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Seminar with Marlies Maes “Lonely but not alone: Loneliness among children and adolescents”. 04/05/2026 | 14:00-15:00 | Pleinlaan 5, room 4.21 | In person | Free entry | No registration. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/seminar-w...

Seminar with Marlies Maes: Lonely but not alone: loneliness

The Seminar will take place in Raadzaal, Pleinlaan 5, room 4.21 on the fourth floor. Free entry, no registration required.

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📢 CfP DEADLINE EXTENDED to 29/04/2026!!! Expert Workshop “Degrees in Transition: Higher Education & Labour Market Integration of Newcomers and Refugees” 📅 11–12 June 2026 📍 VUB, Brussels. Submit 1,000-word abstract via app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/81330... Details: tinyurl.com/3nyyx3yc

Deborah De Moortel (BRISPO) argues that it’s not women who need to change, but the workplace. She points to structural causes of inequality: discrimination, labour market segregation, and gender norms. Interview (NL) on the ABVV website: www.accg.be/nl/actualite...

Duurzame werkomgevingen voor vrouwen: waarom het werk moet veranderen, niet de vrouwen

Algemene Centrale - ABVV

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Join the EPSI Lecture Series on "Loneliness & Social Isolation"! Next lecture: The spatial dimensions of social connectedness by Tulya Su Guven, 21/04, 14-16, VUB Etterbeek or online. Free, registration required. Full programme: brispo.research.vub.be/en/events/le...

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❗New paper by @lkavadia.bsky.social , @jochemvannoord.eu , @bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social !  The authors investigate the education effect on political trust – and how this depends on the schooled society and sector of employment. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

🎉 Congrats to Terhi Kangas, Sara-Lynn Milis, Katrien Vanthomme & Hadewijch Vandenheede! Their review article on social determinants of health & quality of life in chronic disease was among the 5 most-cited papers published in 2025 in Quality of Life Research: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The social determinants of health-related quality of life among people with chronic disease: a systematic literature review - Quality of Life Research

Purpose This systematic review investigates the relationship between Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among individuals with chronic diseases. SDoH refer...

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Join the EPSI Lecture Series on "Loneliness & Social Isolation"! Next lecture: Loneliness among older migrants by Tineke Fokkema, 24/03, 14-16, VUB Etterbeek or online. Free, registration required. Full programme: brispo.research.vub.be/en/events/le...

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Social differences in cancer mortality in Belgium are substantial. But why? Latest publication by J. Gotink, F. Veroodt and S. Gadeyne disentangles incidence vs survival. More information and link to the full text can be found here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/new-publi...

New publication: Understanding why cancer mortality differs

Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality are widely recognized, but what drives them? Using nationwide Belgian data, Joachim Gotink, Freija Verdoodt and

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Seminar with Tineke Fokkema: Photo Elicitation Interviews: Exploring Loneliness Among Turkish Older Migrants 25 Mar 2026 | 11:00-12:00 | Pleinlaan 5, room 4.21 | In person | Free entry | No registration. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/seminar-w...

Join the EPSI Lecture Series on "Loneliness & Social Isolation"! Next lecture: Loneliness, bereavement and neighborhood characteristics by C. Mauri & L. van den Steen, 10/03, 14-16, VUB Etterbeek or online. Free, registration required. Full programme: brispo.research.vub.be/en/events/le...

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New Date and Location of the BRISPO Lunch Seminar: “How Language Shapes Race. Exploring the intersection of language ideology and racism" with Prof. Sibo Kanobana. The seminar will take place on 11/03, 12:30-14:00 in Raddazaal (PL5.4.21). Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/brispo-lu...

BRISPO Lunch Seminar: How Language Shapes Race. Exploring

The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Sibo R. Kanobana from Open University of the Netherlands.

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Join the EPSI Lecture Series on "Loneliness & Social Isolation"! Next lecture: "Voices from Brussels" by M. Gonzalez Escallon, S. Vandenberk, N. Parmentier, 03/03, 14-16, VUB Etterbeek or online. Free, registration required. Full programme: brispo.research.vub.be/en/events/le...

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Join the EPSI Lecture Series on "Loneliness & Social Isolation"! Next lecture: Loneliness Measurement & Prevalence by C. Mauri & L. van den Steen, 24/02, 14-16, VUB Etterbeek or online. Free, registration required. Full programme: brispo.research.vub.be/en/events/le...

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Stop met het associëren van middenveldorganisaties met geweld zonder juridische grond Oproep van @pdbruyne.bsky.social en Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, ondertekend door 30+ academici en mensen uit het middenveld www.sampol.be/2026/02/welk...

Welk soort democratie hebben democratische politici voor ogen?

Uitspraken van Vlaams minister Melissa Depraetere brengen sociaal-culturele organisaties publiek in verband met geweld, zonder feitelijke onderbouwing. Dit...

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Leandros Kavadias successfully defended his PhD on 10 December 2025 at the University of Groningen. Congratulations! Join his lecture at BrIAS, Brussels and online: 18 Dec, 16:00. brispo.research.vub.be/en/brias-sem...

