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Society and Environment University of Antwerp

Our research group aims at ... • developing a better understanding of environmental and socio-technical problems • by investigating specific topics in cooperation with actors in the field, often in collaboration with other scientific disciplines • driven by the sociological issue behind what is often presented as a technical problem or a matter of implementation, and the development of new practices, • and always inspired by current insights in ...

Research for Digitalisation, Diversity and Democracy Hasselt University

The research unit R4D conducts social science research on three major fundamental changes in contemporary societies: digitalisation, diversity and democracy. These phenomena are increasingly redrawing the relationships between individuals and core institutions such as the state, the market, civil society, communities, the family as well as between individuals themselves. This gives rise to new, complex issues whose outcomes are often difficult ...

Media, Movements and Politics (M2P) University of Antwerp

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The research group Media, Movements, and Politics (M²P) covers a broad but distinct field. M²P investigates different forms of political behavior both by individual actors (e.g. citizens, journalists etc.) as well as by collective actors embedded in institutions (e.g. political parties, social movements, etc.). Most research deals with the non-institutional side of politics; the group focuses on the input side of politics; on the groups and ...

HIVA - Research Institute for Work and Society KU Leuven

HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society is a multidisciplinary research institute of KU Leuven. HIVA specialises in academic and policy-oriented research that can provide a very specific response to current policy issues. We carry out research that works! Bringing together experts from different disciplines and our specialisation in policy-oriented research on work and society give HIVA a unique position ...

Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) KU Leuven

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Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) is the KU Leuven’s institute for the study of international politics and European affairs at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It hosts research in political science and international relations and fosters exchanges between scholars working on a broad range of topics, including the European Union’s foreign policy, the external trade policies of the European Union and the United States, climate ...

Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The research centre for Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication was set up in 1990 by Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, within the department of Communication Studies. In 2000, Prof. Dr. Caroline Pauwels became director of the centre. SMIT research focuses on socio-economic and policy aspects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and underlying infrastructures. It combines both ...

Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) conducts a wide variety of research on migration and diversity, spread over many disciplines, departments and research institutes. The application for an institutional membership of the VUB to IMISCOE- the leading European network of migration scholars - has provided a catalyst for a long-discussed creation of an interdisciplinary ‘VUB onderzoeksgroep’ in which researchers can meet, exchange and bundle forces. ...

Architecture and Society KU Leuven

The division ‘Architecture and Society’ stands at the crossroads between engineering and the architectural sciences on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other, and uses a broad variety of relevant methodologies from these fields in an interdisciplinary perspective. Its research ranges from theory to practice and experimentation, across all spatial scales from the building element to the territorial, and through time ...