International research and services

Odisee has a lot of expertise

Practice-oriented research invariably starts at Odisee from a question or a problem definition of a company, organisation, school or society. Together with you, we like to work on the development of new practices, products and processes and the improvement of existing ones. In doing so, we are fully committed to future-oriented challenges and sustainable, socially responsible innovations. Without exaggerating, we can say that sustainability is an important theme for every Odisee research group. For instance, we focus on sustainable entrepreneurship in family businesses and SMEs, sustainable (re)construction and sustainable chemical extraction methods. But animal welfare, sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, aquaculture, sustainable technology and innovation are also addressed. Moreover, we also pay attention to specific target groups, such as the family, the elderly and people in a metropolitan context.

But our Odisee expertise is not limited to the listed research themes. As a co-high school, we are constantly evolving. Contact us and discover together with Odisee what we can be of service to you.

Our basic attitude is to work in co-creation with partners inside and outside the university, between different disciplines and with other scientific institutions, nationally and internationally. We look for validated solutions that really work within the company, organisation or school.

Dirk Smits

Director of Research and Internationalisation

dirk.smits@odisee.be

Our values, our mission, our vision

Sustainable

Because climate change, shrinking biodiversity and increasing social inequality are major challenges. Because our education’s commitment to this global reality really matters. By sustainability we mean:

Learning gains, lifelong
Practice-based research as a driver for innovation
Sustainable campuses
Efficient operations that create space for development
The right balance between living and working

Inclusive

Because tomorrow's students come from a wide range of backgrounds and have a wide range of expectations. Because open, accessible learning communities are a powerful lever for effective learning. When we say inclusive, we’re thinking of:

1. Accessibility: open to a wide range of learners and graduates

2. Skills in differentiation: both challenging and supporting

3. Collaborative learning

4. Social connection

5. Living campus as an open house

Agile

Because we live in a rapidly changing society where, now more than ever, the labour market is in flux. Because the shelf-life of qualifications is diminishing, workers are taking control of their own careers, armed with 21st-century skills and evolving towards a professional identity. To us agile means:

1. Taking control of your own education and career

2. As well as being both inclusive and sustainable, it’s a competency for the 21st century

3. Having a sense of new evolutions, putting your feelers out towards the world

4. Working flexibly towards your goals from open parameters

Cocreation

Because excellent relationships with students and professionals make us constantly sensitive to the growing diversity of their needs and requirements. Because we can only successfully address the complex challenges of the future together with our stakeholders. What we want to achieve is:

1. Become skilled in collaboration and co-creation with each other, with students and external parties

2. Collaboration and co-creation between departments, departments and education and educational teams.

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independent research centers
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European research projects
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projects with students
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local projects per year

Does your company, organisation or school have an innovation question and are you curious whether customised research is something for you?

We have experience with both quantitative (experiments, fieldwork, surveys, ...) and qualitative research (interviews, focus groups, developments, action research, observation). On behalf of and in cooperation with institutions and organisations in the field, we make our know-how available in the form of contract research, consultancy and training, if our timing allows. We always work at rates in line with the market.

Discover the possibilities

Through practice-based research and services, Odisee University of Applied Sciences focuses on future-oriented challenges and sustainable, socially responsible solutions for companies and organisations in the field.

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Education

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Biotechnology Applied engineering and technology

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Business management

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Social & Community Work

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