Lise Switsers

Lise Switsers is a Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), currently affiliated with the Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family and working within the Mobilab & Care research group.

Her academic background includes a PhD from Vrije Universiteit Brussel completed in October 2021, with doctoral research focused on "Loneliness from a life course perspective".

Her research spans critical areas of social well-being for aging populations:

• Elderly Policy development
• Age-Friendly Municipalities implementation
• Dementia-Friendly Municipalities design
• Loneliness interventions through life course analysis
• Caring Neighborhoods frameworks

Trained as a social agogist integrating sociology, psychology, and philosophy, she approaches these topics with deep attention to life stories. Her work is explicitly driven by curiosity and commitment to building a caring society, with current research at Mobilab & Care advancing understanding of loneliness and community-based care models.