Discipline codes:
Environmental psychology (05010205), Consumer psychology (05010201), Research methods and experimental design (05010904), Human-centred design (05990101), Inclusive design (06040106)
Supervised PhDs
The happiness of architecture
Sander Lambrix for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
“DWELL (Design for WELL-being): Design for wellbeing in healthcare environments.”
Louise Masciarelli for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Unfired earth blocks: Mapping the user’s perspective to increase the base of support of unfired earth blocks in the Flemish context.
Nijs de Vries for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Universal Design Patterns for Enabling and Sustaining Human-made Physical Environments. An architectural perception of human functioning and disability.
Hubert Froyen for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
The In-between Space in School: An Exploration of the Spatial, Social and Pedagogical Potential towards Inclusive Learning Environments
Lien Reekmans for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
BEYOND THE WALLS: Designing human-centred palliative environments through architectural-rich users' experiences
Iris Beuls for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor
Ageing well in place: towards multiple architectural approaches
Gwendoline Schaff for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
THE AGEING-MIGRATION-HOME NEXUS: Exploring Older Migrants' Sense of Home and Subjective Wellbeing. Translating Insights to Design.
Micheline Phlix for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
The value of experiential retail environments and in-store experience: Gaining a better understanding of the phenomenon in order to better design for it
Elisa Servais for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor
Shrinkage in Growth: A Concept for Spatial Planning?
Tine Segers for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
What experience unfolds between the senses? Crossmodal correspondences in a retail context.
Carmen Adams for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2018
Supervised as Promotor
Designers' Knowledge Building in (Universal) Design Processes.
Elke Ielegems for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2018
Supervised as Promotor
A launchpad for Design for Human Flourishing in architecture. Theoretical foundations, practical guidance and a design tool.
Ruth Stevens for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2018
Supervised as Promotor
One Home, Three Generations: A Habitological Study on Multigenerational Dwelling as a Renewed Dwelling Concept for Flanders
Sebastiaan Gerards for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2016
Human-Centred AI for Well-Being in the Manufacturing Industry (Research)
01/05/2025 - 30/04/2030
The Design of Enriched Environments: Stimulating occupational performance in the transition from rehabilitation to home setting in persons with neurological disorders (Research)
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2026
A voice through and for diversity
Building 'sense of belonging' through imagination and connection. (Education)
01/10/2024 - 30/09/2026
"DWELL: Design for wellbeing in healthcare environments." (Research)
01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026
Civic Reflection in Action (Education)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025
HOUSE. Innovating housing for older adults and subjective wellbeing (Research)
01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025
Development of a multi-level and interdisciplinary 'Best
Practice' for diversity and inclusion (Education)