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Economics and Public Policy Hasselt University

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The Policy Management group carries out economic research on public policy. The group focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness of government interventions by carrying out cost-effectiveness analyses and cost-benefit analyses. Furthermore, research is performed on the impact of the regulatory quality (ease of requesting permits, administrative burdens,...) on the ease of doing business in Europe.

Leisure, Future and Policy Planning Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Within the department BSVB the research unit VTBP is developing research within the areas of leisure, future and policy planning. Considering the social development of the leisure sector the above mentioned themes deal with as well the private and public sector. Current research is thus dealing with: 1. Leisure and tourism; 2. Leisure and the participation of specific target groups (that is to say 'third age'); 3. Policy planning and related ...

General Botany and Nature Management Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The APNA unit covers fiveresearch domains: 1. vegetation research and spatio-temporal vegetation analysis - target vegetation types: mangroves, temperate deciduous forests, cork oak forests, vegetation of seepage zones (including types of wetlands); - methods: classical Braun-Blanquet relevés, PCQM transects, airborne and spaceborne remote sensing, GIS, application of hydrological modelling, wood anatomy and environmental stress, ...

Research Group Work, Organisation and Social Dialogue KU Leuven

The Work and Organisation research group carries out policy-oriented research on how work is organised and with what effects on opportunities for high quality and sustainable jobs, in particular for vulnerable groups. Key research questions are among others: how are organisations changing? What are key developments in workplaces, jobs, wages and working condtions, health and safety at work and worker participation? What human resources ...

Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change University of Antwerp

CRESC is a research center within the Department of Sociology at the University of Antwerp. The center focuses on sociological research on environmental and social change, in the urban context and in the wider living and natural environment. Examples of environmental and social changes that we study are sustainability transitions in the energy and food system, integrated water management, social innovations in the fight against poverty, network ...

Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Leuven KU Leuven

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Research Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Leuven

This research group focuses on translation as a vector of intercultural transfer: interlingual and intralingual as well as intersemiotic forms of translation are addressed. Transfer movements occur within and between national, regional and continental cultures. The proposed research is not limited as regards time or space but addresses , instead, a comprehensive range of ...

Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) KU Leuven

The primary missions of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) are education and research.

A FEB education aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial endeavours and careers in the corporate world, in national and international public policy-making, or in research. To achieve this the FEB offers high-quality, research-based degree programmes in the fields of both economics and business, and from Bachelor to ...

Department of Work and Organisation Studies (main work address Leuven) KU Leuven

The Department of Work and Organisation Studies (WOS) aims to extend knowledge on psychosocial well-being and on organizational practices, policies, and processes that affect the nature and conditions of work and the organization of labor within the society. The Department’s interdisciplinary nature is a strong advantage as it enables the group to study particular research topics from different angles and to use a variety of research ...

Department of Marketing and Organisation Studies (MO), Leuven KU Leuven

The Department of Marketing and Organisation Studies (MO), Leuven, consists of two research units:

1) The Research Centre for Marketing, Leuven, specializes in understanding how consumers behave in a world of unprecedented freedom of choice and how they function against a continuous stream of opportunities that may either support them or divert them from reaching their goals. The Marketing modelling research team focuses on the changing ...