Participation and Learning in Detention Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Participation and Learning in Detention
Participation and Learning in Detention
Sociale relaties en maatschappelijke participatie van ouderen omvat een breed scala aan sociale onderzoeksonderwerpen zoals maatschappelijke participatie, vrijwilligerswerk, sociale cohesie, eenzaamheid, culturele participatie, en (in)formeel levenslang leren.  Zorg en zorgzame buurten vertrekt vanuit een diepgaande kritiek op traditionele, voornamelijk probleemgerichte en medisch georiënteerde zorgsystemen. De onderzoeksprojecten binnen dit ...
The Department of Architecture consists of 3 sections: Architecture and Society; Architecture and Design; Architectural Engineering.
DESIGN TEAM FOR URBAN PROJECTS (M. Smets) Reappropriation of urban voids (industrial fringes, abandoned areas, outworn infrastructures): urban design, mobility studies and project management. Case-studies for Leuven (B) (Railway area - surroundings inner dock- academic hospital, site); Rouen (F) (former ...
Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) is the KU Leuven’s institute for the study of international politics and European affairs at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It hosts research in political science and international relations and fosters exchanges between scholars working on a broad range of topics, including the European Union’s foreign policy, the external trade policies of the European Union and the United States, climate ...
The family economy applies economic concepts such as production, division of labour, distribution, and decision-making to the family. It is used to explain outcomes unique to the family, such as marriage, decision to have children, fertility, etc.
Urban Design, Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
Our research interests focus on three major fields: 1. Work and Organisational Psychology: important topics relate to human resource management (career management, orientation programmes, multi-rater evaluation), managerial behaviour (managerial motivation, managerial behaviour in profit- and non-profit organisations), personnel selection (assessment centres), and total quality management (teamwork, social impact, and impact on organisational ...
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.
The Belgian Ageing Studies project (BAS) was developed by researchers at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and University College Ghent (Hogeschool Gent). Established in the early 2000s, the BAS team engages in the scientific study of the social aspects of ageing. The team's research focuses on a range of social gerontological issues, including social, cultural and political participation in old age, volunteering, ...