Missions and Research Fields

Part of the Faculty of Economics, Social sciences and Business administration of the University of Namur (FUNDP), the Centre for Research on Consumption and Leisure (CeRCLe), which was created in 2005, is an interdisciplinary research centre composed by faculties, researchers, doctoral students and practitioners.

• MISSIONS: Research and platform of collaboration

The Centre's main objective is to actively promote theoretical as well as empirical, fundamental as well as applied research in the field of marketing and services, and more specifically in the fields of consumption and leisure.

Research articulates around the following activities: scientific researches, participation to symposia and conferences, publications of international level, training and supervision of doctoral students, reception of researchers and of guest professors, involvement into national and international research networks and organization of seminaries and symposia.

The CeRCLe also wishes to be a platform of information and collaboration between academic researchers and practitioners of the private and public sectors, interested by issues bound to consumption and leisure.

This platform is organized around the following activities: information and documentation, academic and professional training, and consulting/applied research.

• 3 MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS

The three main fields of research are consumers' & managers' decision making (I), consumption practices & phenomena (II) and marketing actions & consumers' response (III). The research fields and specific research projects are described in the "research field" section.

• SELECTED FIELDS OF APPLICATION

The main application field concerns the service industry with a focus on tourism, culture and leisure, on the one hand, and retailing and shopping activities, on the other hand.

Structure & Organization

The center is permanently composed by three faculty members and three to four researchers. Visiting professors, associated researchers and practitioners actively participate in the center's activities. The center is one of the elements of the Center of Excellence on Consumers & Marketing Strategy (CCMS), a center of excellence of the research institute of the Louvain School of Management Group.

Contact

8, rempart de la Vierge, 5000 Namur
Tel: 081/724883
Fax: 081/724840
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