Research Week 2025
CenSE Research Week 2025 - Odisee, University of Applied Sciences
From Monday 10th March to Wednesday 12th March, 2025
Explore. Innovate. Collaborate.
The Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE) at Odisee University of Applied Sciences is pleased to announce the second edition of the CenSE Research Week. This year’s theme is "Pathways to Sustainable Futures through Social and Circular Innovation". We focus on following Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) and SDG 17 (Partnerships).
Let's co-create a sustainable and innovative future
by advancing the Social Circular Economy.

The programme
Monday March 10th
10.00 | Reception |
10.30 | Welcome Bart Henssen (Head of CenSE) |
10.45 |
Sessions - Innovation in the Social Economy Philippe Eiselein (CenSE) - European Social Innovation Campus (ESIC) Dries Couckuyt (CenSE) - Digital Work Instructions (DWI) |
12.00 | Lunch & networking |
13.30 |
Workshop - Trends in the Social Economy Philippe Eiselein (CenSE) - GrowthFundMe |
14.30 | Break |
15.00
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Panel - Social Economy Digitalization/Education Stefan Chichevaliev (Senior Researcher, CenSE) Nóra Györke (Senior Project Officer, EASPD) Elin McCallum (Founder of Bantani Education) Peter Palvolgyi (Chief Operating Officer, All Digital) Giulia Georg (Project Manager, DIESIS) Anne Guisset (Research Expert, HIVA - Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven) |
16.30 | Closing Remarks |
17.00 | Drink in Brussels (Optional) |
Tuesday March 11th
9.00 | Reception |
9.30 |
Welcome & Keynote Mieke Pieters (The Circular Hub) - Entrepreneurship as a Lever for Circular Transition Tine Holvoet (VERSO) - Innovation in Social Profit |
10.30 | Break |
11.00 |
Sessions Coline Serres (KUL) - Common Goods and Collective Action Bart Henssen (CenSE) - Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility for Resilient Transport in AGing urban Environments (SMART-AGE) |
12.00 | Lunch & networking |
13.00 |
Sessions - Innovation in the Circular Economy Sandra Rousseau (CEDON) - Product Service Systems Elena Lievens (Artevelde) - KIKET |
14.00 | Break |
14.15 |
Parallel Workshop Bram Oers (CenSE) - Solving Circular Challenges with Action, Research and Policy Anna Margolis & Fenna Blomsma (University of Hamburg) - Systemic Action Alignment for Collaborative Circular Oriented Innovation |
16.45 | Closing Remarks |
17.00 | Drink in Brussels (Optional) |
Wednesday March 12th
9.00 | Reception |
9.30 |
Welcome & Keynote Dirk Smits (Director of Research, Odisee) Lotte Vandermeersch (Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen) - Towards a Circular Economy Veronique Vermoesen (Artevelde) - Circular Business Models |
10.30 | Break |
11.00 |
Session - Circular Economy in the Health Sector Inge Tency & Karen Brabant (Odisee) - Sustainable from Birth: Reusable Baby Diapers (EcoZorg) Maarten Loomans (CenSE) - Toward Revalorization of Batteries from Medical Devices (Bettery) |
12.00 | Lunch & Networking |
13.00 |
Sessions - Circular Ecosystems Johannes Rumbaut & Ingvild De Bondt (Stad Aalst) - Lessons Learned on “De Keet” as a Socio-Circular City Annelies De Gendt (Stad Sint-Niklaas) - The Challenges of Building a Circular Ecosystem Harri Kostilainen (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) - Creating a National Ecosystem for WISEs in the Reuse Sector Karen Brabant (Odisee) - Pitching Coming PWO Project on Collective Business Models |
15.00 | Break |
15.30 |
Parallel Workshop Karen Brabant (CenSE) - Circular Partnership Game (Dutch) Tine Van den Broeck & Steven Raeman (ExploRatio Odisee) - Climate Citizenship & Sustainability (Dutch) Philippe Eiselein (CenSE) - Matchmaking : from Research Idea to Project Collaboration (English) |
16.30 | Closing remarks |
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Philippe Eiselein
More about the organiser Philippe Eiselein:
Philippe Eiselein is an expert with a mission in the field of sustainability. He works full-time as a senior researcher at the Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE) within Odisee, and also part-time as a professor of social entrepreneurship and CSR at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has been teaching Project Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Research Methods for nearly a decade.
He is particularly known for his work on sustainability projects, with a focus on cross-sector collaboration and social entrepreneurship business models, as well as competency skills.

Karen Brabant
More about the organiser Karen Brabant:
Karen Brabant is a senior researcher at CenSE, focusing on sustainable circular partnerships and business models. She contributes to the advancement of the circular economy in Brussels, Flanders, and Europe through research and practical projects.
She also coordinates bachelor's theses and teaches within the Organization and Management program.
