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Leuven Space and Society (LSAS) groups researchers working on the interconnections between society, environment and space. Environment is understood here as "human environment" - the environment produced or transformed by humans, i.e. manipulated nature. Space is the common denominator in our research fields and is understood as multiscalar and multidimensional, including space as structure of social changes, as agency in socio-economical ...

The Leuven centre for Aero & Space science, technology and Applications (LASA) works in the fields of aero- and astronautics, supporting the development of advanced methods.The research focuses ono five research lines:

1. development of numerical simulation techniques for scientific and technical analysis in space, aerospace and aeronautics

2. development of experimental techniques for scientific and technical analysis in ...

In the research domain Open space, the agricultural use of open space is studied. The open space in Flanders is restricted. Therefore it is important that it is used in an efficient and qualitative way. Moreover, agriculture is not the only user of this open space, so attention is also paid to the relation with other stakeholders such as inhabitants, industry, recreation, nature.