Research Project

Palliative care is typically presented to the public as being “high touch” and “low tech”. However, through digital technologies, palliative care is set to become both: high touch and high tech.

This is why the research project NeDiPal aims to understand and improve the usage of digital technologies – defined as software, hardware, and supporting infrastructures – for palliative care by professionals, patients, relatives and other informal caregivers.

NeDiPal uses an innovative approach by analyzing the co-production of care work between palliative home care providers and care recipients, relatives, and other informal caregivers through the lens of Luhmannian systems theory.

Latest News

Presentation of NeDiPal to Leading End-of-Life Care Researchers in Belgium

The project was presented at a joint meeting of the end-of-life care research groups of Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The group is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.


Ethics Approval and Green Light for NeDiPal

NeDiPal received approval from the Commissie Medische Ethiek (CME) of the Universitair Ziekenhuis (UZ) Brussel. With that, it completed the Green Light procedure.


NeDiPal at the Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise

On April 28th, Anna Bauer presented NeDiPal at VUB's Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise.


Latest Publications

  • news-article

    Seven new MSCA Fellows strengthen research at VUB

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel / vub.be / Read more
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    Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship eingeworben von Dr. Anna Bauer

    Department of Sociology / soziologie.lmu.de / Read more
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    NeDiPal project presentation at the research group Tempus Omnia Revelat (TOR)

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel /

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