Research projects

The PLONS project is a citizen science initiative with the primary objective of raising awareness among children about plastic pollution in waterways.

Through professional learning communities (PLCs), 45 schools are actively working to build, implement, and sustain their broad basic care and enhanced support systems. This support project, commissioned by Leerpunt, is a unique consortium involving Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, VIVES University of Applied Sciences, and 21 school communities and school groups.

In this project, we create and evaluate educational modules that support nurses in the Western Balkans in developing competencies needed to provide quality care to people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

The Belgian migration policy turns thousands of people in Brussels into 'precarious citizens' and pushes the Brussels government and service providers into a situation of permanent crisis management. ATLAS develops scenarios that ensure the right to shelter and services for all.

In "RISE" - Reinforcing Integration via Sponsorship Enhancement - we explore best practices and opportunities of Community Sponsorship programmes (CS) in Belgium, Italy and Lithuania.

The healthcare industry has a major environmental and climate impact and is one of the largest producers of industrial waste. Disposable diapers also constitute a large fraction of residual waste within the healthcare sector. This project focuses on sustainable birth care, specifically reusable or washable baby diapers in the hospital as an alternative to disposable diapers in order to reduce the ecological footprint of newborns.

In this study, we aim to identify the minerals and nitrogen compounds required by the yeasts and bacteria in the SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) during kombucha fermentation.

Eski stands for "entrepreneurial skills" and is a course component (OPO) that can be taken as an elective in 27 programs offered at Odisee University College. Within the OPO, students collaborate in an interdisciplinary manner to develop a business plan.

Odisee is mapping the residual streams of rechargeable batteries within five Flemish hospitals. We identify current end-of-life strategies and determine the greatest opportunities to reuse these batteries in a higher R strategy.

InterGenic aims to develop an educational framework for intergenerational learning to support the EU's digital and green transition.

This TETRA project aims to remove barriers to enable wider adoption of circular construction principles.