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The Health Systems & Health Policy Group aims at making health systems more people-centered, integrated, accountable, equitable and resilient. Through our research, educational and service delivery activities, we aim at improving health policies and systems so that the right to health and Universal Health Coverage is guaranteed to all people.

We contribute to policies, programmes and local health systems that ...

The department for business economics and strategic policy seeks to bridge the gap between economic academic research and the business community. The study focuses on two main themes: (1) impact of economic policy on businesses and (2) long term business strategy. 1. The effects of economic policy tools applied by government are assessed according to the following criteria: - effectiveness; - legitimacy; - economic feasibility; - ...

to do multidisiciplinary fundamental and applied (evaluation) research in following domains international comparative health systems research comparative health services research (organisational models and interorganisational networking) the use of technologies in health care socio-economic inequalities in health patient participation knowlegde transfer methodologies between reserach and policymakers focus on innovations in health systems and ...

Within the department BSVB the research unit VTBP is developing research within the areas of leisure, future and policy planning. Considering the social development of the leisure sector the above mentioned themes deal with as well the private and public sector. Current research is thus dealing with: 1. Leisure and tourism; 2. Leisure and the participation of specific target groups (that is to say 'third age'); 3. Policy planning and related ...

Research within BSVB is to be put down to the activities of the research unit Social Movement Agogics (SOBA) and the research unit Leisure, Future and Policy Planning (VTBP) which are described in detail on the following pages. SOBA is conducting research that is aimed at describing, explaining, intervening and predicting the actions of individuals and groups in relation to policy and guidance related aspects as well as the functioning of ...

Faculty of Physical Education and Physical Therapy

Dynamics in Innovation, Research and Higher Education

The research programme of the CTO includes fundamental and applied research into the relation between language, education and migration.

Research mainly focuses on language acquisition, language behaviour in multilingual settings, interaction in the language classroom, language policy, (second) language education and language testing. Special attention goes to the linguistic mechanisms that influence equity in education. This has led to ...

The department hosts the Master in Public Health, part of the Postgraduate Courses in Tropical Medicine and a course on Qualitative and Mixed Methods in international health research and several other short courses.

For the coordination of all educational activities, the department has appointed an educational coordinator, course coordinators and an expert in e-learning.