Education, Culture and Society KU Leuven
The research group Education, Culture and Society consists of the following two divisions:
- History of Education
- Education and Society
The research group Education, Culture and Society consists of the following two divisions:
The research unit Methods, Individual and Cultural Differences, Affect and Social Behavior consists of the following divisions:
The research group Cultural History since 1750, Leuven, seeks to cover many aspects of the cultural landscape of the past. It focuses on the history of knowledge and science, historiography and historical culture, cultural infrastructure and cultural tranfers, by considering the various shapes and meanings of scientific and cultural practices.
The Laboratory for Education and Society (LES) conducts research on three issues in our contemporary society. They examine how modern technologies shape our reality (virtuality and digitization), which paradoxes evoke increasing pluralism (cohesion and pluralisation), and what it means that our society is characterized by competence development (competition and professionalisation).
The Center for the History of Education (CHE) is part of the research group Education, Culture and Society of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences.
The CHE focuses on the historical study of a wide variety of educational practices as well as theories. Starting from the premise that educational processes and insights never fall out of the blue, the emergence and dissemination of educational concepts, educational ...
The EU-China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE) is established as a research center and platform in Vrije Universiteit Brussel to facilitate research and collaboration on higher education issues among European, Chinese and other international HEIs. The mission of ECHE is to conduct research in the area of higher education; to facilitate research collaborations between European and Chinese higher education institutions & ...
RESEARCH ON PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: - Research on the relationship between parenting and the development of antisocial behavior in young children. - Development of instruments to measure coercive parent-child interactions. - Research on different forms of aggressive behavior in children. - Research on developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior in children. RESEARCH ON THE PREVENTION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT: - Development of instruments to ...
Labour market research carried out by HIVA looks at both the demand for and supply of labour, as well as the match between supply and demand and the policy implemented in this regard. The first theme covers the dynamics of the labour market in Belgium in terms of businesses, jobs and employees. The second theme deals with activation, re-employment and the support of careers and competencies. Related themes such as job migration and the ...