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    Events from March 2018

    December 2017

    • 26 Dec to 31 Dec

      Do you prefer preparing for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Sunday 4 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    January 2018

    • 02 Jan to 07 Jan

      Do you like to prepare for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Sunday 4 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 08 Jan to 14 Jan

      Do you like to prepare for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Friday 2 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 09 Jan

      An overview of the procedures, opportunities and challenges that researchers face when publishing their articles in scientific journals.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Jan to 21 Jan

      Do you like to prepare for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Friday 2 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Jan

      Draw a good survey sample, apply various methods of conducting standardized quantitative surveys and predict the challenges of your research. Find out how to improve a survey's quality in this hands-on workshop.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Jan to 19 Jan

      This two-day seminar discusses various data collection methods within several qualitative traditions: semi-structured interview, video data, participative observation, probing notes, etc.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Jan to 18 May

      Prof. Robert Calderbank, Duke University will deliver a series of lectures on electrical engineering, applied mathematics and computer science. 

      by VUB - ETRO - Prof. Dr. Nikos Deligiannis, Prof. Dr. Jan Cornelis

    • 22 Jan to 28 Jan

      Do you like to prepare for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Friday 2 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Jan

      By the end of this workshop you should be able to:

      • Know the characteristics of fluorescent dyes, their spectral spill over & compensation
      • Understand the fundamental concepts of panel design
      • Learn how to optimize your panel to achieve the best possible separation

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 23 Jan

      Do you like tasty, local and ecological food? Then come to the tasting moment of the VUB Food Assembly!

      This week you also get 5 euros discount for your first order with the reduction code SPROUTBXL.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 25 Jan

      This course will deal with the theory behind regression analysis and features some exercises.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Jan to 27 Jan

      This specialist course aims at fostering interdisciplinary doctoral training about Europe’s cultural and political identity by means of a critical analysis of concepts such as democracy and rule of law. The approach involves law, philosophy, literature, history, and political science.

    • 29 Jan to 02 Feb

      Do you like to prepare for your exams in group? Good news: the study guidance opens extra study spaces from Saturday 16 December until Friday 2 February.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 31 Jan

      Sample size calculation is necessary to determine how many datapoints are needed to make a correct decision on the outcome of a specific experiment (either in vitro or in vivo). This workshop aims to introduce researchers to this essential topic of sample size calculations. Concepts related to sample size like power, effect sizes, and error types are discussed and exemplified using the free software tool GPower. Small exercises with GPower will challenge participants to reason with these concepts and offer relevant practice.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    February 2018

    • 01 Feb

      The GreenTeam offers another yoga class on 1 February at lunch (12-12.30pm) at the Student Guidance Centre

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Feb

      Join this enjoyable and friendly event between young Romanians and Flemings and share your knowledge and experience with each other.

      by GRASP Brussel en ADR-Vlaanderen

    • 09 Feb to 18 Feb

      The Brussels Animation Film Festival at Flagey Cinematek.

    • 09 Feb

      Welcoming new international students

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 10 Feb

      Celebrate Chinese New Year!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 11 Feb

      HOPE in Brussels is the exhibition of 8 charcoal portraits by Verónica Arís that shows some insights regarding the experience of living abroad.

    • 13 Feb

      This research matchmaking will bring DSh PhD’s together to meet, discuss their research topics, and find others with similar interests a fun and social way.

      Social event DSh by DSh PhD network

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 13 Feb

      Theme: "Hacking, rethink technology in collaboration", with Mitch Altman

    • 14 Feb

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 14 Feb to 15 Feb

      The HPC team of the VUB-ULB Shared ICT Services Centre (SISC) is pleased to announce two new training sessions, in collaboration with the Vlaams SupercomputerCentrum (VSC) and the Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif (CECI), focussing on young and/or early stage researchers (doctoral students, Master thesis students)

      Linux and HPC Training (for DSH/LSM/NSE) by The HPC team of the VUB-ULB

    • 14 Feb

      Pure is the Current Research Information System (CRIS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It contains all information regarding research conducted at the university and is the unique source for all reports on research output.

      Pure is a comprehensive system and offers a lot of functionalities. Since the correct registration of research activities and outputs is crucial for the proper functioning and funding of the university, the R&D department organizes training sessions for users working in academic or administrative roles. 

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Feb

      This presentation will give you concrete tips and tricks on how to make your CV more effective.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Feb

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Feb

      Movienight that explores the limits to freedom of speech. Free entrance, free popcorn, free coziness! 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Feb

      Explore Brussels and meet fellow students.

      by ESN

    • 15 Feb

      WK & LWK present JeneverTD
      February 15th @ Tent Aula Q

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Feb

      The objective of the course is to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals to be able to face new challenges of precision patient-centric practice.

      by Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in healthcare

    • 18 Feb

      Fall in love with Bruges, our most romantic city!

      by ESN

    • 18 Feb

      Apply as a candidate for the Student council and/or Faculty council from 19/02/'18 until 7/03/'18

    • 19 Feb

      Are you curious how the Student Council works or did you always want to know what happens during a meeting? Now is your chance.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Feb

      All you ever wanted to know about the Student Council.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 20 Feb

      by ESN

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Feb

      Get your tickets if you want to join us on Tuesday 20 February for a fun night out and some of the best beers Belgium has to offer.

    • 21 Feb

      This job fair offers both Master and PhD students the opportunity to meet several engineering companies and different IR research groups of the VUB.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Feb to 23 Feb

      ChemCYS 2018 focuses on the typical research domains in chemistry. Young attendees have the opportunity to present early results of their research. In parallel, six seminars focusing on soft skills will prepare the participants for life after graduation.

    • 21 Feb

      Do you like sports and competition? Join the Sports Trophy and compete together with and against other students.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Feb

      Your chance to engage with university leadership. Share your thoughts, join the discussion.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Feb

      Theme of this year: "Geopolitics in Europe's Neighbourhood"

      by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy – Europe

    • 21 Feb

      The Solvay Digital Society and the Student Entrepreneurs Club are proud to invite you to their 'Artificial Intelligence' conference.

    • 22 Feb

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Feb

      How do you write a research problem? What is the difference between sources and literature? 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Feb

      Brussels is a student city! That is why the Student Council organises 'VUB Downtown' for the second time. 

    • 22 Feb

      flanders.bio offers students in life sciences (bachelor, master, PhD) the unique opportunity to meet representatives from life sciences companies during the OPINNO BioBizz Cafés.

    • 23 Feb to 16 Mar

      Did you know that, along with you, nearly 10.000 junior researchers are conducting a doctoral study in Flanders at the moment? While these researches easily find their way to colleagues in the academia through scientific publications and conferences, only a small amount is brought under the attention of the general public. 

      Enter the “Science figured out”-project. Through this project Scriptie vzw, organizer of the yearly PhD Cup, wants to teach you how to get non-experts excited about your research ànd help you to convey insights of the doctoral research you are (or have been) working on for years to the general public! Not through an academic lecture, but told as a compelling and comprehensible story for non-peers. A daylong workshop on presentation techniques will help you rise up to the challenge: explain the core of your PhD research in front of a camera in just three minutes. 

