Name "Responsible (Organisation)" "Activity (Organisation)" "Affiliation (Researcher)" "Educational Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics (main work address Brussels)" "The Research Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics joins staff members who teach courses on mathematics, econometrics or statistics. The research of the group is rather heterogeneous and pertains to domains of mathematics (e.g., differential geometry), education (e.g, strategy choice and strategy development, numerical and mathematical cognition, problem solving, mathematics learning), econometrics (portfolio optimization and visualization methods, non-parametric production theory, cost function estimates for convex and non-convex technologies), and statistics (e.g., extreme value analysis, multilevel analysis, choice modelling, construction of composite indicators, time series analysis)." "Educational Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics" "Educational Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics (main work address Antwerp)" "It aims for state-of-the-art academic research  on education and education-labour market issues with economic tools." "Faculty Education Services Psychology and Educational Sciences" "Geert Van Hove" "The faculty support service is the first point of contact for all (future) students, graduates and employees at the FPPW." Education "EU-China Higher Education Research Center" "Chang Zhu" "The EU-China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE) is established as a research center and platform in Vrije Universiteit Brussel to facilitate research and collaboration on higher education issues among European, Chinese and other international HEIs. The mission of ECHE is to conduct research in the area of higher education; to facilitate research collaborations between European and Chinese higher education institutions & beyond; and to promote mutual understanding about the educational systems, educational innovations, policies, governance, academic leadership, new technologies, practices, and cultural issues related to higher education and other fields of training and education in the contexts of EU, China and beyond.EU-China Higher Education Research Center includes both VUB members and members from other partner HEIs. Currently, ECHE has over 30 external research members.Website: https://eche.research.vub.be/ " "Language, Education and Society, Brussels Campus" "Elke Van Steendam" "The research group Language, Education & Society is a dynamic group dedicated to the study of language learning in all its facets. The research carried out within our research group aims to unravel the interaction between (1) the learner, (2) the learner’s social and educational situation and (3) language or content via language.The research group has four main research areas:assessmenttask-based language teachingvocabularywriting Other research topics that are covered in our research group are:Implicit and explicit language learningInstructed Second Language AcquisitionLanguage policy, language and equal opportunities, multilingualismLanguage proficiency           " "Parenting and Special Education" "Karla Van Leeuwen" "RESEARCH ON PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: - Research on the relationship between parenting and the development of antisocial behavior in young children. - Development of instruments to measure coercive parent-child interactions. - Research on different forms of aggressive behavior in children. - Research on developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior in children. RESEARCH ON THE PREVENTION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT: - Development of instruments to screen for early risks of child physical abuse and neglect. - Development of instruments to measure parents' potential for maltreatment and parents' attitudes towards corporal punishment - Quality evaluation of secondary prevention programs of physical abuse and neglect in families with young children. RESEARCH ON YOUTH CARE: - Research on developmental trends in youth care in the EC. - Research on the outcomes of foster care. - Research on the optimisation of foster care in Flanders. - Meta-evaluation of residential treatment programs for young offenders. RESEARCH ON FAMILY SUPPORT: - Development of guidelines to help preventive workers provide educational support ot families with young children. RESEARCH ON LEARNING DISABILITIES: - Early indentification and treatment of learning disabilities in preschool children - Learning disabilities at higher levels of education - The impact of having a child with learning disabilities on family functioning - Development of programs for the treatment of severe reading, spelling and arithmetic problems. - Survey of learning problems in primary schools - Study of the effects of remedial teaching - The interaction between academic achievement and psychosocial functioning of primary school children. - Role of temporal processing in the development of phonological skills & academic achievement in children with dyslexia. - Behavioral phenotypes of children with genetic syndromes of learning disabilities (VCFS, neurofibromatosis). RESEARCH ON SPECIAL EDUCATION: - Models for cooperation between schools for special education and ordinary schools. - Evaluation of integrated education for children with special educational needs in Flanders. - Professional training of teachers for special education. RESEARCH ON PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: - Development and implementation of procedures and instruments for evaluating quality of life and quality of care in residential care, day care and home-based programs for persons with disabilities. - Development & evaluation of alternative & new forms of support for persons with disabilities. - Research on programs, models, therapies & strategies for persons with severe multiple disabilities. - Development & evaluation of family-oriented programs and ambulatory services for families with a disabled child. - Caring for ageing people with disabilities in residential care. - Behavioral & developmental profiles of persons with intellectual disabilities and genetic syndroms." "Education and Society" "Joke Vandenabeele" "The Laboratory for Education and Society (LES) conducts research on three issues in our contemporary society. They examine how modern technologies shape our reality (virtuality and digitization), which paradoxes evoke increasing pluralism (cohesion and pluralisation), and what it means that our society is characterized by competence development (competition and professionalisation)." "Research Group Education and Labour Market" "Ludo Struyven" "Labour market research carried out by HIVA looks at both the demand for and supply of labour, as well as the match between supply and demand and the policy implemented in this regard. The first theme covers the dynamics of the labour market in Belgium in terms of businesses, jobs and employees. The second theme deals with activation, re-employment and the support of careers and competencies. Related themes such as job migration and the connection between education and the labour market are also covered. The third theme studies the policy itself and analyses the processes of collaboration and market operation, Europeanisation and internationalisation."