Projects
Learning Network on Decolonization – Faculty of Political and Social Sciences Ghent University
The Learning Network on Decolonisation of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences aims to initiate activities to decolonize education, research and services to students and staff. The network brings together students and staff from the different departments and programs at PSW, to colearn and co-create knowledge and practices to help reform both the curricula and teaching and research practices, as well as student and staff policies at ...
Stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED): Nanoscopy for innovative research in the life sciences Ghent University
The well-known adagio ‘seeing is believing’ is as much of relevance to life science research today as it ever was. Since the invention of the first microscopes almost 400 years ago, there has been an ongoing strive to ever see more details within organisms, tissues and cells. Based on fundamental physics from the nineteenth century, it was long thought impossible to see beyond a resolution of ~200 nm with light microscopes. However, thanks to ...
SOS4democracy : SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR DEMOCRACY: A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING RESEARCH ON ILLIBERAL SYSTEMS AND FINDING WAYS TO BUILD MORE ROBUST DEMOCRACIES Vrije Universiteit Brussel
of the research focused on Poland and Hungary, the emergence of illiberal trends in other countries, including Slovenia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Turkey, and Italy, has often been neglected. To fill this gap, the SOS4democracy project aims to create an alliance of research
and higher-education ...
Research in the field of the neurological and musculoskeletal movement analysis. University of Antwerp
Human Movement Ghent University
The scientific study of human movement requires specific laboratories and Ghent University harbors state-of-the-art and unique expertise and facilities in this regard. The Core Facility Human Movement combines these facilities and know-how for lab-based and ambulatory evaluation of exercise capacity, sport performance, locomotion, motor skills and movement behaviour, and provides them in a professional fashion to the UGent research community ...
Let’s call it a day: 24-hour movement behaviors among overweight and obese individuals Ghent University
A recent shift in health promotion research stresses the importance of considering all behaviors in one 24-hour day instead of focusing on each behavior separately (i.e. physical activity, sitting time, sleep). This is a novel approach within health promotion and may be included in lifestyle interventions focusing on overweight or obese (OwOb) individuals. However, high drop-out rates in these lifestyle interventions and non-adherence of ...
Move-IT: a new head/foot steering device for people with movement disorders KU Leuven
Mechanisms of low movement skill in overweight children Ghent University
The mechanical hypothesis is mainly favoured which states that the extra mass and the different mass distribution can explain the lower movement skill in obese children. Although, studies recently suggest a perceptual motor processing problem in obese children and a possible relationship between physical activity level and degree of overweight. Therefore, this project's goal is to investigate these three mechanisms.
Effects of muscle fatigue, cognitive complexity and time pressure on the proprioceptive control of movement in young and older adults. KU Leuven
In our rapidly aging society, functional independence of the older adults is a critical challenge for health and well-being with considerable socioeconomic consequences. In this regard, proprioception, the ability to interpret our musculoskeletal state (e.g., movement) is critically important for daily functioning. Here, I will investigate proprioception deficits in aging using a comprehensive neurobehavioral approach. First, I will study the ...