      Your “PhD pitch” will be recorded and published online. Video recordings will take place ca. three weeks after the workshop, allowing you to develop and tweak your presentation.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Feb

      The Student Council of the VUB will check out the new swimming pool!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Feb

      Opening night of Kultuurkaffee's 6th travelling art festival in Brussels, curated by young artists Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën.

      Festival by Brussels

    • 23 Feb

      The student circle of the faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy invites you to their yearly gala night.

    • 26 Feb to 27 Feb

      A 2-day programme in which we gradually explore the different stages of the process of organizing effective meetings. After collecting the experiences of the participants with the subject we discuss the prerequisites for organizing a meeting. 

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Feb

      An entire evening of cozy, funny games guaranteed!

    • 27 Feb

      Our ambition is to send hundreds of cards to Vida, dr. Djalali’s wife, in Sweden. With statements of support for her and her husband, with messages of hope, and to show that we continue our fight for Ahmadreza.

      by VUB and UZBrussel Hospital

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Feb

      Theme "(re)designing life": scope and impact of recent advances in the life sciences

    • 27 Feb

      Meeting and Exeeding customers' expectations in a changing Media Environment.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Feb to 15 May

      The VUB Confucius Institute is organising several open courses on China related topics.

      by The Confucius Institute

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Feb

      The Jobday-Sciences gives the opportunity to Master / PhD students and companies to meet and discover each other. 

      job fair by Wetenschappelijke Kring

    • 28 Feb

      Our ambition is to send hundreds of cards to Vida, dr. Djalali’s wife, in Sweden. With statements of support for her and her husband, with messages of hope, and to show that we continue our fight for Ahmadreza.

      by VUB and UZBrussel Hospital

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 28 Feb

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Feb

      Bierkultuur and Limburgia have set up a beer tasting evening with beers from Limburg.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    March 2018

    • 01 Mar

      This training on drug discovery will acquaint the attendees with challenges, opportunities and latest developments in drug discovery.

      by VIB

    • 01 Mar

      Our ambition is to send hundreds of cards to Vida, dr. Djalali’s wife, in Sweden. With statements of support for her and her husband, with messages of hope, and to show that we continue our fight for Ahmadreza.

      by VUB and UZBrussel Hospital

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 01 Mar

      How to write clearly? How to prevent plagiarism?

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 01 Mar

      Part of Kultuurkaffee's 6th travelling arts festival, curated by Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën.

    • 01 Mar

      by Erasmus Student Network

    • 03 Mar to 04 Mar

      Discover the museums of Brussel by night

    • 05 Mar

      A  black-and-white German drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 05 Mar

      Dress-up for this mysterious party with mystery cocktails and mystery dates. Organised by Hesbania and Campina @ the BSG party room.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 06 Mar

      VUB International Relations office partners with European University Foundation to organise a debate on "Improving the worldwide attractiveness of Erasmus+.

      by European University Foundation (EUF)

    • 06 Mar

      'Doing good and doing it right? Working in development in decolonizing times', een samenwerking van UCOS met RHEA/Expertisecentrum voor Gender, Diversiteit & Intersectionaliteit en Echos Communication.

      by UCOS, RHEA/Expertisecentrum voor Gender, Diversiteit & Intersectionaliteit en Echos Communication

    • 07 Mar

      In this masterclass, Sara De Jong – research fellow at Open University (UK) and author of the book “Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across the North-South Divide” – invites researchers to critically reflect on the dilemmas generated by unequal power relations in research, arising from different positionalities on the axes of gender, ethnicity, class, age or sexuality.

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Mar

      What is active learning? Making a brief note of key themes. How to best plan ahead? Avoid procrastination. Creating your timetable.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Mar

      Do you like sports and competition? Join the Sports Trophy and compete with and against other students.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Mar

      Become a candidate for the Student council and/or Faculty council before 12pm (noon) 7/03/'18!

    • 08 Mar

      Want to meet VVN Youth and UNYA Brussel? Great, because they want to meet you too!

      by VNN Youth/UNYA Brussel

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 08 Mar

      by ESN

    • 09 Mar

      Part of Kultuurkaffee's 6th travelling arts festival, curated by Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën

    • 12 Mar

      Information session about using Office 365 on a MAC. (given in DUTCH)

      by Central PhD Office and IT

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Mar to 16 Mar

      The Strings, Cosmology, and Gravity Student Conference brings young PhD and early stage postdoctoral researchers together which are working in theoretical high energy physics, especially in the areas of string theory, cosmology, and gravity.

    • 14 Mar

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Mar to 23 Mar

      You are a researcher and an important part of your work is to present your results in front of an audience. You want to stand out and take this exciting opportunity to the highest level. This training of three days is packed with practical tips and targeted activities so you can deliver the best presentation of your life… every time.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 15 Mar

      Part of Kultuurkaffee's 6th travelling arts festival, curated by Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën.

    • 18 Mar

      Part of Kultuurkaffee's 6th travelling arts festival

    • 19 Mar to 26 Mar

      Get acquainted with the principles, techniques and methods of time management and learn how to make the most of your available work-time.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Mar

      We are very delighted to welcome the Flemish Building Master Leo Van Broeck as our first speaker of the 'Islands of Brussels' events.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Mar to 22 Mar

      A unique change for students to see one of the laureates live.

    • 19 Mar

      Before 24h girls only and free entrance.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Mar to 21 Mar

      This 2-days workshop focuses on new research practices based on transforming Social Constructionist principles into action forms of research. By presenting examples of collaborative, relational and participatory research practices, we will show how multiple voices can co-create research and generate transformative practices. All participants will be invited to bring in their own research experiences and to connect these experiences with social constructionist theory.

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Mar

      Theme: "Human-centered technologies for movement assistance and rehabilitation" with Robert Riener

    • 20 Mar

      Film screening of Playtime, directed by Jacques Tati

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Mar

      Part of the 6th edition of Kultuurkaffee's travelling art festival in Brussels, curated by young artists Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën.

    • 20 Mar

      A party with a lot of bubbles.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Mar

      Have you heard about Portfolio but you don’t know how to work with it? Need portfolio to complete your progress report but don’t understand certain functionalities? Then join the introduction to Portfolio and we will instruct you how to make the most of it! Since there is a link between PURE and Portfolio, we also will briefly touch upon the research activities and publications you can enter in PURE and will be visible in your portfolio afterwards.

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Mar

      A number of speakers will give a short lecture on a topic of their expertise.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Mar to 23 Mar

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Mar

      Debate between Caroline Pauwels, Kristiaan Borret, Eric Corijn and Martin Casier.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Mar

      by ESN

    • 23 Mar

      On Friday evening, March 23, Amnesty International will organise an action for Professor Ahmadreza Djalali in honor of Nowruz - Persian New Year.

