Results

Within the multidisciplinary research line (digital) care innovation, we create partnerships between various stakeholders such as care providers, care users, care organisations, governments and companies, with the aim of sustainable implementation of (digital) care innovation.

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.

Cathodic protection as a sustainable repair technique for life extension of existing (civil) concrete constructions. Within DUBiT, we try to provide an answer to the pressing question: how can damage to concrete bridges be tackled in a sustainable manner?

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.

This project aims to strengthen general practice through smart practice innovations. Through research, co-creation, and pilot projects, a dynamic working tool will be developed to help general practitioners work more efficiently, reduce their workload, and keep care accessible. In this way, we support doctors in their daily practice and contribute to a resilient and future-oriented primary care system.

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.

In dit vierjarige project willen we de effectiviteit en kosteneffectiviteit nagaan van een functioneel trainingsprogramma voor kwetsbare thuiswonende 70-plussers.

We study administrative processes in Public Social Welfare Centres (OCMWs). We examine how these processes affect the daily lives of beneficiaries and social workers. Our goal is to make OCMWs more administratively accessible, thereby improving access to social protection. This allows space to be reclaimed for the essence of social work: doing justice to every person’s human dignity. 

AEP-Pulse is building a circular future for aquaculture, insect and plant cultivation. The innovative Aqua-Entomo-Ponics (AEP) system intelligently reuses residual streams between sectors, leading to more sustainable and efficient production.

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.

With Art-Ie, Artificial Intelligence Inspiration, we offer companies the opportunity to engage in various forms of collaboration with a knowledge institution in the field of AI, enabling them to take important steps in their digitalisation process.