Projects
Emotional fit within and between cultural contexts: Analyzing natural language to describe and compare the conceptual system for emotions KU Leuven
The frequencies, intensities, and types of emotions people experience in a given situation differ systematically across cultural boundaries. This variation is inherently meaningful because it reflects differences in the conceptual system for emotions, with implications for well-being. Emotional fit between an individual and other members of their culture is a protective factor for mental and physical health, as is a well-developed conceptual ...
Communication for Children with Hearing Impairment to optimise Language Development KU Leuven
The World Health Assembly adopted a 2017 resolution recognising Hearing Impairment (HI) as a priority worldwide health issue. Children with HI present significant risks for language acquisition, educational achievement, socio-emotional development, and well-being. Current intervention plans fail to prepare those children for academic achievement and social participation in contemporary society where the diversity of their needs is increasing. ...
Visualisation tools and analytics to monitor online language learning & teaching Hasselt University
MIME : Mobility and inclusion in multilingual Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
An Educational Tool for the Assessment of Cross-linguistic and Intercultural Mediation Competences (CLAIM-tool). University of Antwerp
Mobility and inclusion in multilingual Europe. KU Leuven
Using an innovative interdisciplinary approach, MIME will generate an organised body of policy-relevant propositions addressing the full range of questions raised in the call. Our aim is to identify the language policies and strategies that best combine “mobility” and “inclusion”.
MIME emphasises complementarity between disciplines, and brings together researchers from sociolinguistics, political science, sociology, history, geography, ...
Individualised and self-adapting sound processing for cochlear implants. KU Leuven
Cochlear implants (CIs) are successful auditory prostheses that enable people with deafness to hear through electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. In a CI sound processor, a sound signal is converted into a sequence of electrical pulses. This conversion entails many parameters that should ideally be fine-tuned (fitted) for every individual patient, to account for various anatomical and physiological differences. In current clinical ...
Occupation Insecurity: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and International Application and Validation KU Leuven
Driverless cars on the roads, packages delivered by drones and robot lecturers–these prospects give rise to worry that occupations may disappear or significantly change. Despite the increasing prevalence of occupation insecurity in Europe and worldwide, there is no clear conceptualization and both academics and practitioners lack a measurement tool.
The aims of INCISIVE are one) to provide a clear definition of the phenomenon, ...