Projects
Culture, Ageing & Design: Integrating culture and wellbeing in housing design theories for old age (CAD-project) Hasselt University
Sabbatical Brigitte Meijns: Church Reform and the Transformation of Society in the Low Countries (10th-12th C.) KU Leuven
During this sabbatical period I wish to fully focus on my research domain, i.e. the religious history of the high Middle Ages (10th -12th century). In a first phase (September-December 2022), the completion of three articles is planned: a historiographical article on reform within the secular clergy (for the Routledge Companion on Church Reform), a study on a little-known tenth-century treatise (Dialogus de statu sanctae ecclesiae) dealing ...
Deconstructing sociality: from insect societies to sustainable collective action in human society KU Leuven
Social behaviour is ubiquitous in nature, and lies at the heart of the so-called major transitions in evolution, which resulted in the progressive evolution of eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms and animal societies. The absolute pinnacle of sociality is reached in some insect societies, where colonies can behave in such a highly integrated and coordinated fashion that they are often referred to as superorganisms. At the same time, ...
The Make-Up of the City: A Transdisciplinary Study of Urban Society in the Pre-Modern Low Countries Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Evaluation of the way in which local authorities realize a locally inclusive policy for the elderly, in which the participation of (vulnerable) elderly people in society is guaranteed KU Leuven
Article 10 of the Decree on the promotion of an inclusive Flemish policy on the elderly and the policy participation of the elderly of 7 December 2012 explicitly asks to make an evaluation by the end of the third year after the entry into force of the Decree on the way in which the local achieve an inclusive local policy on the elderly and guarantee the participation of the elderly in this. To date, this evaluation has not yet been carried ...
Three motivation-based interventions to improve physical activity in populations at risk. Effects and feasibility KU Leuven
In a greying society, the possible benefits from physical activity [PA] regarding independence and different aspects of health are frequently emphasized. Furthermore, recent research shows a strong association between healthy ageing and a physically active lifestyle, even when adopted at a later age (Hamer, Lavoie, & Bacon, 2013). Within the Physical Activity, Sports & Health research group, in previous ...
Quality care within assisted living and residential elderly care facilities HOGENT
Interventions in the built and social environment improving elderly’s wellbeing in an activity-travel context Ghent University
Most western countries (such as Belgium) have been witnessing
prominent demographic ageing. Ageing often implies declined
functional capacities and hence declined capacity for travel. As travel
is imperative to live independently and maintain social ties, declined
capacity for travel is likely to adversely affect elderly’s wellbeing.
“Ageing in place” – without relocation – is a key strategy for coping
with ...