    • 25 Mar

      by ESN

    • 25 Mar

      Cast your vote for the Student council from 26/03/'18 until 20/04/'18. 

    • 26 Mar to 30 Mar

      Enjoy a delicious meal and support the Burkina Faso project from Edukado.

      by Edukado

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Mar

      The Job Market for Young Researchers is a unique resource for you to discover which employers are hiring and interested in your skill set. Improve your chances of landing the job you truly desire and make the most of the different learning opportunities this spring career fair is offering you!

       

      by AUGent

    • 27 Mar

      What is active learning? Making a brief note of key themes. How to best plan ahead? Avoid procrastination. Creating your timetable.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Mar

      Tony's Chocolonely: The Chocolate Case.  

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Mar

      Part of the 6th edition of Kultuurkaffee's travelling art festival in Brussels, curated by young artists Tina Herbots and Laurens Mariën.

    • 28 Mar

      Want to study in the USA? This is your chance.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Mar

      VUB-Ascom has the pleasure to invite you to this seminar. 

      by VUB Ascom

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Mar

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 29 Mar

      A practical summary of the most important rules and considerations for writing a thesis. 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 29 Mar

      It's that time of the year again: BierKultuur invites you all to their annual Beer&Cheese-night.

      by Bierkultuur

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 29 Mar

      Decades pass but the party continues

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 30 Mar to 22 Jun

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 30 Mar

      In this seminar, students receive a brief description of the characteristics of ethnography, and we discuss different ethnographic studies (among hidden, hard-to-reach populations). In particular, the method of participant observation is extensively discussed during the first part of the course.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 30 Mar to 31 Mar

      Solvay organises for the first time an educational and relaxing trip to the Champagne region in France.

    April 2018

    • 03 Apr to 15 Apr

      From 12 August until 8 September 2017 several additional study spaces will be made available for group study

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 12 Apr

      Have you heard about Portfolio but you don’t know how to work with it? Need portfolio to complete your progress report but don’t understand certain functionalities? Then join the introduction to Portfolio and we will instruct you how to make the most of it! Since there is a link between PURE and Portfolio, we also will briefly touch upon the research activities and publications you can enter in PURE and will be visible in your portfolio afterwards.

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 15 Apr to 20 Apr

      An international conference which is held by the United Nations Association of Russia

    • 17 Apr

      Many researchers collect qualitative data. But how do we work in a logical and ordered way all that data? MAXQDA is a software that helps to easily analyze and sort your qualitative output. During the class, we’ll start with a short introduction on how the software works, we’ll share tips and tricks, many examples will be discussed to illustrate this view. Finally, we’ll also use the software by analyzing data.

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Apr

      Science and visuals go hand in hand. You can’t imagine science without the microscopic images, graphs, schematics, pictures, or any other visual imaginable. We live in a time where it is very easy to generate pictures and we are very much used to it.
      Still many scientists struggle to come up with effective visual representations of their own work, simply because basic communication and design principles are not well understood. 
      In this workshop  ‘essentials of image editing’ we will introduce you to effective (visual) communication principles and apply them to designing of a scientific figure. We will also give you several tips and tricks to stand out from the crowd, so that you can start using them the minute you walk out of this session.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 18 Apr

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Apr

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 19 Apr

      Usually logical methods are seen as part and parcel of mathematical methods, but that view is too limited. Logic deals with an evaluation of the quality, including correctness, of all kinds of reasonings and argumentations.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Apr to 20 Apr

      This seminar is intended for doctoral students and other researchers who are working with narratives and asking a psychological question (a question about the experiences or inner worlds of others).  The focus will be on listening. How do we listen to people’s narratives? What voices do we hear and also not hear?  How can we bring ourselves into relationship with the inner worlds of others? What are the challenges of doing research that leads to discovery?

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Apr to 24 Apr

      The course aims to raise awareness among researchers of their role within academic institutions, and the context in which they try to build a career. This course answers the structural need for thorough deontological, ethical and socio-political reflection about the role of academic knowledge and academics in our current society.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Apr

      How do you get started? What questions to ask to your (future) promotor?

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 19 Apr

      Enjoy the color and party

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Apr

      Cast your vote for the Student Council from 26/03/'18 until 20/04/'18.

    • 23 Apr to 27 Apr

      For master students in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, (Bio)Chemistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, PhD students, technologists and postdoctoral fellows working or interested in this field of
      research.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 23 Apr

      A german drama film by Petra Biondina Volpe

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Apr

      Organised by WK

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Apr

      This interactive seminar reviews the theory and practice of focus group methods, and demonstrates how researchers can use focus groups to understand the issues, needs and ideas of particular groups (community groups, audiences, stakeholders, residents, users, customers, etc.). Participants will learn more about the history and theory of focus groups. Practical approaches to determining the appropriate use of focus group studies, design options, developing interview questions, recruiting participants, and moderating skills will be emphasized. This workshop will focus on the skills and knowledge needed to plan, implement, conduct and moderate focus groups.

       

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Apr

      Trying to get that high-impact publication? Tired of inefficient literature searches? Want the introduction of your thesis to be something more? Why not perform a systematic review?

    • 24 Apr

      On the 24th of April the findings of several workshops on how universities can contribute to the integration of refugees will be discussed.

    • 24 Apr

      Run and have fun

    • 25 Apr

      Enjoy a day of international sports, dishes and music

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 25 Apr

      Gooooo VUB-foxes!

    • 25 Apr

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Apr to 27 Apr
    • 30 Apr to 19 May

      Taak a look at the prices from famous Flamish athletes

    May 2018

    • 02 May

      Join the futsal tournament with your team!

    • 02 May

      On May 2nd VOKA - Chamber of Commerce organizes an accelerator programme for young entrepreneurs.

      by BRYO Vlaams-Brabant

    • 03 May

      World Press Freedom Day

    • 03 May

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 03 May

      Want to be Sporty Spice, but not so much?

      by Brik

    • 05 May

      Visit the Rectory at the VUB during the Brussels 'Irisfeesten'.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 May

      Solidary and multicultural festival

      by Comac VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 08 May

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 08 May to 09 May

      To collect old electronic devices

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 08 May

      Do you know how to prepare for oral or written exams?  When to start with an exam schedule?

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 09 May

      Do you like sports and competition? Join the Sports Trophy and compete with and against other students.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 09 May

      First and foremost, we are humans – academia comes later! So, come and join us for an evening of entertainment and (non-related-to-academia) stories!

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 10 May

      Indoor soccer competition at the VUB

      by OudStudentenBond VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 12 May

      Free festival

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 12 May

      The four cooperating organisations (Auxilio, Amana, Mixomnia & Povverty) organize a big homeless campaign on May 12.