Research alert 🚨 Lobke (VUB + Brussels IVF) is studying how men in BE/NL experience the taboo around fertility challenges. Know someone who might join an online group interview? Please share or reach out. Let’s turn silence into conversation.

December 18 (16h), Leandros Kavadias (VUB & UG) gives a lecture on his PhD dissertation "Paradoxes of the schooled society: Investigating the centrality of schooling and its institutional effects from a global perspective" at the @Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS): tinyurl.com/4nxncp2d

BlueSky Why are ethnic minorities underrepresented in Belgium’s federal public sector? Read the key findings and recommendations from the FedDiverse project led by Bert Leysen and Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe. brispo.research.vub.be/en/new-polic...

New policy brief about ethnic diversity in the Federal public

Why are ethnic minorities underrepresented in Belgium’s federal public sector? Read the key findings and recommendations from the FedDiverse project led by Bert Leysen and Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe.

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BRISPO invites you to a lunch seminar on 9.12.2025 with Dr. Steffen Pötzschke on a decade of Meta advertisement-based survey recruitment. In person, 12:30-14:00, Room 5.2.03. Bring your lunch and join the discussion. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/brispo-lu...

BRISPO Lunch Seminar: Insights from a Decade of Meta

The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Steffen Pötzschke from GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Mannheim, Germany).

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We invite you to Vijay Prashad’s lecture on 3 Dec, 18:00, Auditorium QD (VUB). A discussion on anti-colonial thought and the role of student activism in a changing global order. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/lecture-b...

Lecture by Vijay Prashad "The University in the world: anti-colonial

Vijay Prashad is a historian, author, and executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, will give a lecture on the invitation of the Department of Sociology.

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🎙️ Our colleague, sociologist and professor Petrus Te Braak (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), recently appeared in an episode of the BRUZZ podcast series “In Brussel” to discuss Brussels residents’ sense of safety. Listen here (in Dutch): www.bruzz.be/de-podcasts-...

In Brussel #7: Helpt het sluiten van handelszaken tegen een gevoel van onveiligheid?

In de podcast 'In Brussel' hoor je elke week twee verhalen, recht uit de stad. Deze week: wat geeft ons een (on)veilig gevoel in de stad? En Mexicaanse tradities rond doden in de Marollen.

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Congratulations to our BRISPO colleague Bryan Boyle, who defended his PhD Labour of Distinction: Notebooks of an Apprentice Butler, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dieter Vandebroeck. More details here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/public-ph...

Public PhD defence of Bryan Boyle

On 23 October 2025, Bryan Boyle successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Labour of Distinction: Notebooks of an Apprentice Butler

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Prof. Christophe Vanroelen talks to ACV Puls about the hidden costs of labour flexibility and how “flexibility” can undermine security and well-being. The full interview (in Dutch): www.hetacv.be/acv-puls/nie...

“De goeroes van de flexibiliteit schuiven de nadelen graag onder de mat”

Wat flexibiliteit betreft, wil de regering De Wever stevig op het gaspedaal duwen. Maar daar zijn heel wat vraagtekens bij te plaatsen.

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Vote for Marloes Hagenaars, BRISPO finalist of the Flemish PhD Cup 2025! 🗳️Watch her presentation & vote for the Audience Award at www.phdcup.be/publieksprijs

Congrats to Tulya Su Guven & Edith Walravens on FWO PhD Fellowships! Tulya studies migrants’ socio-spatial integration; Edith investigates class-based work logic in European parliaments. More information here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/navigatin... and here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/a-seat-fo...

Navigating Life in Migration: Socio-Spatial Integration of Newcomers

As migration continues to shape European societies, understanding migrant integration remains apressing challenge. While research has extensively examined structural aspects of integration—suchas

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🎉 Congrats to Vroeg Geleerd on launching their website! 🎉 This project (VUB, KU Leuven & AP Hogeschool) studies relational well-being and identity-based bullying in primary schools. Discover the team, research & tools: www.vroeggeleerd.be Illustration by @lotsoflotte.bsky.social

Our BRISPO colleague Marloes Hagenaars is a finalist of the Flemish #PhDCup2025 🎓. She earned her PhD at Ghent University on how teachers handle ethnic diversity in classrooms. Final on 21/10 in Ghent & via livestream www.phdcup.be

New paper “Multidimensional frailty as a predictor of older adults’ internet use” by J. Campens, P. te Braak (BRISPO), M. Nyein Aung, and N. De Witte. 📖 doi.org/10.37349/edh...

Multidimensional frailty as a predictor of older adults’ internet use: moving beyond the use/non-use dichotomy

Aim: Moving beyond the traditional use/non-use dichotomy, this study examines how variations in older adults’ internet use relate to their multidimensional frailty status. Methods: Data w

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Deborah De Moortel writes in 'Knack' about illness, loss, and caregiving as universal parts of working life. She calls for “compassionate workplaces” and reflects on the risks of recent pension reforms. (In Dutch) www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

'Ziekte en dood zijn universeel menselijke ervaringen, ook tijdens de professionele loopbaan'

Iedereen zal tijdens zijn of haar leven op een bepaald moment te maken krijgen met verlies van een geliefde, en vaak ook met ernstige ziekte en/of

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