and community initiative in the super-diverse city": what role does social shadow work play in Brussels? Do they mainly deal with service provision and meeting people? Or do they also deal with the political mission of social work?

Older adults in socially vulnerable situations do not always find their way to local organisations or programmes aimed at strengthening knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to a healthy lifestyle in later life. This project specifically addresses that challenge.

People with young-onset dementia often struggle with sleep problems, increased anxiety, and stress. Non-pharmacological interventions to improve sleep and reduce anxiety and stress for this target group do not yet exist. In this project, we aim to identify specific care needs.

We explore what is needed to establish sustainable partnerships between the actors of a Quintuple Helix model for circular ecosystems, within the Flemish and Brussels context. Setting up Quintuple helix systems is particularly interesting because they can contribute to systemic innovations, which prove necessary to make circular transition a reality.

In this project, we map out the widest possible variety of faith-based and philosophical organisations (FBOs) in Brussels and conduct practical research on how cooperation with social work organisations can be improved. In the post-secular society, FBOs are playing an increasingly important role in supporting and assisting vulnerable groups that fall through the cracks.

This project maps out the widest possible variety of faith- and belief-based organisations (FBOs) in Brussels and conducts practice-based research on how collaboration with social work organisations can be improved. In today’s post-secular society, FBOs are increasingly taking on roles in providing support and assistance to vulnerable groups who fall through the cracks of the welfare system.

In this project, we map the profile of residents in residential care centres (RCCs) with psychiatric vulnerabilities, examine how this affects their care needs, and explore solutions to support care providers in working with this target group.