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Centre for Population, Family and Health University of Antwerp

The Research centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO) originated from the Panel Study on Belgian Households (PSBH). After the closure of PSBH, the research horizon widened to the broader field of family sociology, sociology of labour, social demography and sociology of health and care. At this moment, the centre is active on several domains in the social sciences whereby the life course perspective is central, both theoretically ...

Research Group Sustainable Development KU Leuven

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Research is grouped into two research themes within this research group, Global Development and Environmental Policy respectively, which in turn are also split up into priority research lines.

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

HIVA executes a diverse set of research and evaluation activities related to global development and development cooperation. Its research seeks to inform policy and practice and features the following areas of ...

Economics University of Antwerp

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- Macroeconomics and stabilisation policies: monetary and fiscal policies, interactions and coordination issues. Relationship between economic performance, institutional settings and exchange market pressure in transition countries. Corporatism and macroeconomic policy. - Labour markets : the functioning of the labour market in Belgium and Europe: real and nominal wage rigidities, the wage gap. Impact of the EMU on European labour markets. ...

Law Science Technology and Society Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Since its creation in 2003, the interdisciplinary Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) has focused upon the articulations of law, science, technology, ethics and society, taking technological developments and their consequences as a starting point. Although LSTS’s core expertise is legal, it also has a strong track record in legal theory, philosophy (of law, of sciences and of technology) and it notably engages in ...

Biomaterials - BIOMAT KU Leuven

DENTAL BIOMATERIALS

The BIOMAT research group focuses on diverse kinds of biomaterials with orofacial application, and encompasses fundamental material science and biological cell culture, micro-organism and animal research, as well as applied laboratory and clinical research.

Current major research lines include:

  • Biocompatibility and cariogenicity of dental biomaterials
  • Dental adhesive ...

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 ...

Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The scientific approach focuses on the holistic use of biogeochemical tracers, such as elemental concentrations (Cd, Pb, PGE etc.) and isotopic ratios (D/H, 18O/16O, 13C/12C, 15N/14N, 87Sr/88Sr...), - in some cases referred to as "proxies" - that are measured on a substrate (e.g. mineral phase, fossil, mussel-shell, teeth, seawater, phytoplankton, ice cores etc.) to infer specific environmental parameters (such as condition of formation, ...

Faculty of Social Sciences KU Leuven

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The research undertaken at the Faculty of Social Sciences covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from international relations and peace research over the effect of the media on society to the impact of intercultural contact and migration. Researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences conduct innovative research in four disciplines: anthropology, communication studies, political science and sociology.

Operations Research and Statistics Research Group (ORSTAT) (main work address Brussels) KU Leuven

In operations research, a challenging research area is combinatorial optimization. Next to exact methods such as branch-and-bound, branch-and-price, also approximation algorithms are studied. Assignment and scheduling problems, winner determination problems and research on client-oriented vehicle routing problems are some of the subjects under study. Further emphasis is placed on machine scheduling, resource-constrained project planning and ...

Orthodontics KU Leuven

Research at the KU Leuven Orthodontic unit is focused on aspects of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics both in growing and non-growing populations. Growth, development and morphology are evaluated in three dimensions whenever applicable.

- Studies on the role of the MSX1-gen in the ethiology of cleft lip and palate and hypodontia. - Hormonal interactions with craniofacial morphology and growth. - The use of dental maturation score ...