Projects
NextPerception - Next generation smart perception sensors and distributed intelligence for proactive human monitoring in health, wellbeing, and automotive systems KU Leuven
We put our lives increasingly in the hands of smart complex systems making decisions that directly affect our health and wellbeing. This is very evident in healthcare - where systems watch over your health - as well as in traffic - where autonomous driving solutions are gradually taking over control of the car. The accuracy and timeliness of the decisions depend on the systems’ ability to build a good understanding of both you and your ...
Field research on support structures for and wellbeing of Cameroonian returnees Ghent University
Self-actualization and self-transcendence in China: the paradoxical role of fate as an agent for spiritual and psychological wellbeing. Ghent University
This research proposes to investigate the characteristically Chinese concept of fate (ming) in terms of spiritual-psychological agency Fate has always played a pervasive role in ancient Chinese thought and folk religion However, fate as we know it in the West as an uncontrollable force does not have the same meaning in China Chinese conceptions of fate display different dimensions, most commonly expressed in the concepts ‘eavenly ...
Magnet4Europe: Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Health Care Workplace. KU Leuven
Over 23 million Europeans work in health care. Burnout, anxiety, sleep disorders, depression, and associated stigma are more common among health care workers, and exact a huge toll on individuals and families, particularly on women who are the majority of health care workers, and on society by erosion of productivity and safety of health services. Magnet4Europe transfers, modifies, scales up, and evaluates an evidence-based model of ...
H2020: Empower - European platforM to PromOte Wellbeing and HEalth in the woRkplace Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...
Digitizing Joy: The Role of Smartphone Use in Capitalizing Positive Life Events and Adolescents’ Psychological Wellbeing KU Leuven
Positive life events shape peoples’ identities and are crucial for their mental and physical wellbeing. Holding on to positive moments in life and sharing them with others, a process named capitalization, has been associated with increased wellbeing, health, personal and social growth. Given the omnipresence of smartphones and the immense popularity of social media in our society, actual experiences, but also memories of an event might have ...
Culture, Ageing & Design: Integrating culture and wellbeing in housing design theories for old age (CAD-project) Hasselt University
Wellbeing and mental health of early career researchers in Flanders Ghent University
The growing conversation about wellbeing and mental health of early career researchers has helped to raise awareness, but it has also underscored gaps in research and lack of consensus about how to respond. The current project addresses these gaps, focussing on the complex interplay between determinants at the organisational and individual level.