@odiseeresearch.bsky.social
Practice-based research from Odisee University of Applied Sciences. Sharing insights, projects, and ideas with the European research community. Let’s connect and collaborate.
🧠 On #WorldMentalHealthDay, Odisee highlights 3 new projects:
💜 Sexuality & intimacy in young-onset dementia
🍽️ ARFID support tool for parents
💡 Psychosis care in residential settings
Practice-based research for inclusive mental health.
#MentalHealth #AppliedScience #InclusiveCare #ARFID
🏗️ Odisee’s DUBiT team launches milieubewustisoleren.be: a visual tool to compare insulation materials on performance, sustainability & circularity.
Helping architects, builders & students make informed choices.
#CircularConstruction #BiobasedMaterials #SustainableBuilding #AppliedResearch
Odisee’s Social research cluster focuses on justice, inclusion & family support.
👪 Centre for Family Studies: parenting & empowerment
🏙️ Social Work Research Centre: rights & urban citizenship
#EUResearch #SocialWork #FamilyStudies #Brussels
🦉 On #WorldAnimalDay, Odisee & UGent researchers share BeestenBril: a method that helps children reflect on empathy, animals & welfare through philosophical dialogue.
Free materials for educators:
🔗 www.beestenbril.be
#AnimalWelfare #EmpathyEducation #AppliedResearch
Welcome, would be great to connect!
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Our 5 interactive demos at the I Love Science Festival:
🧪 EcoStain: dye textiles with cabbage waste
🌬️ Wind Power: build turbine blades
🤖 RoboMaze: design & animate robots
🧱 Circular Construction: test bio-based materials
🧩 Build without a plan: LEGO in augmented reality
#ILoveScienceFestival #STEM
On #FoodWasteDay, we’re spotlighting two Odisee projects:
🍏 Applewood antioxidants: replacing synthetic food additives with extracts from discarded trees
🥬 EcoStain: red cabbage waste as a sustainable dye for histological research
#CircularEconomy #FoodLoss #EUmissions #Sustainability #EUresearch
Wat als je balkon plots instort? Klinkt als horror, maar het gebeurt wel vaker. De schuldige: betonrot.
Prof. Bart Craeye @odiseeresearch.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be onderzoekt hoe we beton in bruggen, tunnels en gebouwen kunnen beschermen met ... elektriciteit⚡️ www.scicomm-clips.eu/nl/hoe-rot-b...
Odisee joins #DagVanDeWetenschap on 23 Nov in Brussels, Ghent, Aalst & Sint-Niklaas 🧪
We’re showcasing applied science with hands-on demos & workshops.
Researchers: want to inspire the next generation? Sign up & join us!
#ScienceFestival #PublicEngagement #STEM #AppliedScience #SciComm
On #WorldAlzheimersDay, Odisee researchers shared insights at 4 events across Europe:
🇳🇱 Young-onset dementia care at Windesheim
🇧🇪 Dementia prevention lecture in Aalst
🇮🇹 Conference on dignity-centred care in Italy
🇧🇪 Mechelen’s first psychosocial dementia research congress
#YoungOnsetDementia
Odisee has signed the Green Deal Protein Shift 2.0 🌱
We’re contributing through practice-based research:
🔬 Students co-create plant-based menus
📊 Research informs sustainable catering policy
📣 Campus actions promote food system change
A step towards 60% plant-based by 2030.
#GreenDeal #EUmissions
📚 Odisee’s Education research cluster connects research with classrooms.
🧠 ExploRatio: critical thinking through dialogue
🗣️ The Language Constructors: language in education
Practice-based and co-creative, with real-world impact.
#OdiseeResearch #Education #Language #CriticalThinking
#ThrowbackThursday to our first Purpose Lab, an Ikigai-inspired workshop where Odisee researchers explored what drives them.
Post-its, passions, and new connections across clusters.
#AppliedResearch #Ikigai #AcademicLife
🌱 Introducing the Centre for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE): we research how SMEs & family businesses can lead the Twin Transition toward a greener, more inclusive economy. We focus on circular economy, future skills, and social impact.
#TwinTransition #CircularEconomy #EUResearch
🏆 #ThrowbackThursday: Earlier this year Filip Mennes (Primary Education) won the Wetenschapsbattle at Nerdland Festival with PLONS, a citizen science project on #microplastics, co-led with Sara Van Poecke (Chemistry). Science, storytelling & student engagement at its best!
#CitizenScience #SciComm
📅 Sept 1 = not only first school day, but also start of Dementia Month.
Odisee’s research focuses on young-onset dementia: care, training & support.
Discover our projects: JONG-D, YOUNG-D, Connected Care and SACRED.
#AlzheimerMonth #Dementia #AppliedResearch #YoungOnsetDementia
Such important research!
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📘 New book: Refugee Families After Recognition
Odisee’s Centre for Family Studies contributed to REFUFAM, exploring how policies shape refugee integration.
More info: refufam.be
#REFUFAM #MigrationPolicy #SocialInclusion #AppliedResearch
👥 Meet the team
Our Research & Project Management Office supports researchers at every step – from funding to communication – together with our Research Coordinators.
#AppliedResearch #ResearchSupport #ScienceCommunication
🎓 #ThrowbackThursday: Odisee UAS was proud to host the @eurashe.bsky.social Summer Symposium in Brussels!
Key EU voices explored how we can drive regional innovation & cohesion. A strong case for place-based strategies and for UAS at the centre of them.
#EURASHE #EUResearch #InnovationPolicy
New study shows that students from #AppliedSciencesUniversities are more likely to have international experiences during their studies than their counterparts at #research universities:
🔵 27.2% of #UAS graduates
🟡 vs. 18.1% of research university graduates
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/0bSkoB2
#EURASHE
Stricter rules on family reunification have come into force in Belgium. Pascal Debruyne, migration expert at our Odisee Centre for Family Studies, shared his opinion on Radio 1. He is critical of the new measures, as you can read here: www.belganewsagency.eu/belgium-tigh...
#migration #Belgium
🚀 New page alert!
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#OdiseeResearch #EUResearch #Innovation