    • 15 May

      Although expert interviews are often used, there is little methodological work setting them apart from other interview techniques. This seminar discusses the proper way to conduct an expert interview.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 May

      Discussion with Matthias De Groof about his latest film Lobi Kuna (2017), followed by broader debate on the colonial archives and their appropriation in art practice, especially in relation to the new Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren. Participating PhD students contribute questions based on prior theoretical readings.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 May

      This seminar focuses on how to select and prepare for a conference. Participants will learn how to write an abstract, a paper and a research proposal.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 May to 25 May

      This two-day seminar discusses the process of writing up your findings based on various qualitative research methods.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 May

      Careers with a sustainable and social impact

      by SEA

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 May

      Do you know how to prepare for oral or written exams?  When to start with an exam schedule?

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 May to 19 May

      Second Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice by the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLWF) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 May

      Knowledge for growth is Europe's finest life sciences conference, taking place on May 17th, 2018 in Ghent

      by flanders.bio

    • 17 May

      his seminar is intended for doctoral students and other researchers who are on the verge of or recently started writing qualitative research papers for publication in academic journals. Hence, researchers who have published academic papers successfully might find (parts of) this seminar less relevant. Through lecturing, practical exercises in small groups and group discussions, students will be stimulated to critically reflect on and develop a deeper understanding of the process of writing qualitative research papers for publication in academic journals.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 May

      The International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia takes place on 17 May. VUB, UCOS and RHEA organise a panel discussion with central guest Kasha Nabagesera.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 May to 18 May

      Zweinstein gaat op schoolreis naar de VUB dit jaar! Hogwarts goes on a school trip to the VUB this year!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 May to 24 May

      Woon verschillende evenementen bij tijdens de African Liberation Week, met African Liberation Day als afsluiter.

      by VUB ASCOM

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 May

      The Doctoral Schools are looking for young researchers who can enthuse a large audience about their research.

      Seminar by NSE Doctoral School

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 May

      Meet table-tennis enthusiasts

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 May to 02 Jun

      The Fifth FINGEO Global Seminar on “European Spaces of Financialization” aims to critically analyze and understand Europe’s multiscalar spaces of financialization. The FINGEO Spring School, under the guidance of some of the leading names in the field, will offer early career academics training in financial geography's research themes and methodologies.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 May

      On May 28th 2018, the faculty of Arts and Philosophy, with the support of the Doctoral School of the Human Sciences, will organize the second edition of its yearly PhD event. In order to stimulate a vivid exchange of ideas, both within and across disciplines, 2nd and 3rd year PhD students will be asked to present their ongoing research to an a audience of peers, fellow researchers and faculty, with time for feedback, questions and comments. This PhD event will take place on a yearly basis, so that all PhD students in the faculty are given the opportunity to present their work.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 31 May to 01 Jun

      Are you eager to use R for your statistical analyses, but don’t know where and how to start? Then this short workshop is ideal for you!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    June 2018

    • 04 Jun to 05 Jun
    • 06 Jun

      Food security, rural development and migration are three challenges at the top of the global policy agenda. To activate a meaningful change in people’s lives and benefits for the planet, it is imperative to focus on tangible results and concrete solutions. Looking at food systems, rural development and the future CAP will be a part of this process.

    • 07 Jun to 08 Jun

      On 8-7 June 2018 theoretical and mathematical physicists working in Flanders meet in an informal joint workshop at Domein Westhoek in Oostduinkerke.

    • 07 Jun to 08 Jun

      by VIB

    • 07 Jun to 08 Jun

      This course will offer a basic introduction to corpus linguistics with R to anyone interested in working with linguistic copora and other large collections of text. We will start out with the fundamentals of R and RStudio, discussing the various types of data structures available, as well as basic operations to work with these data structures. Next, we will zoom in on textual data, and after discussing various methods of text manipulation and data cleaning, we will delve into regular expressions to powersearch text. We then turn to two of the most frequently used instruments in corpus linguistics, i.e. frequency lists and related frequency-based types of analysis (e.g. word clouds, keyness statistics, …), and concordances (analyzing keywords in context). Time permitting, we will also look at stemming, lemmatization and spelling normalization, POS-tagging, language recognition, and string distances. The final part of the course will be dedicated to numeric and visual explorations of results.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Jun to 09 Jun

      Rethink justice within the European Union

    • 11 Jun

      Within the past decades a large number of cross-national surveys have become available, providing a great resource for cross-national comparisons. How can scholars draw the right conclusions from so many different sources?

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Jun

      Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is an analytical technique that allows for a systematic comparison of an intermediate to large number of cases on three to eight causal conditions. Hereby, it aims to identify the specific (combinations of) conditions under which the phenomenon under investigation (or outcome) occurs. In the thirty years since it was introduced by Charles Ragin, QCA has developed into a widely-used method in the social sciences. It has inter alia been applied to examine why democracy survived in some countries during the interbellum and broke down in others; under which conditions states participate in military operations; and why some governments are willing to engage in unpopular reform, whereas others shy away from this risk.
      In the morning session of this workshop, we concisely discuss the type of research questions that can be tackled with QCA. Subsequently, students get a short introduction to the basic concepts that are used in QCA: the central notions of necessity and sufficiency, multiple conjunctural causation, truth tables and Boolean algebra. Next, we go over the basic steps of the original crisp set version of QCA using a “real-life” example of a QCA-application. Lastly, the more sophisticated fuzzy set version of QCA is briefly introduced.
      In the afternoon session, participants will learn how to perform a QCA using the relevant R software packages. After these packages are introduced, students will be asked to make exercises individually and/or in small groups to obtain more hands-on experience in conducting QCA with the software.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Jun

      What are the good and bad practices in research, and how can you preserve research integrity? This workshop invites you to look at your research skills and research environment more critically. 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Jun

      Peter Singer comes back to Belgium for DierAnimal, to speak about animals and politics.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Jun

      Sample size can be calculated to ensure that a study will provide sufficient information to answer the questions of interest. This workshop aims to introduce researchers to this topic of sample size calculation, both in theory and practice.  

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 20 Jun

      LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. But even for the lay-out of straightforward text, LaTeX produces well-structured documents of a quality and beauty that is simply beyond word processors such as MS Word. LaTeX is not a word processor. Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents, but to concentrate on getting the right content. Furthermore, LaTeX is secure, highly portable, and free.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Jun

      The Doctoral Schools are looking for young researchers who can enthuse a large audience about their research.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Jun to 22 Jun

      As a researcher, a big part of your job is to present data in a meaningful way. The habits from your field and the tools you are using are not always helpful. You want to get your message across with effective graphs. This training of two days includes discussions in plenary groups and hands-on exercises.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 25 Jun to 27 Jun

      The course provides an introductory training in Stata. Stata is a powerful statistical package with smart data-management facilities, a wide array of up-to-date statistical techniques, and an excellent system for producing publication-quality graphs. Stata is easy to use and thus an attractive alternative to /R/ and SPSS. Stata is increasingly used for social research data analysis and has powerful data manipulation procedures and extensive and powerful statistical capabilities.

