Organisations
History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture KU Leuven
The division ‘Architecture and Society’ stands at the crossroads between engineering and the architectural sciences on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other, and uses a broad variety of relevant methodologies from these fields in an interdisciplinary perspective. Its research ranges from theory to practice and experimentation, across all spatial scales from the building element to the territorial, and through time ...
Theory of quantum systems and complex systems University of Antwerp
Foundations of the Exact Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel
From the birth of science, mathematics and physics have played a major role and their evolution has always been closely connected. Pythagoras, Aristotle, Ezeno, Euclid, Archimedes, etc . . . till our times, Riemann, Hilbert, Einstein, Poincare, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Dirac, Von Neumann, Godel, etc . . . Have all wandered between mathematics and theoretical physics, investigating the fundamental scientific problems of their times. In this ...
French, Italian and Spanish Literature, Kulak Kortrijk Campus KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit that is closely connected with the KU Leuven research unit are:
° Literary theory: development of a historical poetics of narrative prose, from the Middle Ages to 1800.
° Autobiography study: modalities and conditions for the I-discourse during the Ancien Régime.
° Study of narrative strategies: ambiguity and ductus obliquus in the narrative-philosophical discourse of the Enlightenment.
° ...
Physical Activity, Sports & Health Research Group KU Leuven
The Physical Activity, Sports & Health research group conducts research with societal impact on the health, physical fitness and sports performance of individuals and groups across the lifespan. Two research lines can be identified:
1) Physical Activity for Fitness and Health research line
Research topics within the Physical Activity for Fitness and Health research line are guided by the Behavioural Epidemiology ...
Department of Sociology Ghent University
Theoretical Physics KU Leuven
In the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Faculty of Sciences at the KU Leuven, the Institute for Theoretical Physics covers various areas of mathematical and theoretical physics, including quantum gravity, cosmology, string theory, biophysics, nonequilibrium physics, statistical mechanics and quantum many-body theory.. Key-words include: Elementary Particle Physics. Quantum field theory and applications Mathematical structure of ...
Centre for Political Research KU Leuven
The members of the Center for Political Research focus on the central institutions and processes of decision-making, inherent in contemporary democracies. Therefore, four major domains are central in their research strategy: elections, political parties and social organisations, parliaments and governments. In the analyses and publications both structural and cultural determinants of the functioning of democracies and its patterns of ...
Art History, Brussels Campus KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit are:
• photography theory: the ontology and identity of the photographic medium; the critical potential of photography in contemporary art (i.e. how can contemporary artistic practice, particularly photography and video-based art, question dominant conventions: representation conventions, aesthetic, legal, social and political conventions)
• art theory: the critical relationship between photography and ...