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Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) University of Antwerp

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ARIA does, together with the three Schools of Arts of Antwerp (Sint-Lucas, The Royal Academy for Fine Arts and the Royal Conservatorium Antwerp), research in, with and about the arts and it supervises this kind of studies. Research of ARIA has a broad range from technical scientific and biological (material) research to interpretative theoretical and empirical studies about the role of art and artistic practices in society. Research focuses also ...

Book, Library and Information University of Antwerp

The BBI research group performs research and executes projects related to processes of information management and information services, with special emphasis on the role of libraries. The topics can be approached both from a historical and a future-oriented perspective.The three main domains of the research team are: 1. Libraries and documentary information services Themes: + Information technology in ...

Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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BIAL (Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics) is a research group within the Applied Linguistics Department of the VUB that conducts applied linguistic research with a focus on transculturalism. We define transculturalism as a form of cultural hybridity which emerges when different cultural elements interact and eventually integrate with each other. Since Brussels is a natural melting pot of cultures, the emphasis on transculturalism is ...

Brussels Platform for Digital Humanities Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The digitization of information sources and research methods exerts an ever increasing influence on the various disciplines within the domain of Literature and Philosophy. For several years, researchers have clustered internationally around the emerging field of "Digital Humanities" (DH) to investigate how the technological development of new digital resource series and research methods can broaden and renew the domain of Arts and Philosophy. ...

Center for Ethics University of Antwerp

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Research at the Center for ethics is integrated in the research program of the Department of Philosophy, 'Reason and Modernity'. It consists of two main realms:1. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of moral experience in Modernity2 . Ethics and economyMembers of the Center are also active in debates and research on social and ethical issues related to feminism, bio-ethics, ethics and media, ethics and economics and business-ethics.

Center for European Philosophy University of Antwerp

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Founded in 2007, the Center for European Philosophy (previous Center for Philosophy of Culture) originates from the fusion of three former research groups: the Center for Metaphysics and Culture, the Center for Philosophy of Religion, and the Center for Philosophy of Art & Literature. Its main research interest is a philosophical reflection on the relation between reason and culture in modern and contemporary society. Philosophy is involved ...

Centre for Ethics Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The members of the team have experience in Normative Ethics, Moral Sciences and Applied Ethics. As a team we are interested in the interrelation between theoretical and practical aspects of ethics (1). Hereby we carry out empirical research in a interdisciplinary context (2). Ethical theories demonstrate their practical relevance in all kind of cases wherein persons justify their acts. We question these situations against the background of ...

Centre for Ethics and Humanism Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The members of the Center conduct fundamental research on subjects that fall under the umbrella theme of enlightenment and contemporary humanism. More specifically, the inquiry relates to:

- the historical enlightenment and its current meaning;
- the evolution of humanistic thinking, with particular attention to:


- the pragmatic and hermeneutical input on that domain
- current issues such as dealing with the other ...