      The aim of the course is to familiarize participants with the basic features of Stata. Introduction to Stata provides participants with the necessary introductory toolset to enable them to carry out efficient data analysis and data management in Stata in a reproducible manner. The course covers everything from the very basics, in order to get one up and running in Stata, to an overview of the available Stata commands for preliminary data analysis, data management, importing and exporting data formats, merging of databases and the creation of graphs in Stata. On completion of the course, participants will have the necessary familiarity with Stata to move on to further Stata courses and/or continue learning themselves.

      Each session is composed of both a theoretical component (in which the techniques and underlying principles behind them are explained), and an applied (hands-on) segment, during which participants have the opportunity to implement the techniques using real data.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Jun to 10 Jul

      Proteomics methodologies are increasingly used in biomedical and biotechnology research and in clinical applications including monitoring of biomarkers. These approaches usually depend on use of sophisticated mass spectrometers run in core facilities by specialists. Users with bio-medical backgrounds understand the value of proteomics experiments but are sometimes intimidated by the unknown complexities of a proteomics flow process. To remedy this the Sybioma proteomics facility at KULeuven (https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/english/corefacilities/sybioma) together with the Belgian Proteomics association (https://belgianproteomics.be) are organising four workshops aimed primarily at users in Belgian universities. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. These workshops will familiarise users with the use of proteomics flows available at KU Leuven and other universities and allow them to make the most of the available tools.

    • 26 Jun to 27 Jun

      The contrast between the epistemological and computational problems of visualisation provides us with a first line of inquiry for exploring connections between different disciplinary perspectives on visualisation.

      For the philosophy of science, the epistemological problem of information visualisation is the central problem. This problem is concerned with what visualisation is and how it is used in the sciences. It deals with the nature of visualisations as a kind of epistemic artefact, and asks how (if at all) such artefacts are related to the reality they are meant to be related to, which epistemic role they play, and whether their use in the sciences is efficient and perhaps even indispensable. The problem of visualisation can be considered, in this perspective, a sub-species of the problem of scientific representation.

    • 27 Jun

      During the training participants will be introduced to commonly used terms and concepts arising at the intersection of science and business - and understand what resources are available to navigate this path. The content is relevant to both academically and/or commercially minded researchers, touching on concepts relevant to working in either sector.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 27 Jun

      VUB Racing invites you to the spectacular Roll-Out! The first Formula Student car of their student project will be unveiled at VUB Campus Etterbeek.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Jun

      In this master class, participants will explore the theoretical and practical basis of conducting action research with vulnerable populations in underprivileged urban areas. Master class lecturer Haifa Tlili she will share her experiences with doing action research, by presenting her own research, the challenges she faced and the results she obtained. Furthermore, she invites PhD-students to present their own research and will offer her advice on integrating an action research-design in their own research.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Jun

      BibTeX is a sofware package that allows you to create and use bibliographies within LaTeX. BibTeX will automatically turn the bibliographic references cited in your text into a structured file. There are several different styles of bibliography, allowing you to adapt the format of the references within the text and the format of the bibliography to your specific requirements. BibTeX is an especially powerful tool when working with a reasonably extensive bibliography, as will be the case with a doctoral thesis. 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    July 2018

    • 02 Jul

      Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere after the exams at the barbecue event of the science students

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 02 Jul

      Celebrate the end of the exams and the beginning of summer holidays with the legendary EindejaarsTD.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 05 Jul

      Each year the VUB organizes an information session on doctoral grants Strategic Basic Research (PhD - FWOSB) and we hope herewith to reach out, inspire and encourage our students to engage with science at the VUB.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 13 Jul to 14 Jul

       The aim of this conference is thus to discuss the potentials and dangers of bringing virtue terminology to the philosophy of mathematics. To this end, we invite philosophers with an interest in intellectual virtues, philosophers of mathematics, mathematicians, historians of mathematics and mathematics educators to contribute to the conference. We particularly encourage PhD students and young researchers to contribute and participate in this exploration of new ways to philosophically engage with mathematics.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    August 2018

    • 06 Aug to 08 Aug
    • 10 Aug to 07 Sep

      You prefer studying with a group of friends? You can! From 11 August up to 7 September 2018 inclusive extra study spaces will be made available.

      by Study Guidance

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 10 Aug to 07 Sep

      You prefer studying with a group of friends? You can! From 11 August up to 7 September 2018 inclusive extra study spaces will be made available.

      by Study Guidance

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    September 2018

    • 10 Sep to 11 Sep

      This two-day workshop provides an introduction to eye-tracking research in the humanities, with an emphasis on its applications in the language sciences.  The first half day will be devoted to an introduction of eye tracking research in the humanities and illustrations, by PhD candidates,  of ongoing eye-tracking research at the VUB.  The remainder of the workshop will consist of practical training sessions on how to use the two eye-tracker devices at the VUB, providing participants with hands-on experience in designing experiments with this exciting technique.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Sep to 22 Sep

      Summer school for PhD students in high energy theoretical physics

    • 17 Sep

      This practical 2 days case-based training program is about getting things done from others by conducting ‘positive politics’. 
      Instead of having aggressive meetings with others, or avoiding the discussion, you will benefit from this program by learning how to build positive coalitions with the right people in the best possible way. 
      You will gain insight in both your own preferred behaviour and in the preferred interaction style of others. This will allow you to customize your interactions and hence get more frequently what you want from your internal or external partnerships.  
      Finally, a lot of attention goes to how to conduct crucial conversations, for instance by giving and receiving positive and critical feedback.

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Sep

      On September 17, 2018, the doctoral schools of Hasselt University are organizing a fifth edition of the yearly 'gender & diversity seminar'. This year's topic is 'Successful teamleadership by sensitivity for diversity'.

      Seminar by UHasselt

    • 17 Sep

      Time to discover Brussels.

    • 17 Sep

      Welcome International and Exchange Students! Get ready tot discover the VUB and Brussels! Come to our Orientation Week from 17 - 21 September 2018.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Sep to 19 Sep
    • 18 Sep

      This will help you settle into your new life in Brussels and at the VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Sep to 20 Sep

      colloquium by CLIN, BIAL

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Sep

      Join this 1-day conference aiming to boast and boost employment opportunities for PhDs in the social sciences and the humanities.

      Conference by Career management event organised by UGent, VUB, UA, UHasselt and KU Leuven

    • 20 Sep to 21 Sep
    • 20 Sep

      Are you about to start the Master's in Communication Studies programme? Make sure you attend the programme's welcome event on Thursday 20 September!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Sep to 11 Oct

      As a PhD candidate, your ultimate goal is to become an expert in your field. However, in order to be recognized as such and to have impact with your knowledge, communication and influencing skills are essential. Both for a career within academia as well as outside of the academic world.

      This 2-day evidence-based and very practical training, with a trainer who worked (and struggled) as a PhD candidate himself will help you with that.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Sep

      Are you about to start the Bachelor's programme in Business Economics? The register to attend the welcome event!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Sep

      Future student in the Sciences & Bioengineering Sciences? Attend their faculty welcome.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Sep

      You will study at the Arts & Philosophy Faculty? Attend this faculty welcome event and life will be easier.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      The ES Research Day 2018 is an excellent opportunity to get the latest information on research today, but is also a great moment to get to know fellow ES researchers, in your own field of study or outside your expertise.

