prof. dr. L.B. (Louise) Meijering

My research programme focuses on  well-being, mobility and attachment to place in later life. My research is situated in the Population Research Centre, and fits (mostly) in the faculty's research topics around Migration & Mobility, and Population & Well-being.  

 Current projects 

• Meaningful Mobility (ERC)
• COORDINATEs (teChnology tO suppORt DecIsioN making about Aging aT homE)

Completed projects

• Coaching in Home and Placemaking (ZonMw, in Dutch)
• IROHLA Intervention Research on Health Literacy of the Ageing Population
• 'Care without rules' (Zorg Zonder Regels, De Hoven, in Dutch)
• Place-making in intentional communities (PhD research)

Methodology  

• Qualitative life-history interviews
• In-situ interviews (walking/ go-along interviews)
• GPS-tracking
• Activity diaries
• In-depth interviews
• Focus group discussions

Location

Northern Netherlands; and projects in the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and India.

I supervise different PhD students who work on themes that fit into my research programme.