A summer full of conferences: our team conference to BSG in Newcastle
A large MeReL delegation attended the 53rd conference of the British Society of Gerontology, held at the University of Newcastle in early...
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News & Updates
Jul 311 min read
Senior postdoc fellowship for Laura
Congratulations to our team member Laura Dewitte, who received a Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Flemish Research Foundations...
Mar 91 min read
Book launch "Levenszin"
Big news! Jessie wrote a book about meaning in life in old age. The book will be presented during a book launch event on June 11, 2024 in...
Mar 51 min read
Opinion: Euthanasia and dementia (De Standaard)
Jessie wrote an opinion piece in Belgian quality newspaper De Standaard about euthanasia (assisted death) in people with dementia. You...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
Jessie wins Award for Spiritual Care 2023
We are delighted to announce that our lab head professor Jessie Dezutter has won the Award for Spiritual Care 2023 (Prijs Spirituele...
Nov 22, 20231 min read
A light that breaks through unexpectedly
Our colleague Tine Schellekens was interviewed again, this time by Tertio, about her research on the psychological experience of grace....
Jun 29, 20231 min read
"Grace is so unpredictable. Let it surprise you."
Last week, our colleague Tine was interviewed by Kerk & Leven (Church & Life) about her research on experiencing grace in contemporary...
Jun 6, 20231 min read
Fundraising event 'Breinfestijn'
The Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), of which our collaborator professor Mathieu Vandenbulcke is the director and professor Jessie Dezutter...
Mar 21, 20231 min read
Interview Het Nieuwsblad
Lab head professor Jessie Dezutter was interviewed by Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad about the healing power of forgiveness. The...
Sep 20, 20221 min read
Welcome, Daan!
The Meaning Research Late Life team is delighted to welcome Daan Duppen as a new postdoc member of the team! He will be working on the...
Jul 1, 20221 min read
New handbook Dementia and Society
Dementia and Society is a new handbook published by Cambridge University Press and edited by Mathieu Vandenbulcke (KU Leuven,...
Jun 30, 20221 min read
ECRSH 2022 conference Amsterdam
Several members of the MeReL team (Tine Schellekens, Judith Appel, Julie Vissers, Mar Gil Alvarez) and affiliated members (Eva Buelens)...
Jun 29, 20221 min read
CAT program meeting @ Konstanz
The Institute of the Future in Konstanz welcomed a team of researchers of the CAT (Constructive Advanced Thinking) program, led by Jessie...
May 8, 20221 min read
Laura Dewitte wins ASL Award for Humanities 2021
We are excited to share that Meaning Research Late Life member Laura Dewitte has been awarded with the Academische Stichting Leuven Award...
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