Name Responsible Activity "Functional and Cognitive Linguistics: Grammar and Typology (FunC), Leuven" "Anna Kisiel" "The research group FunC consists of researchers conducting research in the field of cognitive-functional linguistics. Over the last decade the research group FunC has mainly been concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of different types of verbal and (pro)nominal constructions, both synchronically and diachronically." "Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC)" "Alexander Dhoest" "The Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) studies how media both shape and reflect society at the same time. We disentangle the complex interplay between media industry, technology, representation and use on the one hand, and relations of power, mechanisms of exclusion, and democratic politics on the other. The centre's work is rooted in a constructionist view on social reality. The starting point is that media do not merely reflect society, identities and social relations, but actively shape them in daily processes of meaning-making. We combine a critical-interpretive approach, geared towards a contextualized and holistic understanding of the social world, with rigorous social-scientific research into media products, practices and uses."