Name Responsible Activity "Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant" "Karel De Winter" "Process development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of innovative biobased products and processes.Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is an independent, state-of-the-art facility that operates from a laboratory level to a multi-ton scale. Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a service provider for process development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of biobased products and processes. A wide and flexible spectrum of modular unit operations combined with the experience of our highly competent engineers and technicians enables us to translate your biobased lab protocol into a viable industrial process.Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant enables the conversion of renewable feedstocks into biochemicals, biomaterials, biofuels and other bioproducts by using technologies such as biomass pretreatment, biocatalysis, (gas)fermentation, green chemistry and product recovery and purification." "Forum on Central and Eastern Europe" "The Forum on Central and Eastern Europe provides a multidisciplinary platform for dialogue and exploration of research on the politics, histories, societies, cultures, institutions of Central and Eastern Europe in the broadest sense. It is a common initiative of the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences which brings together researchers from within and outside KU Leuven and initiates meaningful conversations on research-related topics. " "Department of European, Public and International Law" "The research group International Public Law and Maritime Institute is part of the Department of European, Public and International Law. The Ghent European Law Institute conducts scientific research into recent developments in the EU integration process. Particular attention is paid to the right of the EU's external relations. The Institute has special expertise in research into the EU enlargement process and the relations between the enlarged Union and its neighbors. The research of the groups within public law is based on administrative and educational law, constitutional law and human rights, environmental law, energy law, Islam and law, legal pluralism and law antropology." "Department of European law" "European institute ; European law" "Faculty Education Services Political and Social Sciences" "Bart Van de PutteHendrik VosPatrick Vyncke" "Is the contact point for faculty student administration, student counseling, program counseling, cell quality assurance education, educational innovation and contact person diversity." "Government and Law" "Patricia Popelier" "The Research Programme Government and Law aims to explore the relation between law and government in a broad sense, embedded in a legal, political and social context. Central research questions concern the impact of legal, political and social evolutions on the legal concept of government, on the working and competences of public institutions, on fundamental principles such as democracy, rule of law and federalism, and on the protection of persons against government action. The program aims to present the University of Antwerp on a national and international level as a research centre of public law which transcends traditional branches of law and disciplines." "Institute for Social Law" "Johan Put" "The main task of the Institute is to conduct scientific research in the field of social security law in its broadest sense.  Approximately 20 researchers are employed.The Institute for Social Law is one of the two research institutes within the department of Labor Law and Social Security Law." "Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy" "Ive Marx" "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 important lines of research. First the Centre strives to gain insight into the underlying causes and mechanisms of poverty and income inequality. Second it studies social policy developments and how they impact on the architecture of (different types of) welfare states. Third CSB research aims at understanding and explaining the impact of social policy on poverty and income inequality. These three interests connect the various research activities that take place in the divergent fields. RESEARCH TOPICS A. The generosity and adequacy of social protection programmes : Building on its tradition in international comparative research on (the generosity of) minimum income protection in Europe, the Centre studies of i) the evolution of these systems (in terms of generosity and adequacy) within the different types of welfare states, ii) the impact of processes of devolution and European integration, and iii) the relationship with emerging ecological policy lines. B. The outcome implications of evolutions in minimum income protection : Current research is on the adequacy of active labour market policy, intergenerational income inequalities, the redistributive impact of family policy and the socioeconomic circumstances of migrants. Additionally, attention is given to the emergence of so-called 'new social risks' and to the implications of the ongoing economic crisis. C. Poverty and income inequality versus other indicators of social exclusion : The Centre studies the interactions between income inequality and poverty, (un)employment and other indicators of social exclusion on the one hand and the adequacy of social policy on the other. To this end, it builds on previously acquired insights into the problematic aspects of income inequality in wealthy welfare states and the socioeconomic determinants of income, health and education. D. Social policy in a multi-tiered context : The CSP monitors how social policy evolves in a multi-tiered decision context and study the implications of changing distribution of competences insofar as inequalities within and between welfare states are concerned." "Dean's Office of the Faculty of Law and Criminology" "Michel Tison" "Institute for Civil Procedure" "Instituut voor Gerechtelijk Recht"