Organisations
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies KU Leuven
The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies promotes pioneering projects in law, economics and political science and actively initiates and encourages interdisciplinary, cross-cutting research initiatives in pursuit of solutions to real world problems. The cross-cutting initiatives are thematic projects around which University researchers join forces across disciplines to forge responses to complex global challenges. The cross-cutting ...
Impact of Globalization University of Antwerp
Geography Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The ongoing research is concentrated in the fields of: 1. Human Geography: - Urban and social geography; - Urban and regional planning; - Geography of development; - Geography of Health. 2. Physical Geography: - Ice and climate; - Soil erosion and landscape studies. 3. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems.
Department of Applied Geology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A : Extensive geological research with regard to the climate changes (global change) Topic B : Prospection of loose deposits Topic C : New building materials Topic D : Risk zones in tetonic areas Topic E : Natural hazards and the subsoil investigation for building projects Topic F : Research on geological apparatuses and advanced computer programmes (for geology)
Department of Environment Ghent University
Geography Unit Vrije Universiteit Brussel
see units FARD en MARD-Topic A : Study of slope processes, soil erosion and soil erosion mapping (Prof. M. Van Molle) -Topic B : Global Change: environmental research, climatology and climatic change, climatic and glacier modelling -Topic C : Antarctic research, Antarctic climatology and geomorphology -Topic D : Cartography and geographic information systems, theory of map projections, mapping technique, geographic information systems, ...
Forest, Nature and Landscape KU Leuven
Overall, the research carried out in this laboratory focuses on the spatial and quantitative assessment of biological and man-induced patterns and processes at the landscape and habitat level both in rural, urban and natural settings. We aim at coupling traditional research on forestry, landscape elements, land use, and biotic communities with earth observation, spatial data sciences, the statistical modeling environment, and planning tools. ...
Institute for European Studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The key elements for the focus of our research are the following: * Role of the EU as a global actor * Interaction between the internal and external dimensions of EU policies This focus can be described in the following terms: Since the early 1970s, in parallel with the ongoing processes of deepening European integration and enlargement, the EU has increasingly asserted its role as a global actor in the broader international arena. ...
Research Group Sustainable Development KU Leuven
Research is grouped into two research themes within this research group, Global Development and Environmental Policy respectively, which in turn are also split up into priority research lines.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
HIVA executes a diverse set of research and evaluation activities related to global development and development cooperation. Its research seeks to inform policy and practice and features the following areas of ...