Organisations
Department of Pedagogy Ghent University
Education, Culture and Society KU Leuven
The research group Education, Culture and Society consists of the following two divisions:
- History of Education
- Education and Society
Social Movement Agogics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The research unit 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 structures in the leisure sector in general and the sport sector in particular. Research topics: - Voluntaries in sport; - Quality in sport; - Functions and meanings of sport; - Sport as a means (integration, ...
Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...
Education and Society KU Leuven
The Laboratory for Education and Society (LES) conducts research on three issues in our contemporary society. They examine how modern technologies shape our reality (virtuality and digitization), which paradoxes evoke increasing pluralism (cohesion and pluralisation), and what it means that our society is characterized by competence development (competition and professionalisation).
Voicing Youth Vrije Universiteit Brussel
During the last years, several VUB research groups have built up research expertise on children and adolescents at social risk in a parallel way. While these studies were conducted independently from each other within different disciplines, all research groups have moved from research about youngsters at social risk to research with children and adolescents, generating knowledge and insights from the perspectives of the children and ...
Methodology of Educational Sciences KU Leuven
The METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES research group (M. Decuypere, P. Onghena, & W. Van den Noortgate) focuses on quantitative and qualitative research methodology for educational research. Research lines include:
- Single-case experiments
- Nonparametric statistics
- Mixed methods research
- Research on statistics education
- (Multilevel) meta-analysis
- Learning analytics
Department of Political Sciences Ghent University
Participation and Learning in Detention Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Participation and Learning in Detention