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History of Social Change Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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This research group creates a platform that focuses on long-term research into social developments. The History curriculum of the VUB has a long tradition in this field, which goes back to the creation of the autonomous VUB in 1969, and in which all current ZAP members can easily find themselves. The HIST Research Group will have a unique place in Flanders (and even Europe) where such long-term approaches are ...

Department of Comparative sciences of culture Ghent University

The research programme seeks to address the following challenges: How does one get beyond these constraints and develop alternative descriptions of the West and India? How can one conceptualize the Indian traditions in a way which shows their characteristic contribution to human knowledge, rather than making them into variants of biblical religion? How could one make sense of cultural differences and different cultures, if they are not ...

Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa University of Antwerp

Political economy is about "the distribution of income, wealth and power among the different groups in society" (Ricardo 1820). This TG applies this intellectual tradition to the developments in Sub-Sahara Africa and more specifically in the Great Lakes Region. Both the inter-disciplinary nature and the geographical scope are its defining traits. They allow studying transformation processes on different scales, from local development experiences ...

Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) University of Antwerp

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ISLN (Institute for the Study of Literature in the Netherlands) is a research group of the University of Antwerp. ISLN focuses on Dutch-language literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Specific attention goes to book history, multilingualism and the social context of literature. ISLN houses the documentation centers Louis Paul Boon and Hugo Claus and works structurally with other institutions in and around Antwerp that are active in the ...

Department of Economics, Leuven KU Leuven

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1.ECONOMETRICS:*Empirical economic models: country models, global models , specification, estimation & simulation.*Consumer demand: systems of demand functions for economies as a whole and for groups of products. *Portfolio models: descriptive models for financial investment.*New technology & employment: microeconomic impact of technological change on employment.*Labor contracts: the allocation of risk over partners & ...

Isotope Geology and Evolution of Paleo-Environmnents Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The group GEOL studies the evolution of the environments throughout Earth history. The topics encompasses paleoclimatic research in the last few million years, essentially by investigating the continental record and second documenting the origins and consequences of major biological and climatic changes throughout geological time. Cratering processes by asteroid and comet impacts on Earth (or other planet) constitutes a major research topic ...

Department of Architecture KU Leuven

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The Department of Architecture consists of 3 sections: Architecture and Society; Architecture and Design; Architectural Engineering.

DESIGN TEAM FOR URBAN PROJECTS (M. Smets) Reappropriation of urban voids (industrial fringes, abandoned areas, outworn infrastructures): urban design, mobility studies and project management. Case-studies for Leuven (B) (Railway area - surroundings inner dock- academic hospital, site); Rouen (F) (former ...

Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel

In 1977, the sub-department for contemporary history of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel established a Centre for the Study of the Brussels Language Situation. This Centre was to eliminate a number of myths and misconceptions about the contemporary language situations. It was to inquire into recurring patterns of language change, and inventorise elements that determine language choice and behaviour as are relevant to public policy. Taking into ...