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Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven (RIPPLE) KU Leuven

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The Centre for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy (CESPF) co-ordinates all research concerning ethics, applied ethics, social & political philosophy, and philosophy of law at the Institute of Philosophy.The CESPF hosts three major lines of research, dealing respectively with foundational issues such as the analysis of the moral experience in Ethics; with topical questions like health-care and migration in Applied Ethics; and with the ...

Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy Ghent University

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The department is responsible for research, education and services in the area of U+200BU+200Bsocial agogics. Social agogics includes the scientific study and theory of pedagogical action in the broader social context of institutions and practices that pursue social and cultural development, such as forensic welfare, social-cultural work with youth and adults, society building, interventions in the social, cultural and leisure environment.

Research Group Work, Organisation and Social Dialogue KU Leuven

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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 on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City University of Antwerp

The research of OASeS is structured around three research tracks. The first research track 'poverty, social inequality and social exclusion' continues a long tradition of scientific and policy-oriented research on poverty and other forms of social exclusion in OASeS. This research track deals with the following themes: poverty policy and anti-poverty strategies; the relation between poverty, welfare state and migration; culture and poverty; ...

Organisation, policy and social inequalities in health care Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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to do multidisiciplinary fundamental and applied (evaluation) research in following domains international comparative health systems research comparative health services research (organisational models and interorganisational networking) the use of technologies in health care socio-economic inequalities in health patient participation knowlegde transfer methodologies between reserach and policymakers focus on innovations in health systems and ...

Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology Ghent University

The research focuses on the synergy between fundamental and applied or policy-relevant research with target groups of normal and clinical populations of different ages. Illustrative of our policy is research on motivational processes, education and socialization; clinical research on obesity and eating disorders; research on personality, temperament and development of maladaptive traits and social psychological research on decision-making ...

KADOC - Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society KU Leuven

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Established in 1976, KADOC wants to promote interdisciplinary research on the interaction between religion, culture and society in a Belgian, Europan and global context from the 19th century until present. To support its research, the Center has a large documentation fund (archives, library and au diovisual documentation) at its disposal. Research in KADOC is done by membersof the staff and contract-researchers. Also the members of the ...

Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS) University of Antwerp

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MIOS is a research group within the Department of Communication Studies at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. The research team aims at analysing individuals' and organizational uses of ICT (and other media) to gain insight into (computer) mediated communication, its uses and effects, and to pursue evidence-based communication strategies and policy. The research activities of MIOS can be linked to two communication levels, which ...

Centre for Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School KU Leuven

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The Center for Educational Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School (COOLS) works around three axes. They examine the (inter) national education policy in relation to social developments. They study processes of educational innovation and professionalisation within the school as an organization. Finally, they focus on the didactics of teacher training.

Centre for Research on Peace and Development KU Leuven

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The Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD) is a multidisciplinary research centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leuven University (KU Leuven). CRPD’s multidisciplinary team conducts conceptual, empirical and applied research with the aim of improving our understanding of the causes of violent conflicts and the challenges of sustainable peace building.

CRPD brings together researchers from within the Faculty of Social ...