Projects
Social learning processes with farmers to encourage a sustainable production and competitiveness within the social and market environment Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
How can farmers’ learning processes be enhanced as a way of supporting them to adopt more sustainable farming practices? New skills and knowledge are required for transitioning to more sustainable practices. Participation in organised learning trajectories can stimulate farmers’ learning processes. Although several elements of these trajectories (e.g. actors, context, trajectory and tools) can ...
Acute effects of the physical and social environment on anxiety and perceived stress and their impact on walking levels in people with epilepsy Ghent University
Many people with epilepsy (PWE) do not meet the physical activity (PA) guidelines. However, PA has antiepileptic and anxiolytic effects, which is of utmost importance for PWE, since stress and anxiety are very common triggers of seizures. Walking is an accessible and feasible way to be active. The physical and social environment positively influences walking levels in the general population. Therefore, this project will examine how PA (more ...
NonSurvivors: Childhood diet, disease, and death as telltale signs of the physical and social environment in post-medieval Aalst Ghent University
This project assesses the physical stress children in post-medieval Aalst faced, in relation to socio-economic status and living conditions. Historical sources show a low child survivor rate in poor families in this context, yet do not elucidate why. NonSurvivors will analyze the children’s skeletal remains for direct data on disease, diet, and death. The archaeological wealth of Aalst, with exceptional preservation of human remains of all ...
The dimensional structure of prejudice. The influence of personality traits and the social environment on (generalized) prejudice KU Leuven
Prejudice remains a persistent social problem in Western societies. Critically, prejudices are often not directed toward one single target group but generalize across a variety of groups. People who dislike immigrants or Jews are also more likely to dislike homosexuals and Muslims. To put it in the words of Allport (1954, p. 69): “The fact that scapegoats of different breeds are so often harnessed together shows that it is the totality of ...
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 ...
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 the challenges of an ageing ...
Interventions in the built and social environment improving elderly’s wellbeing in an activity-travel context Ghent University
Ageing often implies declined capacity for travel, which adversely effects independently living and thus affects elderly’s wellbeing. In this project, we investigate how physical and social aspects of the living environment affect activity travel behaviour of older adults, what the consequences are for their wellbeing, and how an age-friendly living environment can be built.
SRP-Groeifinanciering: The Archaeology of Coastal Communities: social resilience, innovation and adaptation in landscape, settlement and material culture driven by migration and globalization, climate and environment Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Developing and implementing a community-based intervention to create a more supportive social and physical environment for lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe Ghent University
The objective of the Feel4Diabetes project is to develop, implement and evaluate a community-based intervention aiming to create a more supportive social and physical environment to promote lifestyle and behavioural changes to prevent type 2 diabetes among families from low and middle income countries and from vulnerable populations in high income countries in Europe.