Projects per year
Organisation profile
About us
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 Sciences - 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 Sciences - External employee
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality
Person: Researcher, Visiting researcher
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Ben Buchanan
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Unpaid employee
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Unpaid employee
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Nathalie Colpin
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Applied Economics - Scientific employee
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
- Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School
Person: Researcher, PhD
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FWOICA6: Enhancing Pluriversality for Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA): Governing the Climate- Biodiversity-Pollution Nexus
De Donder, L. (Administrative Promotor) & Moreno Cely, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/04/26 → 31/03/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOAL1193: NELO project: Neighbourhood influences on loneliness after bereavement in older adults
De Donder, L. (Administrative Promotor) & Dierckx, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Fundamental
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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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Active travel as constrained necessity or choice: individual and environmental factors among adults with a lower socioeconomic status in peri-urban Flanders, Belgium
Inaç, Y., D'Hooghe, S., Van Dyck, D., De Clercq, E., Deforche, B., Van de Weghe, N., Vandevijvere, S., De Ridder, K. & Dury, S., Mar 2026, In: Health & Place. 98, 8 p., 103602.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A plurality of place: Towards a more inclusive understanding of older migrants’ civic engagement
Dikmans, B., Dury, S., Serrat, R., Berdai Chaouni, S. & De Donder, L., Jun 2026, In: Wellbeing, space and society. 10, p. 1-9 9 p., 100389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers to Multidimensional Civic Engagement Among Older People Living in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Qualitative Content Analysis
serrat, R., Peiró-Milián, I., torres, S., Vercauteren, T., Näsman, M., Häkkinen , E. & Ågård, P., 18 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the Statistics: Expert Perspectives on the Debate About the Incremental Validity of the AMPD Criteria
Facon, M., Rossi, G., Dierckx, E. & van Alphen, S. P. J., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Personality Disorders. 40, 1, p. 73-92 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Caring neighbourhood in Brussels. Creating connections among users
Kint, O., Degraeve, L., Smetcoren, A.-S. & De Donder, L., 2026, In: Brussels Studies. 218, 20 p., 6dia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Public PhD defence - Turning the Tide or Deepening the Divide? (Event)
Vandevelde, L. (Speaker), Brosens, D. (Supervisor), Favril, L. (Supervisor), Raeymaeckers, P. (Supervisor), Dury, S. (Chair), Schaillée, H. (Jury), Robert, L. (Jury), Meurs, P. (Jury), Boxstaens, J. (Jury), Van Dam, S. (Jury) & Ramakers, A. (Jury)
22 Jan 2026Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
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Private PhD defence - Turning the Tide or Deepening the Divide? (Event)
Vandevelde, L. (Speaker), Brosens, D. (Supervisor), Favril, L. (Supervisor), Raeymaeckers, P. (Supervisor), Dury, S. (Chair), Schaillée, H. (Jury), Robert, L. (Jury), Meurs, P. (Jury), Boxstaens, J. (Jury), Van Dam, S. (Jury) & Ramakers, A. (Jury)
8 Jan 2026Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
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Zet je brein in beweging met de Ronnie Gardiner Methode
Brancart, X. (Speaker), Rossi, G. (Speaker), Dierckx, E. (Speaker), De Raedt, R. (Speaker), Vanderbeke, B. (Speaker) & Meert, F. (Speaker)
22 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Aperiodic EEG signatures of substance use in psychiatric inpatients
Cannaerts, L. (Speaker), Dierckx, E. (Contributor), Govaerts, A. (Contributor), De Bundel, D. (Contributor), Van Schependom, J. (Contributor) & Baetens, K. (Contributor)
21 May 2026 → 22 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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PRELIMINARY STUDY COMORBIDITY /CO-OCCURENCE DSM Personality disorders ADP-IV
Schotte, C. (Participant) & Dierckx, E. (Participant)
2026 → 2029Activity: Other
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
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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
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Loneliness survey (VVSG)
Dury, S. (Creator) & Switsers, L. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 27 Feb 2025
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