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The essential role food and taste play in feelings of safety, belonging and rootedness, as well as anxiety, exclusion and up-rootedness, is widely recognized by social scientists. These feelings strongly coalesce around the idea of ‘home’ and the multiple contexts and actors that determine ‘home’ and that are in turn influenced by it. ‘Taste’ is similarly influenced, yet being one of our senses, it is also specifically well-suited to perceive and express views about ‘home’.

Karel de Grote University College comprises six departments and is, with more than 10,000 students and 1,000 employees, one of the largest Flemish university colleges. Our innovative policy actively responds to changes in the field and guarantees first-rate education, in-depth research and a professional service. We are student and customer oriented, and commitment, flexibility and confident collaboration are central to our achievements.

A wind of change is blowing over our societies and reshaping our political, social and cultural paradigms. Increased urbanization, uneven social redistribution, a digital shift and an array of new audiences accessible mainly with the use of new technological tools – these are motors of change which provide as many challenges as they do opportunities. Can the education and cultural sector predict these changes so as to position itself at the peak of future developments? Are we capable of monitoring future trajectories of change?

The European Museum Forum (EMF) has awarded the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, with the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2011. The European Museum of the Year Award is the most prestigious museum award in Europe. It stands for innovation, public quality and professional excellence in museums and brings together both professional reputation and public benefit under one umbrella.