Organisations
LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance KU Leuven
The research team focuses on the analysis of the economics of transition, with a special emphasis on empirical testing of theory using micro economic databases. The latter include firm level data collected by means of large scale business survey data. The main research topics that we focus on include: - the analysis of firm restructuring in transition countries, using approaches from Schumpeterian growth theory. - the analysis of job ...
Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Group Institute of Tropical Medicine
We contribute to the improvement of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) through linking scientific research, advanced education, policy support and capacity-strengthening. We focus on the broader perspective of promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights through addressing one overarching research question: “How can we improve SRH focusing on disease prevention and health promotion in a globalized world?”
We believe that ...
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Ghent University
Population Studies in Oral Health KU Leuven
Current research lines are:
- Exploring caries experience and its determinants
- Oral health monitoring of population groups
- Inventorizing oral health care needs in specific groups of the Belgian population
- Evaluation of an oral health promotion initiative in small children - the Smile for Life project
- Timing of tooth emergence and the challenge of dealing with interval-censored ...
Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CHERMID) University of Antwerp
Trypanosoma Institute of Tropical Medicine
Introduction
The Trypanosoma Unit, led by Prof Jan Van Den Abbeele, focuses its activities on African trypanosomes, protozoan parasites that causes devastating diseases in humans (Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness) and livestock (Animal trypanosomiasis). Activities reach from basic research to translational, field-oriented work. The major aims of our work are to extend our understanding of i) the parasite adaptive ...
Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) University of Antwerp
Department of Economics, Leuven KU Leuven
1.ECONOMETRICS:*Empirical economic models: country models, global models , specification, estimation & simulation.*Consumer demand: systems of demand functions for economies as a whole and for groups of products. *Portfolio models: descriptive models for financial investment.*New technology & employment: microeconomic impact of technological change on employment.*Labor contracts: the allocation of risk over partners & ...
Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine
The Department of Public Health (DPH) aims to empower populations to live healthy lives in complex dynamic environments. Together with our partners, we generate evidence on effective and sustainable interventions, systems and policies that contribute to protecting health for all. Our focus lies on vulnerable populations.
We are organised into dedicated research groups:
- Health Systems and Health Policy Research ...