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The research unit 'Foundations of Art and Science' investigates the connection between arts and sciences through philosophical, cultural-sociological, historical and economic analysis. The main topics of the Unit include: 1. Disemborderment of art and science: an investigation of the possibilities of existence for a depiction of arts and sciences as similar intellectual and creative activities; 2. The relation between image and reality: a ...

The ongoing research is focused on: 1. Foundations of Mathematics; 2. Development of New Logics; 3. History and Philosophy of 20th Century Cosmology; 4. Popularization of Science; 5. Philosophy and Children; 6. Science Rhetoric. In essence, this Research Unit concentrates on: 1. Philosophy of science (especially mathematics and physics); 2. Transfer of knowledge.

This unit comprises three research areas (Agricultural Engineering, Food Safety and Product Quality and Innovation). Technical, mathematical and IT methods support mechanization and automation in production. We study the safety (microbiological and chemical) and quality of all types of foodstuffs. We develop methods to detect GMOs and allergens and to determine authenticity. We seek new functions and valorization of food products.

The Department of Computer Science consists of five units. Four of these are spread across eight locations in Flanders, with the focal point in Leuven at the Arenberg Campus: Distributed and Secure Software (DistriNet), Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence (DTAI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NUMA). The fifth unit is located at the Kulak Kortrijk Campus ...

The research domain of the Faculty of Science comprises the whole of science, starting from fundamental reseach questions towards application perspectives.

The Centre for Logic and Analytic Philosophy (CLAW) co-ordinates all research at the Institute of Philosophy concerning logic and analytic philosophy, with a special focus on the philosophy of particular sciences.
The Centre cooperates with other Belgian scholars at the National Centre for Research in Logic and international researchers in philosophy of science research programmes. The Centre is very active in the organization of seminars ...

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The Department of Political Science is one of four departments within the Faculty of Social Sciences and focuses on research into political processes, decision-making and governance, with special attention to the influence of actors, processes and structures on national and international issues. This research includes various sub-aspects, including:

• European and international politics and governance: Researchers study the ...

Since its creation in 2003, the interdisciplinary Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) has focused upon the articulations of law, science, technology, ethics and society, taking technological developments and their consequences as a starting point.  Although LSTS’s core expertise is legal, it also has a strong track record in legal theory, philosophy (of law, of sciences and of technology) ...