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Welfare and the Welfare State University of Antwerp

1. Social care use by elderly persons: study of the longitudinal patterns in formal and informal care use of the over-75s 2. Care as a new social risk: we intend to study empirically how the public and private markets for (child)care services can be expanded within existing budgetary restrictions and with maintenance (or improvement) of minimum incomes from work and benefits. The possibilities for and consequences of a transformation of the ...

Animal Husbandry and Welfare Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Diverse aspects of cattle, pig and poultry husbandry are studied, rather in the perspective of a system. To increase social acceptability of livestock production, research focuses on the development of methods and strategies to evaluate and improve animal welfare.

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.

Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy University of Antwerp

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RESEARCH FOCUS CSP research is concerned primarily with social inequality and (re)distribution in the welfare state, with main focus on the functioning and the effectiveness of social policy. Areas of special interest include i) social policy responses to the (changing) socioeconomic and demographic context, and ii) the impact of social policy on the socioeconomic circumstances of its various target groups. RESEARCH LINES The CSP pursues three ...

Research Unit Labour and Social Security Law KU Leuven

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LABOUR LAW - Scope and competence of joint committees (paritaire committees) - Employment discrimination - Sexual harassment - Labor law and industrial relations in the transforming Central European countries - Ocational training - Employee participation, incl. financial participation - Employment and privacy rights - Health and safety in the work place - Sports law - Equality & the distinciton between blue & white collar workers - ...

Social Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel

SORE develops research on labour law and social security law in the national, European and international context. 1. In the field of labour law, the main areas of research are Labour contracts; Workers participation; - Collective bargaining; - Trade union freedom; - European trade unionism; - Fundamental social rights; - European labour relations; - Conflict of laws. 2. In the field of social security law main areas of research are old age ...

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; ...

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 ...