Organisations
Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC) University of Antwerp
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology Ghent University
Medical Sociology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The main research areas of MESO are: 1. Socio-economic health inequalities; 2. Financial thresholds in health care (unequal access to health care); 3. Technology assessment in health care; 4. Immigrants and health care; 5. The transformation of nursing; 6. Euthanasia; 7. Prevention of cancer; 8. Terminal care; 9. Sentinel (health) events in rehabilitation centres.
Estuaries Research Institute for Nature and Forest
The Estuaries team conducts research and monitoring work in estuaries and their valleys to support ecological aspects of policy on these areas. The ecology of estuaries is central to the accumulation of systemic knowledge, monitoring, the formation of an ecological vision and the development of policy instruments and assessment frameworks. We share the results as widely as possible in reports, advisory papers and scientific publications. ...
Internationalization Services of the Faculty Bioscience Engineering Ghent University
Department of Public health Ghent University
Private Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Department for Private Law (PRIR) consists of a few full-time members (professors and research assistants) and a large number of part-time members. Regarding the list of research topics below it should be noted that various sub-divisions of certain areas of the law are being researched by more than one researcher, which is not reflected in the present summary, and that research by part-time members is not completely reproduced for lack of ...
Equity and Health Institute of Tropical Medicine
Leuven School for Mass Communication Research KU Leuven
The Leuven School for Mass Communication Research studies the use of mass media, social media and ICT, and how these media may harm or enhance an individual’s wellbeing. In our research, we describe the relationship between exposure to information and entertainment media and various components of individuals’ wellbeing, and develop theoretical insight into the underlying mechanisms of these media effects. Our work draws on, and strives to ...