Organisations
Educational Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics (main work address Brussels) KU Leuven
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 ...
Institute for Media Studies KU Leuven
The Institute for Media Studies (IMS) strives for international excellence in the research fields of both media and communication. The IMS produces innovative and critical scientific research with a focus on four domains:
- Journalism & News
- Strategic Communication
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Media Culture
In addition, the IMS employs its research expertise to provide quality ...
Interfaculty Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law KU Leuven
The activities of the Centre for Bio-Medical Ethics and Law (part of the Faculty of medicine, but with an interdisciplinary structure), are - besides teaching and documentation - mainly directed towards research.The expertise of the Centre spans a wide variety of disciplines including ethics, law, philosophy and theology and close links are maintained with various medical and care disciplines. The staff is composed of senior academic ...
Centre for Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School KU Leuven
The Center for Educational Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School (COOLS) works around three axes. They examine the (inter) national education policy in relation to social developments. They study processes of educational innovation and professionalisation within the school as an organization. Finally, they focus on the didactics of teacher training.
Centre for Language and Education, Leuven KU Leuven
The research programme of the CTO includes fundamental and applied research into the relation between language, education and migration.
Research mainly focuses on language acquisition, language behaviour in multilingual settings, interaction in the language classroom, language policy, (second) language education and language testing. Special attention goes to the linguistic mechanisms that influence equity in education. This has led to ...
Centre for Statistics Hasselt University
The Center for Statistics has an international reputation in statistical research (both theoretical and applied). In the domain of mathematical statistics, research is carried out in a.o. the following fields: bootstrap methods, smoothing techniques, censored data, asymptotic theory. Research in applied statistics focuses on biostatistics (longitudinal data analysis, clustered data, missing data, multivariate methods, clinical trials, ...