    • 21 Sep

      Are you about to embark on the BruFacE Master in Electromechanical Engineering? Then come to this programme welcome event!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      Exchange student at the VUB in Brussels? This info session is for you.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      How to get involved at the VUB and kick-start your social life in Brussels.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      Find out more about what sports are available at the VUB, what cultural events are organised and all the rest that student life has to offer at the university!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      Take in a light-hearted view on Belgium, the Belgians and life in the capital of Europe

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Sep

      Join us for some drinks, have fun and mix and mingle with international and local students.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Sep to 27 Sep

      The Flemish Doctoral Schools organize a four-day summer school on “Functional Coatings”. During this summer school, the latest topics in ink formulation, coating chemistry and functional coating engineering will be discussed. International experts in their fields, doctoral students and postdocs will cover industrial as well as academic research. 

    • 24 Sep

      Are you about to start in the Master's in Applied Computer Science programme? Then attending this programme's welcome event is important! 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Sep

      Are you about to start the Master's in Photonics programme? Make sure you attend the programme's welcome event on Monday 24 September!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Sep

      Are you about to start the Bachelor's in Social Sciences programme? Make sure you attend the programme's welcome event on Monday 24 September!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Sep

      Are you about to start the Master's in International Business or the Master's in Business & Technology programme? Make sure you attend the programme's welcome event on Monday 24 September!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 25 Sep

      Join the VUB community at the 2018 academic opening.

    • 25 Sep

      Join us on the 25th of September in the Brussels Park (Warandepark) to celebrate the start of the new academic year. Performances by DC Salas, Juicy and Zwangere Guy.

      party by KultuurKaffee VUB, VGC, deMENS.nu en EhB

    • 25 Sep

      Ritcs Café is opening its doors again. For a real Brussels party this is the place to be.

      party by Stuvo EhB

    • 25 Sep

      The first big on-campus party of the academic year. 

      party by BSG

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Sep to 27 Sep

      The Flanders Training Network Life Sciences (ƒ-TALES) is a joint training initiative of the 5 Flemish universities (Free University of Brussels, Ghent University, Hasselt University, KU Leuven and University of Antwerp) that offers top class workshops open to doctoral (and postdoctoral) researchers. Mission of this brand new training forum is to organize workshops with world-renowned speakers on hot topics in the field of Life Sciences.

    • 27 Sep
    • 27 Sep

      Are you about to start in the Master's in Management programme? Then attending this programme's welcome event is important! 

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Sep

      The Polytechnical and the Medical circle are organising the first Tent TD of the academic year.

      party by Polytechnische Kring en Geneeskundige Kring

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    October 2018

    • 01 Oct to 20 Dec

      VUB TechTransfer wishes to create more awareness of entrepreneurship with researchers and young professionals and organizes two courses: the Starter Seminars and the Advanced Starter Seminars. Since 1995 the Starter Seminars provide a short but intensive introduction on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and business. A variety of topics is covered such as developing a business plan, finance, marketing, the complex issues surrounding patenting,... . Students of this program will acquire the vocabulary and mindset needed to think intelligently about their potential venture and thus interact more efficiently with tech transfer offices, investors and other partners.
      In 2014 we have introduced a follow-up course, the Advanced Starter Seminars, where business aspects and starting up a company are treated more in-depth. In recent years new topics were integrated such as social entrepreneurship, crowdfunding, how to pitch your project, ... .

      Training by vubtechtransfer

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 02 Oct

      During his lecture, Dr. Wieling will provide a hands-on introduction to generalized additive modeling (GAMs).

      Seminar by Doctoral School of Human Sciences (DSh)

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 03 Oct

      In the Game without boundaries the various student fraternities battle each other in a fun game on campus. Don't miss this spectacle.

      Studentactivity by BSG

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 04 Oct

      Do you want to discover everything our university has to offer? Come to our Kick-Off for lots of music, food, drinks and useful information.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 04 Oct to 25 Oct
    • 05 Oct

      Find out how to make your voice heard in public debates about science.

    • 05 Oct

      Don’t miss the biggest European Career fair for PhD Talent on October 5th, 2018 (9 – 18h). The event is hosted in the city of love: Paris, so this location may as well inspire you to fall in love with your next job. 120 potential employers will be presenting themselves and their job offers, 4000 visitors to network with, and lots of tasty career skills workshops on the side menu.

    • 06 Oct

      The 16th editon of Nuit Blanche will be held on the 6th of October in the Marollen neighbourhood of Brussels. This is a free contemporary arts festival.

      Culture in Brussels by Stad Brussel

    • 08 Oct

      For the second year in a row, KVS and VUB unite forces to kick off the academic and cultural year. Expect short, powerful interventions at the crossroads of arts, culture, research and reflection.

    • 09 Oct

      The PhD Day is an event organized by the Researcher Training & Development Office and the Doctoral Schools for PhD candidates and Researchers to broaden their research and career perspectives. 

    • 11 Oct

      Come and discover a continent full of opportunities!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Oct to 19 Oct

      In conjunction with the upcoming 12th ASEM Summit, ASEF will organise the 3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3) on the topic “Ethical Leadership" from 15-19 October 2018 in Brussels.

    • 15 Oct

      Qualitative research may be defined as a research process that uses inductive data analysis to learn about the meaning and experiences that participants hold about a problem or issue, by identifying patterns or themes.

      Throughout the academic year 2018-2019 the VUB organizes a series of basic level seminars in Qualitative Research.

      For each seminar participants are asked to bring into discussion their own study design and experiences as each seminar is based on an interactive working group design. Both preliminary conceptual ideas on a planned qualitative oriented study as well as more elaborated study designs or even first research results are welcomed.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Oct
      •Do you have an idea to make our world a better place, yet no clue where to start?
      •Do you want to support social entrepreneurs with your expertise, yet no clue where to find the cause that warms your heart (and brain)?
      •Do you want to learn more about social entrepreneurship and ecosystems supporting them?

       If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, than this event is exactly what you need.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Oct to 21 Nov

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Oct

      In this workshop we want to do three things: (1) Explain the benefits of bibliographic software to insert citations and generate reference-lists in word-processing software, but also to manage (annotated) pdfs. (2) Give an overview of the features of some of the more popular software-packages. (3) Show how a number of common tasks are carried out with a number of popular packages. (4) Let every participant complete a realistic task (setting up system or completing an entire reference-list in a manuscript).

       

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Oct

      Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. The fourth edition of Redelijk Eigenzinnig/Reason and Engage focuses on war, conflict, peace and resistance.

      Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 17 Oct

      Did you know that you can go abroad for your studies, internships or volunteer work? Did you know that you can be in with a chance to win an Interrail Pass? Come and find out more at the Go Abroad Fair Etterbeek!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Oct to 05 Dec

      Lage zelfwaardering is een risicofactor voor het ontwikkelen van of terugvallen in angst of depressie. Deze cursus kan je helpen om je beter over jezelf te gaan voelen. Je gaat in deze groepscursus actief aan de slag met praktische oefeningen en helpt jezelf en elkaar om een realistisch zelfbeeld te ontwikkelen.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Oct

      The spotlight is on France this year, so the French Embassy, the VUB International Relations office (IRMO), ACTO Language Centre and the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy have joined forces to organise the L'Année de la France Kick-off event for students! Bienvenue à tous!

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Oct to 29 Oct

      Who you are and who you know in your professional environment is becoming increasingly important. Just by knowing the right people, you can create the perfect opportunity to make it happen.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Oct to 26 Oct

      During the international Open Access Week 2018, themed “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”, the Belgian universities jointly organize a 5 day online event entitled “Everyone on the road to open science”, from the 22nd until the 26th of October 2018. Several topics of open science will be addressed, such as open peer review, the FAIR data principles, research data management, legal aspects, etc.

      Anyone can attend the event, although the webinars are primarily intended for PhD students, postdocs and (junior) professors. All sessions are English-spoken.

    • 22 Oct to 23 Oct

      A TAOS workshop in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

      by TAOS VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Oct

      Qualitative research may be defined as a research process that uses inductive data analysis to learn about the meaning and experiences that participants hold about a problem or issue, by identifying patterns or themes.

      Throughout the academic year 2018-2019 the VUB organizes a series of basic level seminars in Qualitative Research.

      For each seminar participants are asked to bring into discussion their own study design and experiences as each seminar is based on an interactive working group design. Both preliminary conceptual ideas on a planned qualitative oriented study as well as more elaborated study designs or even first research results are welcomed.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 29 Oct to 03 Dec

      Information retrieval spans over its influence on a multitude aspects in research. It is not simply a set of mechanical searches, but an ongoing process linked to different stages throughout your research. Effective and successful information retrieval requires information literacy, which is part of an individual’s capability to understand, manage and critically evaluate information. This course is to provide systematic information retrieval techniques and resources, and to foster your skills to obtain information successfully.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 30 Oct

      Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. The fourth edition of Redelijk Eigenzinnig/Reason and Engage focuses on war, conflict, peace and resistance.

      Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 30 Oct

      Vandaag verschijnt propaganda in veel verschillende vormen en via diverse kanalen. Hoe moeten we omgaan met al die (nieuwe) vormen van propaganda, bestaat er zoiets als democratische propaganda, en hoe beïnvloeden propagandisten ons?

      workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    November 2018

    • 05 Nov to 06 Nov

      Excellent science is not enough for writing a successful grant proposal. To get funded, you also need excellent grant writing skills. 

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 05 Nov

      Seminar by VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 06 Nov to 16 Nov

      In this course, you gain insight in how cultures differ. You assess your own cultural background and ‘natural or intuitive’ ways of communicating, and how that impacts your academic and professional activities. You develop cultural competence to improve your communication skills in international academic environments and beyond.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Nov

      Qualitative research may be defined as a research process that uses inductive data analysis to learn about the meaning and experiences that participants hold about a problem or issue, by identifying patterns or themes.

      Throughout the academic year 2018-2019 the VUB organizes a series of basic level seminars in Qualitative Research.

      For each seminar participants are asked to bring into discussion their own study design and experiences as each seminar is based on an interactive working group design. Both preliminary conceptual ideas on a planned qualitative oriented study as well as more elaborated study designs or even first research results are welcomed.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Nov

      Voor welke uitdagingen kom jij te staan tijdens je studies? Laat het ons weten tijdens deze focusgroep voor studenten met een beperking en help ons zo de dienstverlening van de VUB beter op jouw noden af te stemmen.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 07 Nov

      For your studies or internships you can go abroad. Interested? Come to the Go Abroad Fair in Jette!

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 08 Nov to 09 Nov

      When do you learn the most? When someone tells you the solution or when someone helps you find your own solution? How can you help your students or researchers to help themselves?

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 13 Nov to 22 Jan

      Mindfulness (voluit Mindfulness-Based Stress Reductie) is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde vorm van aandachttraining waarin je vaardigheden leert om beter om te gaan met de gevolgen van stress. Het programma combineert aandachttechnieken (die hun oorsprong hebben in meditatiepraktijken) met wetenschappelijke psychologische inzichten over omgaan met stress, angst, piekeren, depressie, vermoeidheid en ziekte. 

      ‘Mindfulness’ betekent intentioneel aandacht geven aan wat je ervaart in het moment (gedachten, gevoelens, lichamelijke en zintuiglijke gewaarwordingen) op een niet-oordelende, niet-reactieve manier. In diverse aandachtoefeningen ontwikkel je het vermogen om bewust te zijn van wat er omgaat, en zowel aangename als moeilijke ervaringen te onderkennen, zonder je te verliezen in zelfondermijnende emotionele reactiepatronen en piekeren. Je cultiveert daarbij een milde en ondersteunende houding jegens jezelf en anderen.

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Nov

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Nov to 26 Nov

      Research projects involving live, non-human, vertebrate animals, performed on- or off-campus by students or staff of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), must receive ethical clearance. Therefore, a project application needs to be submitted to the Ethical Committee for Laboratory Animals (Dutch translation: Ethische Commissie Dierproeven [ECD]) of the VUB.

      The ECD only approves research projects on animals for which no alternatives are available. Furthermore research projects need to (i) comply with the legislation (laboratory license, researcher license, etc), (ii) take in account the 3R rule (reduction, refinement, replacement), (iii) avoid duplication of previously conducted research, and (iv) have scientific merit.

      While most projects fulfill the requirements above, they need two or more rounds of evaluation by the ECD because of incorrect completion of the application form (including the non-technical summary). This workshop is purposed to provide you with guidelines on how to complete your application and as such avoid repeated submission, hence delaying your research!

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 14 Nov

      Enactus VUB has officially been launched at the VUB! We are a student organization focused on creating hands-on social entrepreneurship projects lead by VUB students! 

      Hackathon by Enactus VUB

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Nov to 20 Nov

      by VIB

    • 19 Nov

      On the 19th of November Roland Siebeling will show you the wonders Silicon Valley has to offer.

      workshop by VUB TechTransfer

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Nov

      The largest career fair for Bio, Chemistry, Food & Pharma in Belgium.

    • 22 Nov

      This workshop presents a short demo on how to use the Web of Science for research information retrieval using several search strategies.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Nov

      How to captivate your audience, get your message across and avoid that no-one gets distracted while you are presenting? 

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 26 Nov to 27 Nov

      After a successful first edition of the VIB Conference “Metabolism in cancer and stromal cells” in September 2015, we are pleased to announce the second edition that will take place in the beautiful and historic city of Leuven.

