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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Sociale relaties en maatschappelijke participatie van ouderen omvat een breed scala aan sociale onderzoeksonderwerpen zoals maatschappelijke participatie, vrijwilligerswerk, sociale cohesie, eenzaamheid, culturele participatie, en (in)formeel levenslang leren. Zorg en zorgzame buurten vertrekt vanuit een diepgaande kritiek op traditionele, voornamelijk probleemgerichte en medisch georiënteerde zorgsystemen. De onderzoeksprojecten binnen dit thema richten zich op innovatieve, gemeenschapsgerichte zorgonderwerpen (vb. collaboratieve modellen in de zorg, nieuwe zorgberoepen en -rollen), met als doel de toegang tot en de kwaliteit van ouderenzorg te verhogen. Subthema's zijn bijvoorbeeld community health workers, dementiezorg voor ouderen met een migratie-achtergrond, detectie en preventie, en betekenisvolle zorg. Wonen en woonomgeving is het derde onderzoeksthema. Aangezien huisvesting één van de belangrijkste sociale determinanten is om zelfstandig te blijven wonen, ligt de focus hier op de kwaliteit van de woning en de woonomgeving bij ouderen. Subthema's zijn bijvoorbeeld innovatieve woonvormen (zoals cohousing), woningontwerp en -renovatie, wooncarrières en thuisgevoel, leeftijdsvriendelijke omgeving en fysieke inrichting van de buurt.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Hanne Bakelants
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Educational Science - Doctor-assistant
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - postdoctoral researcher
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - postdoctoral researcher
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
Person: Researcher
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Saloua Berdai Chaouni
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Educational Science - External employee, postdoctoral researcher
- Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality
Person: Researcher, Visiting researcher, Doctoral student
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Ben Buchanan
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Unpaid employee
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Unpaid employee
Person: Researcher
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Nathalie Colpin
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Applied Economics - Doctoral scholarship
- Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School
Person: Researcher, PhD
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FWOTM1280: Racism, aging, and health: a decolonial approach to understand the impact of racism on the health of aging racialized migrant women in Belgium
Berdai Chaouni, S. (Mandate) & De Donder, L. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/28
Project: Fundamental
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IRP24: Studying the complex role of the environment in shaping practices and experiences of serious illness, caregiving, dying and grieving through interdisciplinary research and innovation in Compassionate Communities (COCO_ENV)
Cohen, J. (Administrative Promotor), Dury, S. (Administrative Promotor), Van den Block, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Pivodic, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Donder, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Dierckx, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smetcoren, A.-S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Snoeck, C. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Backer, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Lombaerts, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Spruyt, B. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Moortel, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Bekers, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Aernouts, N. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Ryckewaert, M. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Van Droogenbroeck, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Beeckman, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Brosens, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Gieter, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Vanderstichelen, S. (Collaborator), Quintiens, B. (Collaborator) & Bakelants, H. (Collaborator)
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOSBO61: SBO project with a primary societal finality: Flanders' project to understand and improve social connection in serious illness, dying, and bereavement (CONNECT)
Van den Block, L. (Administrative Promotor), Cohen, J. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Donder, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smets, T. (Collaborator), De Vleminck, A. (Collaborator), Pivodic, L. (Collaborator) & Demirkapu, H. (Collaborator)
1/10/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR180: EU-CoWork : Developing Compassionate Workplaces in Europe for the digital and green work environment to protect employees’ mental and physical health and wellbeing
