Bio-ingénieur
Frédéric VANWINDEKENS
I graduated in bio-engineering with a specialization in soil sciences from UCL (2004). My work experience is in education (teacher, teaching assistant), consultancy (environmental pollution) and agricultural research (CRA-W/UCL). As a researcher I focused on the study of people’s practices in socio-ecological systems: For my MSc thesis I explored the links between micro-finance, farmers’ equipment and soil degradation in the cotton area of Mali; in conjunction with an economist. For my PhD thesis (UCL/CRA-W, 2014) I developed a systems approach for modelling practices and applied it to studying complexity and diversity in grassland management (livestock grazing systems, Belgium). Now, my projects are linked to climate change, vulnerability of farms and resilience of farmers, soil management
Les articles de Frédéric VANWINDEKENS
Scientific publications
A Web Application for Documenting Management Practices to Enhance Soil Quality in Agriculture, Forestry, and Urban Green Spaces.
Vanwindekens, F. , Maillard, D. , Martin, E. , Yahiaoui, R. , Planchon, V. & Huyghebaert, B. (2025). A Web Application for Documenting Management Practices to Enhance Soil Quality...
Scientific publications
The QuantiSlakeTest Approach for Measuring Soil Structural Stability: Insights from Nine Years of Application and Recent Developments
Vanwindekens, F. , Hardy, B. , Motet, A. , Roisin, C. & Huyghebaert, B. (2025). The QuantiSlakeTest Approach for Measuring Soil Structural Stability: Insights from Nine Years of...
Scientific publications
Soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics under contrasting organic matter management practices - Results from a 65-year-old experiment in Belgium
Sail, S. , Vanwindekens, F. , Abras, M. , Huyghebaert, B. & Hardy, B. (2025). Soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics under contrasting organic matter management practices - Results...
Scientific publications
How do dairy farmers wish their futute farm?
Dalcq, A.C. , Dogot, T. , Beckers, Y. , Brostaux, Y. , Froidmont, E. , Vanwindekens, F. & Soyeurt, H. (2020). How do dairy farmers wish their futute farm? PlosOne,
Scientific publications
Regards sur l'évolution climatique et son impact sur l'agriculture
Rosillon, D. & Vanwindekens, F. (2024). Regards sur l'évolution climatique et son impact sur l'agriculture. Proceedings in: Journée d'étude AREDB, comice d'Outhe Amblève "Changement...
Projects
SolAB
Soil management in AB: what practices to optimize the ecosystem services rendered by the soil in the Walloon Region?
Scientific publications
The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water
Vanwindekens, F. & Hardy, B. (2023). The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water. SOIL, 9: 573–591.
Projects
Agroecology-TRANSECT
Based on the study of 11 diverse European initiatives, the Agroecology-TRANSECT project aims to provide robust evidence of the benefits of agroecology.
Scientific publications
The QuantiSlake Test, a new simple method to evaluate soil structural stability
Hardy, B. & Vanwindekens, F. (2021). The QuantiSlake Test, a new simple method to evaluate soil structural stability. Poster in: SSSB thematic day on soil structure and compaction,...
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