Organisation profile
About us
ACTO is the Academic Language Centre of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ACTO provides language support at the request of VUB faculties and services.
Keywords
- Language Teaching
- Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Douglas Atkinson
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Academic Language Centre - Education Coordinator
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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Laurence Balencourt
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Academic Language Centre - Education Coordinator
- Supporting clinical sciences - Education Coordinator
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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Philipp Bekaert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Academic Language Centre - Education Coordinator
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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Charlotte Bollansée
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Academic Language Centre - Education Coordinator
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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Katrien Camps
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Academic Language Centre - Education Coordinator
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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OZR4368: Making Internationalization an Intercultural Endeavour: Practices and Processes of Engaging in Intercultural Dialogues and Developing Interculturality
Xu, J. (Administrative Promotor)
1/12/24 → 30/11/28
Project: Fundamental
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CRC HILD: EUTOPIA Connected Research Community History, Identity and Linguistic Diversity
Vandenbussche, W. (Collaborator) & Vosters, R. (PI (Promotor, Principal Investigator))
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4382: Ad hoc financiering Jo Angouri
Keulen, S. (Administrative Promotor), Peeters, A. (Administrative Promotor) & Vandenbussche, W. (Administrative Promotor)
13/11/24 → 30/04/25
Project: Fundamental
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BOR90: Huur talentest-lab ACTO
Vandenbussche, W. (Administrative Promotor), Louwagie, B. (Collaborator) & Leyssens, P. (Collaborator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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EUPOM106: ERASMUS + KA204 : Steering Higher Education for Community Engagement 'SHEFCE'
Onderzoek, V.-R. (Administrative Promotor), Verbrugge, K. (Collaborator), Moriau, L. (Collaborator), Mostmans, L. (Collaborator), Van der Schueren, B. (Collaborator) & Bertone, J. (Collaborator)
1/09/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Applied
Research output
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Van het beloofde land: Een historisch-sociolinguïstisch onderzoek naar het Belgisch-Nederlands als heritage taal in Noord-Amerika
Crombez, Y., 2026, 354 p.Research output: Thesis › PhD Thesis
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Historical Sociolinguistics
Vandenbussche, W., 2025, Contemporary Linguistics: Integrating Languages, Communities, and Technologies. . Bradley, D., Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, K., Hamans, C., Lee, I.-H. & Steurs, F. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 497-504 8 p. (Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Language contact: An international handbook. Volume 2. (HSK45.2)
Darquennes, J. (Editor), Salmons, J. (Editor) & Vandenbussche, W. (Editor), 2025, HSK 45.2 ed. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 936 p. (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK]; vol. 45, no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
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Language contact research and HSK 45.2
Darquennes, J., Salmons, J. & Vandenbussche, W., 2025, Language Contact: An International Handbook. Volume 2. Darquennes, J., Salmons, J. & Vandenbussche, W. (eds.). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, Vol. 2. p. 1-8 8 p. (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 45, no. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Preface
Darquennes, J., Salmons, J. & Vandenbussche, W., 2025, Language Contact: An International Handbook. Volume 2.. Darquennes, J., Salmons, J. & Vandenbussche, W. (eds.). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, Vol. 2. p. v-viii 4 p. (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 45, no. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Activities
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First Brussels Multilingualism WeekEerste Brusselse Week van de MeertaligheidPremière Semaine bruxelloise du multilinguisme
Vandenbussche, W. (Member of programme committee)
9 Feb 2026 → 14 Feb 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing a festival/exhibition
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Journal of Germanic Linguistics (Journal)
Vandenbussche, W. (Peer reviewer)
2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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De staat van het Nederlands en de internationale neerlandistiek.
Vandenbussche, W. (Speaker)
9 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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Heeft het Nederlands nog een toekomst na de pensionering van Júlia? Perspectieven voor een Nederlands taalbeleid in meertalig Brussel, (de lage landen, en de wereld) .
Vandenbussche, W. (Speaker)
27 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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DNVA Committee for international members (External organisation)
Vandenbussche, W. (Member)
2026 → …Activity: Membership › Work on academic committees and working groups
Datasets
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Word count data - Historical Corpus of Dutch (HCD)
Van de Voorde, I. (Creator), Rutten, G. (Supervisor), Vosters, R. (Supervisor), van der Wal, M. (Supervisor) & Vandenbussche, W. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 2025
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Historical Corpus of Dutch
Van de Voorde, I. (Creator), Rutten, G. (Creator), Vosters, R. (Creator), van der Wal, M. (Creator) & Vandenbussche, W. (Creator), Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, 2025
https://hdl.handle.net/10032/tm-a3-a2 and one more link, https://hcd.ivdnt.org (show fewer)
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