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Jacques Wels
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PhD, Sociology & Public Health
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Jacques Wels @jacqueswels.bsky.social · 7d
New publication in BMC Public Health:

Incidence of reported cases of euthanasia adjusted for demographic composition: a study of ten years of Belgian administrative data (2014–2023)

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

With @healthsociety.bsky.social
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6 days to go to apply to 2 postdoc positions (3-year and 2-year) at @ucl.ac.uk with @pravpatalay.bsky.social!
For all those interested in employment<->health, trade unions & longitudinal methods.
Feel free to share.
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Research Fellow (x2 posts) at UCL
Apply for the Research Fellow (x2 posts) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Bruxelles mérite mieux que l’indifférence politique
Bruxelles mérite mieux que l’indifférence politique
Face au blocage institutionnel de la Région bruxelloise, voici quelques pistes de réflexion. ... %
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November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
jacqueswels.bsky.social
New publication in BMC Public Health:

Incidence of reported cases of euthanasia adjusted for demographic composition: a study of ten years of Belgian administrative data (2014–2023)

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

With @healthsociety.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
rjsilverwood.bsky.social
We are organising a @royalstatsoc.bsky.social Social Statistics Section online event:

Handling survey mode effects

Wednesday 12 November 2025, 10.00AM - 12.10PM

Full info and booking: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
RSS Event: Handling survey mode effects
rss.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
healthsociety.bsky.social
Here's our second HSRU seminar:

@janemaddock.bsky.social was presenting her work "A target trial emulation of retirement and self-rated health and life satisfaction in the UK, US and Germany" at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AISW...
HSRU 2025-26 seminars: Jane Maddock (UCL)
YouTube video by Health & Society Research Unit
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September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
jacqueswels.bsky.social
RIP Robert Redford. I got the same jacket, the same shirt and the same glasses because of you.
September 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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rfberlin.bsky.social
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Alex Bryson, Ryo Kambayashi, Susumu Kuwahara, Akie Nakamura, and @jacqueswels.bsky.social examine trends in union density in Japan and how workforce composition has shaped its growth. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
July 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
ulbrecherche.bsky.social
Euthanasie : quel est le profil socioéconomique des demandeurs et leurs motivations?

Dans @france.theconversation.com les chercheurs Jacques Wels et Natasia Hamarat s'intéressent à l’augmentation des demandes d'euthanasie depuis 20 ans, en Belgique.
Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ? - Actualités de l'ULB
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May 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Interesting to compare UK/French readership of our article on euthanasia. Of course, many variables play a role but more readers in France. The UK seems quite not keen at looking at other countries when it comes to implementing assisting dying.
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
healthsociety.bsky.social
Marie Dauvrin, Céline Ricour (KCE),“Propositions for reinforcing and expanding the Belgian palliative care offer”

Yesterday's seminar on the state of palliative care in Belgium is now available on YouTube. Feel free to have a look. @ulbrecherche.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOs...
HSRU 2025-26 seminars: Marie Dauvrin, Céline Ricour (KCE)
YouTube video by Health & Society Research Unit
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May 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
jacqueswels.bsky.social
Another article, this time in The Conversation France on the rising number of euthanasia cases in Belgium.

Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ?

theconversation.com/augmentation...
Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ?
Selon une étude publiée dans une revue de référence, l’augmentation de l’euthanasie observée en Belgique depuis sa légalisation s’explique essentiellement par le vieillissement de la population.
theconversation.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Comment: Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument

via @ucl.ac.uk

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
Comment: Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Jacques Wels (UCL MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing) explores Belgium’s euthanasia trends and the lessons that can be learned, from regulation to the importance of ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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"Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument – new study"

Have a look at our @theconversationuk.bsky.social piece:
theconversation.com/belgiums-eut...
Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument – new study
What two decades of euthanasia in Belgium really tell us.
theconversation.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
healthsociety.bsky.social
Check our new article in @jama.com network open if you want to know more about full trends (!) of Euthanasia in Belgium since the implementation of the law back in 2002.
In short: nothing alarming.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Incidence and Prevalence of Reported Euthanasia Cases in Belgium, 2002 to 2023
This cross-sectional study examines patterns in euthanasia incidence and prevalence in Belgium since its legalization in 2002.
jamanetwork.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
dylwil.bsky.social
One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total.....
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky
The proportion of Alzheimer's disease attributable to apolipoprotein E
Objective To estimate the proportions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and all-cause dementia burden attributable to the common risk alleles ε3 and ε4 in the APOE gene Design Genetic association analyses i...
www.medrxiv.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reposted by Jacques Wels
richardshaw.bsky.social
"New" Paper : Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Using @ukllc.bsky.social data
Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records
Introduction Following the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of people became economically inactive in the UK. We investigated the association between coronavirus infection and sub...
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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healthsociety.bsky.social Health & Society Research Unit @healthsociety.bsky.social · Apr 2
Have a look at our 2025-2026 seminars.
It's open, It's free, it's online.
hsru.phisoc.ulb.be/upcoming-sem...
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Please, feel free to attend our online seminars at @healthsociety.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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hsru.phisoc.ulb.be

Our research unit, the Health & Society Research Unit, website is online!

@healthsociety.bsky.social
Health and Society Research Unit - Centre de recherche PHISOC
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March 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Our new research unit, the "Health & Society Research Unit" at
@ulbrecherche.bsky.social
has its own accounts
- on @bsky.app :
bsky.app/profile/heal...
- on @YouTube:
youtube.com/@HealthSocie...

Please, follow us.
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February 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM