Projects
Responsible Design: conscious, ecological, ethical and inclusive design AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
30-300GHz RF-CMOS Integrated Circuit Design. KU Leuven
Mapping the Managerial Mind: How, when, and for whom do managers design motivating work? KU Leuven
The PhD project is part of a larger research project on job design. Job design pertains to the content and organization of one’s work tasks, activities, relationships and responsibilities. The way jobs are designed matters: Numerous studies have shown that enriched jobs with many job resources (e.g., autonomy, feedback, opportunities to learn) and reasonable job demands (e.g., workload, role conflict) contribute to employee well-being, health ...
Valorization of a design methodology for humans and nonhumans HOGENT
A case study of design of sofa - and/or seating furniture for lifetime use HOGENT
An anthropological inquiry by design towards improving indoor air quality within hospital settings KU Leuven
The project seeks to leverage scientific research involving sensorial experience and perceptual acuity of patients, hospital staff and visitors into architectural and engineering design processes and practices towards improving air quality within hospital settings. This research aims to advance anthropology by means of design (rather than for or of design). The research has potential to link social and material dimensions of air quality in ...
Just Design. KU Leuven
Designers who adopt inclusive design approaches ensure that their products and services address the needs of the widest possible audience, irrespective of age or ability. Characteristic of these approaches is their utopian character, the fact that it is impossible to really design for “everyone”, and that there will always turn out to be somebody whose perspective has not been taken into account. This feature of inclusive design is clearly ...
Didactic research within economics and business economcs education Ghent University
At Ghent University, the educational master's degree in economics has started since the 2019-2020 academic year. This project will strengthen the didactic research in the economics and business economics field. In Flanders, Economics is no longer a specific subject for a particular educational programme in secondary education. Since September 1, 2019, financial-economic competences have been added as 1 of the 16 key-competences that all ...