Organisations
Social Research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Social Research Department has since 2014 been merged with the Sociology Department. For recent information please consult the Sociology Department section.
Until 2014 the Social Research Department provided education and research on demography, sociology of the life course, sociology of labour, sociology of health and social science methodology.
Work and Organisational Psychology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Our research interests focus on three major fields: 1. Work and Organisational Psychology: important topics relate to human resource management (career management, orientation programmes, multi-rater evaluation), managerial behaviour (managerial motivation, managerial behaviour in profit- and non-profit organisations), personnel selection (assessment centres), and total quality management (teamwork, social impact, and impact on organisational ...
Department of Public Health, Management Institute of Tropical Medicine
The scientific research, the capacity building programs and the educational activities are supported by administrative staff of the department. The staff is headed by the manager of the department.
Scientific staff can call upon the management unit for a wide range of support functions :
- Pre- and post-award support for funding proposals: budget preparation, budget follow up, preparation of financial audits
- General ...
Nature & Society Research Institute for Nature and Forest
The Nature & Society research team is an interdisciplinary team that studies the relationships between people and nature in Flanders. Using a rich arsenal of social, economic, ecological and participatory concepts and methodologies, we study the complexity and interconnectedness of social and ecological systems. Our research results in new insights and knowledge for policy, and for concrete support of solutions in practice.
The ...
Research Institute for Nature and Forest Research Institute for Nature and Forest
The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) is the Flemish research and knowledge centre for nature and its sustainable management and use. INBO conducts research and supplies knowledge to all those who prepare or make the policies or are interested in them as a stakeholder.
Through its scientific research, INBO supports all agencies dealing with open space in the Flemish government, as well as in organisations involved in ...
Sexual Health including HIV Institute of Tropical Medicine
Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The scientific approach focuses on the holistic use of biogeochemical tracers, such as elemental concentrations (Cd, Pb, PGE etc.) and isotopic ratios (D/H, 18O/16O, 13C/12C, 15N/14N, 87Sr/88Sr...), - in some cases referred to as "proxies" - that are measured on a substrate (e.g. mineral phase, fossil, mussel-shell, teeth, seawater, phytoplankton, ice cores etc.) to infer specific environmental parameters (such as condition of formation, ...
Arteveldehogeschool Arteveldehogeschool
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 ...