In de komende decennia hebben we nood aan nieuwe denkwijzen, vaardigheden, praktijken en oplossingen om onszelf en de wereld rondom ons op een meer gebalanceerde manier te ontwikkelen. 

Door menselijke en maatschappelijke noden te vertalen naar de innovaties, diensten en het beleid van morgen, dragen we bij tot een meer duurzame toekomst.

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Swimming & the relationship to water

With an increase in the number of practitioners and the development of new activities such as open water swimming, we are witnessing a revival of swimming.  As an activity, it has many faces: gentle or demanding; therapeutic, meditative or dynamic. In that respect swimming seems to echo the needs of our time.

Now that swimming pools are opening again after the Covid-19 lockdowns, swimming is experiencing a revival with an increase in the number of swimmers and the development of new activities, such as open water swimming, swim run etc. The act of swimming and the feeling of freedom it provides, seems to correspond to the needs and desires of our time. Decathlon contacted Méthos to understand these changes and support the development of the Nabaiji brand worldwide.
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Jongeren en hun engagement

Er wordt wel eens beweerd dat jongeren zich vandaag niet meer engageren voor maatschappelijke kwesties. Niets is minder waar. Méthos toont aan dat maatschappelijk engagement springlevend is aan de hand van twee onderzoeken en een participatief project.

Op welke manier engageren jongeren zich vandaag voor maatschappelijke kwesties? Welke mechanismen spelen en hoe stimuleren we die best? In opdracht van Enabel, het Belgisch ontwikkelingsagentschap, en de internationale NGO Plan International Belgium, werkte Méthos rond jongerenengagement.
• Download het Enabel rapport (fr/nl/en)
• Download het Plan International rapport (fr-nl)
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An Alliance for Renovation

Energy-efficient renovation is a challenge that requires the mobilization of a multitude of actors, all with different backgrounds, professional skills and ways of working. Through the creation of a private-public alliance, we help them to work as one team.

Create a thriving collaboration between public administrations and private actors in order to achieve the energy-efficient renovation objectives for the Brussels-Capital Region: a project about stakeholder management and collective intelligence.

Waterarmoede

Water is een basisrecht. In steden als Brussel zien we echter dat dat sommige mensen geen toegang hebben tot water. Deze realiteit is moeilijk te begrijpen en te accepteren.

In grote steden zoals Brussel hebben mensen die in armoede leven in sommige gevallen geen toegang tot water. In overleg met Gewestelijke overheidsdiensten en een aantal Brusselse sociale partners, onderzocht Méthos dit fenomeen en werkte aan oplossingen om dit probleem aan te pakken.
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LGBTQI+ in Brussels

How do people experience acts of aggression against one’s sexual orientation and gender identity in the Brussel space? A study for Equal.brussels

The streets of Brussels don’t always feel safe for LGBTQI+. Even today, LGBTQI+ experience insecurity, discrimination and violence. Méthos sheds light on the microdynamics of gender-related aggressions in the Brussels public space. 

Energy-efficient housing

The standards for energy-efficient buildings are reshaping the way people live in them. The question, then, is how to factor people into the way new-generation buildings are designed and managed.

Energy-efficient homes are changing people’s lifestyles. On this project, Méthos worked with dwellers, housing organisations and authorities to integrate the human dimension more effectively in new construction standards.
• Download the abstract (fr / nl)
Bruxelles Environnement

Children's rights

Involving children from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in preparing policy on their rights, with debates and artistic workshops.

A participatory journey with over 100 children from the French-speaking Belgian Community, to prepare policy on their rights. We spent a year in workshops, creating, debating and feeling moved.
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Participation in co-housing projects

An overview of best practices and the most effective ways of applying participatory methods to housing projects. What does participatory design involve? Why involve tenants in it? What strategies and tools work best? A study for the King Baudouin Foundation.

With a view to disseminating co-design philosophy, the King Baudouin Foundation asked Méthos to map out best practices and methods to foster participation in designing or renovating buildings.

Recreational running

Building and positioning a brand for runners, starting with an ethnographic study of practices in Europe and China, for Décathlon. A study for Décathlon.

In a matter of years, recreational running has swept across the planet and become a social phenomenon. Décathlon asked Méthos to shed light on these shifts and build a global development strategy, with a focus on China. A project which combines ethnography, consulting and design thinking.

The liberated company

There is a lot of theory about liberated companies, but not many liberated companies as such. Most of the process is still unexplored. Méthos worked with an SNCF subsidiary on its journey to this new organisational model.

The liberation of companies has often been theorised but rarely been put into practice, so little is known about the actual process as yet. Méthos worked with an SNCF subsidiary (French Rail) on its journey to this new organisational model.

Re-inventing coach travel

Developing and launching French railway operator SNCF’s first European long-distance bus service, in partnership with id-sl.

The development and launch of the first pan-European long-distance bus travel with French railway operator SNCF. In partnership with id-sl.

The future of automobiles

Bringing the vehicles of the future into focus, starting with ways people use electric cars. Because electric cars today are the closest step to the autonomous cars of tomorrow.

Bringing the vehicles of the future into focus, starting with ways people use electric cars. Because electric cars today are the closest step to the autonomous cars of tomorrow.

Senior mobility

An ethnography study as a starting point for innovation for French rail operator SNCF.

Mobility in all its forms, including routine outings, day to day commutes, tourism is booming while the population is in the same time ageing. Combine these two trends and it’s easy to see why senior mobility is one of the most vital aspects of ageing well. Méthos has studied senior mobility in trains for SNCF, the French rail operator.