Organisations
Centre Leo Apostel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CLEA investigates the possibilities of interdisciplinary research, concentrating on the search for integrating world views. In a rapidly changing and complex society, scientific, social, and cultural knowledge is fragmented. This fragmentation leads to a growing gap between the exact sciences and the humanities (the two cultures), and between the layman and the specialist in general. Even more it entails the alienation of humankind from his ...
Environment and Health KU Leuven
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH (E&H)
The Centre for Environment and Health (E&H) includes the following closely linked areas of research: (a) Occupational and Environmental Exposure and Toxicological Assessment; (b) Occupational and Environmental medicine; (c) Insurance medicine; (d) Youth Health Care; (e) Infection Prevention and Control; (f) Nutrition. The interaction between environment and health in different age groups and settings ...
Immunity and Inflammation Research Group KU Leuven
The main research topics include evaluation of leukocyte migration in inflammation and tumor biology with a main focus on chemokines. This includes biological and biochemical characterization of chemoattractants, their gene regulation and posttranslational processing, G protein-coupled receptor-mediated signal transduction, interactions with glycosaminoglycans and synergistic and antagonistic activities. The role of chemoattractants in (1) ...
Interface Demography Vrije Universiteit Brussel
ID is the multidisciplinary unit for social demography and population studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The main objective of ID is to address socio-demographic challenges related to social sustainability from a multidimensional perspective revolving around the notion of equity as a ‘cross-cutting theme’. The research program gravitates around six mutually interconnected research lines: (1) sustainable work and employment; (2) ...
Natural Products and Food - Research and Analysis (NatuRA) University of Antwerp
Department of Mathematics: Algebra and Geometry Ghent University
Department of Soil Management Ghent University
Research Group Social and Economic Policy and Social Inclusion KU Leuven
This research group comprises five broad lines of research (1) Poverty and social integration, (2) Housing (3) Economy and welfare state (4) Organization of care and welfare (5) Accessibility, quality and effectiveness of aid and services The theme of migration and integration is cross-group.
Structural Mechanics KU Leuven
Research in the Structural Mechanics Section of the Department of Civil Engineering focuses on the static and dynamic analysis of structures. Five related research lines are developed: (1) vibrations in the built environment, (2) vibration based structural identification and evaluation , (3) building acoustics, (4) shape and topology optimization, and (5) computational structural engineering. Model development is supported by laboratory and ...