Name Responsible Activity "Economics and Public Policy" "Wim MARNEFFE" "The Policy Management group carries out economic research on public policy. The group focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness of government interventions by carrying out cost-effectiveness analyses and cost-benefit analyses. Furthermore, research is performed on the impact of the regulatory quality (ease of requesting permits, administrative burdens,...) on the ease of doing business in Europe." "Leisure, Future and Policy Planning" "Within the department BSVB the research unit VTBP is developing research within the areas of leisure, future and policy planning. Considering the social development of the leisure sector the above mentioned themes deal with as well the private and public sector. Current research is thus dealing with: 1. Leisure and tourism; 2. Leisure and the participation of specific target groups (that is to say 'third age'); 3. Policy planning and related management problems, oriented towards f.i. fitness centres in diverse institutional structures, sport organisations, public sport structures; 4. Strategic planning of sport organisations in function of the analysis of specific future developments (trend analysis)." "General Botany and Nature Management" "Harry Olde Venterink" "The APNA unit covers fiveresearch domains: 1. vegetation research and spatio-temporal vegetation analysis - target vegetation types: mangroves, temperate deciduous forests, cork oak forests, vegetation of seepage zones (including types of wetlands); - methods: classical Braun-Blanquet relevés, PCQM transects, airborne and spaceborne remote sensing, GIS, application of hydrological modelling, wood anatomy and environmental stress, socio-economic surveys. 2. genetic diversity, genetic structure plant populations and taxonomy - target taxa: aquatic macrophytes, old growth forest herbaceous plants, willow, mangrove tree species, cork oak; - methods: isoenzyme analysis, PCR-based techniques, classical taxonomic methodology, including herbarium BRVU. 3. limnology (freshwater ecology) and water quality research - target areas: African lakes, brooks in temperate regions, seepage zones; - methods: limnological methodology, phytoplankton studies, EIA. 4. nature management and nature management policies - target areas: nature management in the above-mentioned areas, particularly periurban ecosystems; - methods: above mentioned laboratory and fieldwork, questionnaire-based surveys, management planning. The Brussels area (including the Zonien forest) is of particular interest for the vegetation and nature management studies as well as for the freshwater and water quality surveys done in the research group. 5. bio-accoustics of amphibians in the Indian subcontinent" "Research Group Work, Organisation and Social Dialogue" "Karolien Lenaerts" "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 management prevails in these organisations? How can job quality be improved with the help of participation and social dialogue, in particular for vulnerable groups? These research themes are investigated in an interdisciplinary team and with a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods. This research boasts a long tradition within HIVA, which translates into a prominent and established participation by the group in national and European research programmes and in a strong cooperation with trade unions and companies.Group research lines:job quality and well-being at workparticipation, social dialogue and working conditionsorganisational change and innovationhuman resources management and diversity " "Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change" "Frederic Vandermoere" "CRESC is a research center within the Department of Sociology at the University of Antwerp. The center focuses on sociological research on environmental and social change, in the urban context and in the wider living and natural environment. Examples of environmental and social changes that we study are sustainability transitions in the energy and food system, integrated water management, social innovations in the fight against poverty, network formation between social work organizations, new forms of solidarity in superdiversity, identity formation in a diverse society, innovation in civil society organizations and the changing role of expertise in society. CRESC has a special interest in the interaction between social and environmental change processes. Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, the interaction between knowledge and policy, processes of (de-) institutionalization, new forms of solidarity and citizenship and the role of culture in social and ecological change are at the heart of our research. Our research is mainly (but not exclusively) inspired by insights from urban and environmental studies, poverty and social work research, cultural sociology and science and technology studies. We use a wide range of research methods. We have developed methodological expertise in social network analysis, social mapping, policy evaluation and qualitative research methods such as focus groups, (participatory) observation, document analysis, debate forms and interviews. The research is organized into three research clusters: (1) urban and environmental studies; (2) poverty and social work research; and (3) science and society." "Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Leuven" "Jan Ceuppens" "Research Translation and Intercultural Transfer, LeuvenThis research group focuses on translation as a vector of intercultural transfer: interlingual and intralingual as well as intersemiotic forms of translation are addressed. Transfer movements occur within and between national, regional and continental cultures. The proposed research is not limited as regards time or space but addresses , instead, a comprehensive range of translation genres and translated genres.Methodologically, preference is given to historical, descriptive and empirical methods, taking into account the dialectical relations between translation and other parameters of translational communication: agents (translators, authors, mediators, readers and audience), related forms of transfer (multilingual writing, self-translation, parody and pastiche, subtitling, localization, criticism, didactics etc.), genre-systems, legislative and other institutions, economic and political factors, canonization." "Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)" "Wilfried Lemahieu" "The primary missions of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) are education and research.A FEB education aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial endeavours and careers in the corporate world, in national and international public policy-making, or in research. To achieve this the FEB offers high-quality, research-based degree programmes in the fields of both economics and business, and from Bachelor to PhD.Secondly, the FEB wants to foster research with high academic and societal impact, and high visibility in the corporate world. The FEB’s ambition is to be the leading learning and research community in Belgium and to excel in the different research subfields the school hosts, thereby deserving its high rank among the top of European schools of Economics and Business.For more information see: - Department of economics - Department of applied economics" "Research Centre of Energy, Transport and Environment, Leuven" "Stef Proost" "Research tpics of this center of Energy, Transport and Environment aretransport economicsenergy & environment" "Department of Work and Organisation Studies (main work address Leuven)" "The Department of Work and Organisation Studies (WOS) aims to extend knowledge on psychosocial well-being and on organizational practices, policies, and processes that affect the nature and conditions of work and the organization of labor within the society. The Department’s interdisciplinary nature is a strong advantage as it enables the group to study particular research topics from different angles and to use a variety of research methods.Central research themes are human resource management, organizational behavior, quality of labor, careers & employability and organizations & society. " "Department of Marketing and Organisation Studies (MO), Leuven" "The Department of Marketing and Organisation Studies (MO), Leuven, consists of two research units:1) The Research Centre for Marketing, Leuven, specializes in understanding how consumers behave in a world of unprecedented freedom of choice and how they function against a continuous stream of opportunities that may either support them or divert them from reaching their goals. The Marketing modelling research team focuses on the changing retail-landscape and strives to provide insights concerning strategic marketing issues that take place on the manufacturer-retailer interface.2) The Research Centre for Work and Organisation Studies, Leuven, is focused on extending knowledge of personal well-being and social relationships at work and organizational practices, policies and processes that affect the nature and conditions of work and work organization within the society. Within this research focus, the current major research topics are career transitions and employability, diversity in national and international organizations, strategic human resource and talent management, and moral organizational responsibility and leadership. These topics are the result of scholars’ interest and engagement to study those organizational themes which are reflective of societal trends and discussions such as (in)flexibility of the labour market, ageing of the workforce, globalization, and migration."