Organisations
Institute for Media Studies KU Leuven
The Institute for Media Studies (IMS) strives for international excellence in the research fields of both media and communication. The IMS produces innovative and critical scientific research with a focus on four domains:
- Journalism & News
- Strategic Communication
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Media Culture
In addition, the IMS employs its research expertise to provide quality ...
Inter-Actions Research Unit, Genk Campus KU Leuven
Inter-Actions – situated at LUCA School of Arts in C-Mine Genk - bundles a series of research groups which focuses on design and artistic research, evoking inter-actions between people, domains and disciplines, while exploring the possibilities of old and new materials, artefacts, media, spaces and events.
By separating “inter” from “actions”, the unit stresses that its research wants to stimulate people “acting (actions) together ...
Doctoral School of Arts, Humanities and Law Ghent University
Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group KU Leuven
The Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group consists of the following two reseach units, each with their own research focus:
1) The primary focus of Motor Control Laboratory is to understand the principles underlying control of human movement with special emphasis on coordination and cognitively demanding motor tasks in association with sensory processing. Furthermore, we have developed a long-standing interest in skill ...
Sport and Society Vrije Universiteit Brussel
SASO focuses on the study of developmental, societal and policy-related issues regarding sport involvement of various segments of the population (e.g., youth, elderly, people with disabilities, elite athletes). These issues relate to sport participation within different contexts (i.e., organised, informal and alternatively organised sport) and levels (i.e., grass root and elite sport). SASO has advanced theories and methodologies with regard ...
Health Psychology KU Leuven
Description research unit:
Biomedical variables generally explain only a part of a person’s experience of health and illness and in many instances a novel approach including social and psychological influences is needed. The KU Leuven Research Group “Health Psychology” aims at unravelling how psychological and somatic variables interact in health and disease from a psycho-bio-social perspective. Both fundamental and applied research is ...
Centre for Philosophical Psychology University of Antwerp
Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CHERMID) University of Antwerp
Centre for Political Research KU Leuven
The members of the Center for Political Research focus on the central institutions and processes of decision-making, inherent in contemporary democracies. Therefore, four major domains are central in their research strategy: elections, political parties and social organisations, parliaments and governments. In the analyses and publications both structural and cultural determinants of the functioning of democracies and its patterns of ...