Organisations
Research Group Social and Economic Policy and Social Inclusion KU Leuven
This research group comprises five broad lines of research (1) Poverty and social integration, (2) Housing (3) Economy and welfare state (4) Organization of care and welfare (5) Accessibility, quality and effectiveness of aid and services The theme of migration and integration is cross-group.
Centre for Contemporary Social History Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A: Construction history in 19th-century Belgium (J.Hannes) Building cycle, state and private investments, road construction Topic B: Agricultural history (J. Hannes) Production costs, total output Topic C: Spatial & social segregation in housing (J.Hannes, P.Van den Eeckhout) Structure of house ownership in Brussels, c.1860 Topic D: Determinants of wage labour of women, c. 1900 (P.Van den Eeckhout ) Working-class family incomes, ...
Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City University of Antwerp
Fundaments of Economic Thinking : Economic and Social History Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Centre for Contemporary Social History, that has been incorporated in EDSG, is currently conducting research in two distinct veins. The first line of research belongs to the well-established tradition, especially at the VUB, of "structuralist" research in social and economic history. Exploiting in particular sources that lend themselves to quantitative analysis, the focus is on the inequality of personal wealth in Belgium in the 19th ...
Research Unit Social Analysis of Security Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Interuniversity Research Group Social Security Analysis [SVA] is a collaboration between the criminologists Prof. Dr. Paul Ponsaers and Prof. Dr. Els Enhus. This research group is part of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology (Ghent University) and the Department of Criminology (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). SVA focuses on criminological research on 'social security'. Socially, on the one hand, refers to the selection and ...
Department of Social Gerontology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A : Coping processes in relation to changes in life situations (retirement; psycho-social loss; bereavement) Retirement of women: an analysis of adaptation and coping Health and Competence in ageing Topic B : Stress and caregiving for elderly people (elder abuse) Intergenerational caregiving Intragenerational caregiving Topic C : Intergenerational relationships (grandparenthood) Grandfathers : roleperception and roletaking Topic D : ...
Urban Design, Urbanism, Landscape and Planning KU Leuven
Urban Design, Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
Architecture and Society 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 ...
Architectural Engineering Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The research within the ae-lab is focused on 'the use of engineering tools to create architecture'. This approach is applied on three topics which ask for interdisciplinary studies: the design of light-weight structures, the issue of re-use, and the incorporation of 4D-design. LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES Architectural and structural engineering are subject to an ongoing process of optimization. The search for lighter, more efficient and more ...