Organization

THOMAS MORE KEMPEN VZW

Belgian applied university contributing to health living labs, nanomaterial safety modelling, and social policy research across large EU consortia.

University of applied scienceshealthBENo active H2020 projectsThin data (2/5)

H2020 projects

As coordinator

Total EC funding

€778K

Unique partners

What they do

Their core work

Thomas More is a Belgian university of applied sciences based in Geel, focused on practice-oriented research that bridges academic knowledge with real-world applications. Their H2020 work spans nanosafety informatics, social policy analysis, and health-oriented living lab infrastructure. They contribute applied research expertise in areas where technology meets societal needs — from modelling nanomaterial safety to co-designing rehabilitation and care environments with end users.

Core expertise

What they specialise in

Health and wellbeing living labsprimary

1 project

VITALISE is their largest funded project (EUR 391K), focused on building living lab infrastructure for rehabilitation and care transitions.

Nanoinformatics and safe-by-design modellingsecondary

1 project

NanoInformaTIX involved them in multi-scale material modelling, QSAR, PBPK and systems biology models for nanomaterial safety assessment.

Social policy and citizenship researchsecondary

1 project

EUSOCIALCIT examined EU social rights, social investment, and public opinion through socio-economic analysis.

Co-creation and user-centred designemerging

2 projects

Both VITALISE (living labs, co-creation) and their social citizenship work involve participatory research methods with diverse populations.

Evolution & trajectory

How they've shifted over time

Early focus

Nanomaterial safety modelling

Recent focus

Health living labs and social innovation

Their earliest H2020 project (2019) was technical — nanomaterial modelling and computational toxicology via NanoInformaTIX. By 2020-2021, they shifted decisively toward social and health themes: European social citizenship policy and health/wellbeing living lab infrastructure. This trajectory suggests a move from computational safety science toward applied social innovation and participatory health research.

Thomas More is moving toward participatory health infrastructure and care innovation, making them a relevant partner for projects involving living labs, rehabilitation technology, or user-centred health services.

Collaboration profile

How they like to work

Role: active_partnerReach: European25 countries collaborated

Thomas More has participated exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator, across all three H2020 projects. They work in large consortia — 63 unique partners across 25 countries from just 3 projects indicates they join broad, multi-national research actions. This profile suggests a reliable contributing partner comfortable operating within large collaborative structures rather than driving project direction.

Despite only 3 projects, they have built a remarkably wide network of 63 partners across 25 countries, reflecting participation in large-scale EU research actions. Their reach is pan-European with no obvious geographic concentration.

Why partner with them

What sets them apart

As a university of applied sciences, Thomas More occupies a niche between traditional research universities and industry. Their strength is translating research into practice — particularly visible in their living lab work on rehabilitation and care environments. For consortium builders, they offer a practice-oriented Belgian partner with experience in both technical modelling and social/health innovation, useful for bridging WP boundaries in interdisciplinary projects.

Notable projects

Highlights from their portfolio

VITALISE
Their largest H2020 grant (EUR 391K), building virtual health and wellbeing living lab infrastructure across Europe — a research infrastructure project with strong applied health focus.
NanoInformaTIX
Unusual topic for a university of applied sciences — computational nanosafety modelling including PBPK, QSAR and systems biology, showing unexpected technical depth.

Cross-sector capabilities

manufacturing (nanosafety and materials modelling)society (social policy, citizenship, public opinion research)digital (web-based platforms, informatics tools)research infrastructure (living lab design and operation)

Analysis note: Only 3 projects available, spanning quite different domains. The diversity makes it hard to identify a core specialisation with certainty — Thomas More likely has multiple research groups contributing independently to different calls. The profile reflects institutional breadth rather than a single focused research agenda.