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ECHO: Research group on media, culture and politics Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The research group Echo is devoted to the study of meaning across media, culture and politics, and their intersections. The group is home to an international group of scholars working on how meaning circulates, fluctuates, and resonates in society. Echo's aim is to produce a critical and nuanced understanding of how the reproduction and contestation of meaning contributes to social, cultural and political change and continuity.

Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multi-Level Politics (ACIM) University of Antwerp

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ACIM's main focus of study is the impact of multi-level institutional configurations on changes in government and governance, policies and politics, and state-society relations. Typical for contemporary politics is its 'multilevelness'. This concept refers to the fact that interest representation, policymaking processes and accountability relations are no longer primarily confined to one single jurisdiction, i.e. the nation-state, but that ...

International Politics University of Antwerp

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A first large research theme is global governance, and more in particular rule-making beyond the state (Kerwer), with international finance standards as case-study [book in 2012; possible grant from Germany]. Further, an interdisciplinary project on theorizing international organizations as associations of states has been set up. A second research theme is international security (Sauer), more in particular research with respect to nuclear ...

Media, Movements and Politics (M2P) University of Antwerp

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The research group Media, Movements, and Politics (M²P) covers a broad but distinct field. M²P investigates different forms of political behavior both by individual actors (e.g. citizens, journalists etc.) as well as by collective actors embedded in institutions (e.g. political parties, social movements, etc.). Most research deals with the non-institutional side of politics; the group focuses on the input side of politics; on the groups and ...

Politics & Public Governance University of Antwerp

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The first research axis is labelled 'Diversity and equality in politics & public governance'. It studies how different needs and interests are mobilised, recognized and represented in political and administrative decision-making, how groups organize to compete for influence, and how politics and governance (re-)produce equality and inequality. Focus is on how societal, political and administrative institutions and practices bring about ...

Travel Clinic Institute of Tropical Medicine

The renewed Department of Clinical Sciences concentrates on patient based research, training and services in developing countries, with emphasis on tropical and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. The department also runs the Medical Services of the ITM, a national reference center for tropical, infectious and imported diseases and HIV/AIDS.

The travel clinic provides travel advice to tourists, business travelers and migrants, on ...

Diabetes Clinic Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Diabetes is increasing worldwide. There is currently no curative treatment available, but strict monitoring of sugar levels and care can help significantly reduce the discomfort and the effects of the disease. At the Diabetes Clinic patients are welcomed and treated every day by an extensive team of specialists, including diabetologists, diabetes educators, dieticians, psychologists and administrative staff.

The multidisciplinary ...