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The basic objective of the RHEA Expertise Center is to contribute to knowledge development on gender, diversity and intersectionality through scientific and interdisciplinary research and education. RHEA is an interfaculty research group and is led by Gily Coene (director) and Karen Celis (codirector). Rhea also provides a platform for researchers from various VUB departments and faculties and also provides advice on equal opportunities and ...

The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies (BCUS) represents more than twenty research groups from different departments and faculties of the VUB, and has close ties with the Brussels Studies Institute (BSI), the Brussels University Alliance (BUA), the equivalent networks at the ULB and USL-B, as well as other urban studies centers in Europe and worldwide.

The Research Group Cultural Studies is one of the six primary research groups that form part of the Research Unit Literary Studies at KU Leuven.

The Brussels Institute for Journalism Studies (BIJU) takes a distinctively multi- and interdisciplinary approach to the subject of journalism, bringing together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds such as linguistics, literary studies, communication studies, political sciences, law studies, and logopedics, around the heterogeneous subject of journalism. As such, our research agenda is premised on the multifaceted nature of ...

Topic A: Social recruitment, study and career progression of female VUB graduates-Topic B: Pre-selection test for first generation students at the VUB, tested for social and gender influences.-Topic C: Study of male and female career leaders in economic and political Life. Topic D: The introduction, development and application of an emancipation impact report abroad and the development of such a policy instrument for Flanders.

Linguistics and Literary Studies