General Introduction
The Department of Social Research (Vakgroep Sociaal Onderzoek
- SOCO) is responsible for both teaching and research activities
in the fields of:
- social science research methods and applied statistics;
- demography and population sociology;
- sociology of labour, labour market policy and industrial relations;
- anthropology and development studies.
As such, the group manages the courses in these domains offered
in the curricula on sociology, economics, political sciences and
geography. In addition, also the courses in the fields of medical
sociology and social work are attached to the department, but
research in these fields belongs to the faculty of medicine.
The research of the department is organized by two subgroups:
(i) Interface Demography which is
responsible for population studies and research methods, and (ii)
TESA (Study Group in Technological,
Economic and Social Change and Labour Market Research) which is
specialized in the domains of labour relations. Within this website
you will find information on the two SOCO research units.
Visiting address: VUB-Campus Etterbeek, Karel Van Miert Building (Pleinlaan 5), 2nd
floor, at 5 minutes walking distance
from the Etterbeek train station, and 10 minutes from the metro
stations Petillon or Delta. Mailing address: Vakgroep Sociaal
Onderzoek, VUB, Pleinlaan 5, B-1050 Brussels. Fax: ++32-2-614 8135.