      During this international Conference we will focus on how cancer and stromal cells metabolically communicate and how their specific metabolism impacts disease development and progression. These cellular metabolism insights will offer novel therapeutic opportunities for malignant, metabolic, or inflammatory disease. In addition, also the impact of ‘omics’ technologies to study cellular metabolism will be highlighted during the meeting.

      by VIB

    • 26 Nov to 27 Nov

      How do you structure and write your research paper to give it the best chance with a journal? Learn about the conventions of research paper styles and find out ways to make your writing clearer and more concise.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Nov

      On the 26th and 27th of November the Flexcon conference on sustainable energy will be held at the Atelier des Tanneurs in Brussels.
      Flexcon offers free access for 10 students and researchers. 

      Conference by Flexcon

    • 26 Nov
    • 27 Nov

      This year, the round table will be organised in cooperation with ULB.

      The round table will focus on selection of PhD candidates. Four supervisors will share their experience on the topic. Then, the discussion will be open to the audience.

    • 27 Nov to 29 Jan

      Heb je de indruk je meer in je hoofd leeft in de plaats van in het hier-en-nu? Vind je het moeilijk om los te komen uit je gedachtenwereld? Lukt het je niet om tot oplossingen te komen? In de training leer je om beter om te gaan met je piekergedachten. Hierdoor kan je op termijn minder gaan piekeren en beter met de dagelijkse stress omgaan.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Nov

      Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. The fourth edition of Redelijk Eigenzinnig/Reason and Engage focuses on war and peace, conflict and resistance.

      Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 27 Nov

      fair by VUB Chair Of Social Entrepreneurship

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Nov

      On November 11, 1918, the World War 1 ended. For Brussels, this meant the end of occupation, that lasted for almost 50 months. How did the people of Brussels experience the end of the war and what major challenges Brussels faced during that period?

      Guided tour by Reasonably Quirky / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 28 Nov

      Interested to find out if and how you can take part in this career-building internship? Then register for the info session on Wednesday November 28 (12:30 – 13:30) on the VUB Campus (room D2.01).

      Info session by IRMO

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    December 2018

    • 04 Dec to 07 Dec

      The events consist of a kick-off session and a series of ethics lunches around important research ethics themes.

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 04 Dec

      An excellent opportunity to find out what kind of employers are looking for researcher profiles, what kind of jobs they have to offer and a great way to determine your own set of criteria to define what may make a match for you!

    • 04 Dec to 05 Dec

      One of our PhD reseachers in arts created an opera and you are invited to come and enjoy it!

      Opera by Erasmushogeschool Brussel - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel

    • 06 Dec

      A one-day intensive training session on writing research abstracts - a key form of scholarly communication - in the humanities and social sciences.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 10 Dec to 11 Dec

      This course aims at teaching researchers how to find and select essential scientific information to make a scientific presentation (e.g. preparation of research proposal, writing of an assignment, report or thesis, thesis findings to be presented in an international conference), under which form to present methods and results (text, tabulation, illustration and their content and layout) and how to defend them assertively. It also introduces common standards and practices and explains why it is important to follow them in Sciences. A huge chapter is spent to writing and layout skills and to plagiarism. This course also prepares you for stay within academia (academic career) or for the challenges young graduates face on the employment market (non-academic career).

    • 11 Dec

      Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. The fourth edition of Redelijk Eigenzinnig/Reason and Engage focuses on war, conflict, peace and resistance.

      by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 11 Dec

      Debat by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

    • 12 Dec to 14 Dec

      Description of the activity: Workshop for young researchers with mentorship by a team of international experts

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 13 Dec to 14 Dec

      The Central PhD Office organises a workshop on the use of MS Excel in an academic context.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 13 Dec to 14 Dec
    • 13 Dec to 15 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Dec

      Qualitative research may be defined as a research process that uses inductive data analysis to learn about the meaning and experiences that participants hold about a problem or issue, by identifying patterns or themes.

      Throughout the academic year 2018-2019 the VUB organizes a series of basic level seminars in Qualitative Research.

      For each seminar participants are asked to bring into discussion their own study design and experiences as each seminar is based on an interactive working group design. Both preliminary conceptual ideas on a planned qualitative oriented study as well as more elaborated study designs or even first research results are welcomed.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 14 Dec to 16 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 15 Dec to 17 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 16 Dec to 18 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 17 Dec

      Basic Toolkit for PhD-Students: Preparing for the transition into the job market

      Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

    • 17 Dec to 19 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Dec

      This 1-day master class focuses on studying the concept of resilience as experienced and understood by Palestinians living under colonial occupation. Firstly, we critically analyse the contemporary literature on trauma, resilience and sumud, and offer a new conceptualization of Palestinian resilience in the context of colonial rule. Secondly, we discuss adaptive ways of coping among Palestinians and elucidate the mechanisms underlying their innate capacity for sumud – the capacity to resist and to endure the toxic effects of colonial violence. We also discuss the importance of participatory action research (PAR) and Grounded Theory (GT) in gaining an emic understanding of Palestinian resilience, as it is understood and practiced by Palestinians confronting different modes of colonial practices. Rather than imposing Western individually-based framework of resilience, we believe that PAR is the most suited methodology in elucidating the mechanisms underlying Palestinian’s native capacity for sumud.”

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 18 Dec to 20 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Dec

      This 1-day master class provides an example of how research was conducted with adolescents in their school context, with the aim of learning about the selfhood of Palestinian young people. Adolescents were acknowledged as co-researchers being involved and consulted during the processes of data creation and interpretation. The methods used included visual and narrative dialogues. Participants (ages 15-17) produced visual data in the form of expressive self-portraits, afterwards interviews/dialogues were conducted through which narratives related to the visuals were produced. These methods were not used in isolation but embedded within ethnographic fieldwork. Being in the field created spaces for participant observations, unstructured dialogues and building relationships, as methods of data production were negotiated and constructed        collaboratively with research participants. Situating visual techniques within an ethnographic framework helped in creating more meaningful and relevant methods of data production, as well as offered the potential for developing better understandings of social realities. Since this research is positioned within the traditions of art-based and narrative inquiry, the master class will introduce some theoretical perspectives related to both, emphasizing the power of visual and narrative approaches as qualitative research tools in the field of social sciences.

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 19 Dec to 21 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 20 Dec to 22 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 21 Dec to 23 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 22 Dec to 24 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 23 Dec to 25 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 24 Dec to 26 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 25 Dec to 27 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 26 Dec to 28 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 27 Dec to 29 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 28 Dec to 30 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 29 Dec to 31 Jan

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 30 Dec to 01 Feb

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus

    • 31 Dec to 02 Feb

      Setting up the research question should be the result of trial and error accompanied by the literature study. Too often, the research question is either seen as the climax of a literature study, or vice versa, as a means to expand the initial research question into other fields. This workshop discusses the most productive ways to define the research question, and how to refine it with the help of a literature study while staying focused on the research work, leading to substantial reduction in reading times and going from input to output. We discuss some research management tools, practical issues on finding information as well as online tools to speed up the process. In the first session, the lean start up approach is discussed using the students’ examples, and set up a task with the plan to write a paper in 1 week. In the second session, we discuss the progress during this week.

       

      by Central PhD Office

      Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus