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
Vanwindekens, F. & Hardy, B. (2023). The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water. SOIL, 9: 573–591.
Based on the study of 11 diverse European initiatives, the Agroecology-TRANSECT project aims to provide robust evidence of the benefits of agroecology.
Hardy, B. & Vanwindekens, F. (2022). The effect of tillage, manuring and mineral P-K fertilization on soil structural stability in three long-term field trials in the loess belt...
Hardy, B. , Abras, M. , Vanwindekens, F. , Limbourg, Q. & Huyghebaert, B. (2021). Excursion de terrain sur le thème de la gestion des sols en agriculture biologique pour le cours...
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,...
Ulukan, D. , Steinmetz, L. , Martin, G. , Benoit, M. , Bernes, G. , Blanc, M. , Brock, C. , Destruel, M. , Dumont, B. , Lang, E. , Meischner, T. , Moraine, M. , Oehen, B. , Parsons,...
Hardy, B. , Vanwindekens, F. , Morelle, M. & Huyghebaert, B. (2021). Le sol en agriculture biologique ou de conservation : critères diagnostiques de son état de santé et effets...
Ulukan, D. , Steinmetz, L. , Moerman, M. , Bernes, G. , Blanc, M. , Brock, C. , Destruel, M. , Dumont, B. , Lang, E. , Meischner, T. , Moraine, M. , Oehen, B. , Parsons, D. , Primi,...
CRA-W
