Research projects

The corona crisis and subsequent measures have shaken the economic landscape considerably and severely tested the resilience of our companies. How resilient and flexible are Flemish (family) businesses?

What are the levers and factors that ensure the long-term survival and success of a family business? Researching an answer to that question yielded a new and unique model with 10 lessons for long-term survival as a family business.

This study provides an overview of entrepreneurship in the Brussels Capital Region.

The objective of this project is to deepen and broaden ethical competencies among managers by developing an innovative and attractive training course. The training will identify learning objectives and provide targeted coaching, measured against the EQ framework.

The Logistics Interactive Learning Network (LogILereN) consists of a select group of logistics experts who sit around the table bi-monthly to share hands-on experience and scientific findings. The goal of this service project? Coming up with innovative logistics solutions for your business.

The Go&LearNET for Educational Trainers (Go&LearNET) is a European Leonardo Da Vinci project, which aims to bring technical and vocational training in secondary schools and the labor market closer together in various ways.

With this research we wanted to investigate to what extent change processes can be more supported ("my and/or "our" change process) by the (non-)family employees in family firms and how psychological ownership can contribute to successful change processes in family firms.

Within the first PWO project that focused on the cultivation of the European crayfish (Astacus astacus) in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), a whole range of rearing parameters were investigated, with emphasis on the juvenile phase of rearing.

Each year, we publish an overview of family policy at various levels. For one of the policy domains, we conduct an in-depth analysis. The results are published and presented on the International Day of Families, 15 May.

The Family Guide is an initiative of the Research Centre for Family Studies at Odisee. With the Family Guide, we reach a broad audience by providing clear and accessible information about services, rights and responsibilities, and legislation concerning and for families.

The nature centre Floralie's Lab aims to teach children more about nature and the environment, and to give them playful tools that help them care for their surroundings at their own level, make sustainable choices, and take actions that benefit the environment.