Projects
Creative capacity in adults with ASD and group based improvisational music therapy KU Leuven
Adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often not understood in their idiosyncratic style of processing information and their impairments. This has major consequences for the development of an identity or the development of positive relationships. Growing scientific knowledge about ASD emphasizes the importance of therapeutic attunements on a bodily-affective level, such as through musical interventions. Studies show that fostering ...
Public Health, Sociology & Ethics of the End of Life Ghent University
This initiative will work with a thematic framework to capture and structure the envisioned research projects, both in the short term (including already running projects) and in the long term. The overarching framework itself can be revised, with a repositioning of themes or addition of new emergent themes or subthemes over time. All three themes stand to benefit greatly from the interdisciplinary collaboration guaranteed in this initiative. ...
End of term tests in history as an access to the study of teaching practices. A methodological survey and two case studies. KU Leuven
Relieving suffering at the end of life: a study in three European countries Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Terminal sedation (using sedating drugs to take away the patient's perception of severe symptoms) is increasingly being used as a last resort end-of-life treatment. It is heavily criticized for its resemblance to euthanasia. Its clinical characteristics are poorly understood. Large variations in the frequency of terminal sedation throughout Europe indicate that its use is not only determined by the severity of the patients' ...
SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Addressing the challenges around serious illness, palliative care and the end of life: public health, health services and clinical innovations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Explainable AI for end users and developers PXL
(F)utile care at the end of life University of Antwerp
The DSD infographics toolbox: A support tool for parents to talk about their child's Difference of Sex Development Ghent University
Differences of Sex Development (DSD) are rare conditions in which development of genetic, gonadal or phenotypic sex is atypical. Affected newborns often have atypical genitals. Their parents experience stigma, shame and trauma, aggravated by societal taboo, making it difficult to inform and receive support from their social safety net. This isolates them, impeding coping, and qualitative parenting. Parents also postpone or feel incapable to ...
Thinking the End Times: Towards a Philosophical Eschatology KU Leuven
Nothing seems less rational than the belief that the end of time is near. Eschatological speculations are typically based on religious faith, even on delusion, rather than on rational insight. This project wants to think what seems to be beyond reason: it develops a ‘philosophical eschatology’. Philosophers have often been under the spell of eschatology, the discipline concerned with the last things. However, they have focused on developing ...