Cohen, J. (Administrative Promotor), Dury, S. (Collaborator), Van Droogenbroeck, F. (Collaborator), Vanderstichelen, S. (Collaborator), De Moortel, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Bakelants, H. (Collaborator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Applied
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FWOAL1113: Uncovering the causal mechanisms related to Death Literacy
Cohen, J. (Administrative Promotor), Dury, S. (Collaborator), Van Droogenbroeck, F. (Collaborator) & Vanderstichelen, S. (Collaborator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Fundamental
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How the neighbourhood-built environment shapes loneliness: A photo-elicitation study
Häussermann, F., Gryp, D., Schepers, W., Dikmans, B., Dury, S. & De Donder, L., 2026, In: Health & Place. 97, p. 1-11 11 p., 103587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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(A)periodic neurological differences between Substance Use Disorders (SUD’s) and Eating Disorders (ED’s)
Cannaerts, L., Dierckx, E. & Baetens, K., 2025. 1 p.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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3. Participatie beter begrijpen: typologieën, modellen en verwante begrippen
Dury, S. & Dikmans, B., 27 Nov 2025, Samen op (onder)zoek: Participatieve methodieken voor geëngageerde onderzoekers en praktijkwerkers. Vakgroep Educatiewetenschappen Vrije Universiteit Brussel, p. 25-38 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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5. Levensverhalen
Dikmans, B. & Stegen, H., 2025, Samen op (onder)zoek: Participatieve methodieken voor geëngageerde onderzoekers en praktijkwerkers. De Donder, L., Degraeve, L., Dikmans, B. & Marynissen, S. (eds.). Brussel: Vakgroep Educatiewetenschappen Vrije Universiteit Brussel, p. 52-63 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Specialist
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Age-Neutral Measurement Of Personality Functioning and Maladaptive Personality Traits
Facon, M. F., van Alphen, S. P. J., Dierckx, E. & Rossi, G., Jan 2025, In: Assessment. 32, 1, p. 3-13 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Workshop: Co-creating Compassionate Workplaces: Collectively exploring challenges and opportunities in initial stages of participatory research in workplaces across four European countries
De Moortel, D. (Chair), Bakelants, H. (Chair), Vanderstichelen, S. (Member), Cohen, J. (Supervisor) & Tishelman, C. (Chair)
19 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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Beyond Therapeutic Nihilism: Classifying Personality Disorders in Older Adults
Facon, M. F. (Speaker), Rossi, G. (Speaker), Dierckx, E. (Speaker) & van Alphen, S. (Speaker)
Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Village living.
Lambrix, S. (Speaker), Petermans, A. (Contributor), Smetcoren, A.-S. (Contributor), Vanrie, J. (Contributor) & Vekemans, T. (Contributor)
6 Aug 2025 → 8 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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The Coordination of both Volunteers and Paid Staff in Non-profit Organizations: A scoping Review and Future Research Agenda
Colpin, N. (Speaker), Dury, S. (Contributor), Jegers, M. (Contributor), Klein, K. U. (Contributor), Van den Bergh, M. B. E. (Contributor), Willems, J. (Contributor) & Raeymaeckers, P. (Contributor)
24 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Cultuursensitieve zorg voor ouderen met een migratieachtergrond
Berdai Chaouni, S. (Speaker)
20 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Datasets
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LPFS-BF 2.0 and PID-5-BF+M in a Community Dwelling Sample Older (65+) and Younger (18-64) Adults
Facon, M. F. (Creator), Rossi, G. (Creator), Dierckx, E. (Creator) & Van Alphen, S. P. J. (Creator), OSF, 2023
Dataset
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Personality types and individual differences in information processing in older adults - community-dwelling older adults sample
Brancart, X. (Creator), Rossi, G. (Creator), Dierckx, E. (Creator) & De Raedt, R. (Creator), Personality and Psychopathology Research Group, 2022
Dataset
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Personality types and individual differences in information processing in older adults - clinical older adult sample
Brancart, X. (Creator), Rossi, G. (Creator), Dierckx, E. (Creator) & De Raedt, R. (Creator), Personality and Psychopathology Research Group, 2022
Dataset
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Clinical and Community-dwelling data of the LPFS-BF 2.0 and PID-5-BF+M
Rossi, G. (Creator), Facon, M. F. (Creator), Dierckx, E. (Creator), Van Alphen, S. P. J. (Creator) & Sürer, S. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 6 Aug 2025
Dataset
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Live-in migrant care workers, interviews
Smetcoren, A.-S. (Creator) & Hoens, S. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 28 Feb 2025
Dataset