Organisations
Cultural History since 1750, Leuven KU Leuven
The research group Cultural History since 1750, Leuven, seeks to cover many aspects of the cultural landscape of the past. It focuses on the history of knowledge and science, historiography and historical culture, cultural infrastructure and cultural tranfers, by considering the various shapes and meanings of scientific and cultural practices.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Management Institute of Tropical Medicine
Modernity & Society 1800-2000, Leuven KU Leuven
The research group Modernity & Society 1800-2000, Leuven, investigates international actors (institutions, movements and individuals), global-local relationships and transnational phenomena. Its research focus lies on agency and agenda-setting as well as the bottom-up processes which brought about new organized forms of trans- and international interaction in the last 200 years. Conceptual frameworks of acting and thinking beyond the ...
Mycobacteriology Institute of Tropical Medicine
The Unit of Mycobacteriology, led by Prof Bouke De Jong, is dedicated to improving the health of patients suffering from mycobacterial diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer. We provide diagnostic services for individual patients and challenge current control approaches, aiming at better understanding of mycobacterial diseases and improving patient outcome.
Our research lines include fundamental pathobiology, pathogen ...
Neglected Tropical Diseases Institute of Tropical Medicine
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research Group Institute of Tropical Medicine
The Tropical Infectious Diseases Group brings together expertise on neglected tropical diseases (in particular leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, leprosy as well as dengue and other arboviruses) and on common infectious diseases (such as malaria and TB) using a transdisciplinary perspective. The community perspective is key and addressed by a mixed methods approach. Priority topics for 2020-2024 are the science of disease elimination, eco-health ...