Dr. Eveline Van Looveren, Researcher Design and Care

Eveline is a researcher at the Care and Design Innovation Lab. With a PhD in health sciences and a background in interior architecture, she focuses on the intersection between design and care. By bridging these disciplines, she aims to tackle societal challenges from a broad perspective. Driven by the conviction that the voices and experiences of those directly involved must be central to the creation of sustainable solutions, she developed a keen interest in participatory research. She is fascinated by how thoughtful design can contribute to care environments that are more inclusive, better aligned with human diversity and as a result, have a positive impact on human well-being. 

Eveline joined the team in 2026 and is active on the LUCA campuses in Gent and Genk, across not only research, but design education. Making the link between the care sector and design practice, collaborations will include the postgraduate programme Design 4 Impact, the Interieur Design and Visual Design Bachelors programmes and the Erasmus Mundus Join Master’ programme Response_Able Futures.