Ilse Mariën

My African-live-life-to-the-fullest husband and our 4 lovely kids that brighten my day but also keep me very very occupied with all their creative ideas and aspirations.

The PhD rollercoaster that has taken me for an astonishing trip since 2008 ... hope I will make it in one piece by December 2014.

All social and digital inclusion related research that we are realizing at the Center for Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT) in Brussels, Belgium. Especially fond of the Living Labs for Inclusion idea and highly in favor of grassroots approaches for community capacity building and social capital enhancing initiatives.