Social scientific research in support of environmental health surveillance and research
Social scientific research in support of environmental health surveillance and research
The social scientific expertise in this application is integrated in different integrated operational research parts of the consortium. First of all, we have to introduce concepts from social scientific literature on risk communication; they are of inspiration for several ideas in the application and the elaboration of work packages of the social scientific team. The societal and policy relevance of risk surveillance and environment and health research will be significantly higher when contemporary social scientific insights on risk assessment and management, on knowledge production, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary interaction, and risk communication are taken into account. There also is special attention for social inequality and (in)justice in the environment and health field. Apart from this, the role of social science in such settings also is a valuable research topic in itself.
Staff
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Promotor | Ilse Loots Department of Sociology, University Antwerp |
| Promotor | Lieve Goorden Department of Environment and Technology, University Antwerp |
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| Scientific researcher | Hans Keune Department of Sociology, University Antwerp |
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| Scientific researcher | Bert Morrens Department of Sociology, University Antwerp |