BRISPO VUB
@brispo-vub.bsky.social
The Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies (BRISPO) is an interdisciplinary research centre at VUB focused on research on the socioeconomic, cultural, & demographic dimensions of social inequality within Belgium, Europe, & beyond
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BRISPO VUB
@brispo-vub.bsky.social
· Jan 16
👋 Excited to join Bluesky! We're the Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies (BRISPO) from VUB, researching socioeconomic, cultural, & demographic dimensions of social inequality in Belgium, Europe, & beyond!
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📖 Research updates
💡 Key findings
🎉 Events & activities
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💡 Key findings
🎉 Events & activities
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
https://brispo.research.vub.be/en/brias-seminar-leandros-kavadias-on-schooled-society."
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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...
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.
brispo.research.vub.be
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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...
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...
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).
brispo.research.vub.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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...
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.
brispo.research.vub.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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...
🎙️ 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.
www.bruzz.be
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🎙️ 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-...
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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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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...
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.
www.hetacv.be
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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...
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
De publieksprijs van de Vlaamse PhD Cup
Op 21 oktober strijden onze 8 finalisten voor de Vlaamse PhD Cup 2025. In aanloop naar de finale trachten de finalisten jou alvast te overtuigen door hun jarenlange doctoraatsonderzoek in 90 seconden ...
www.phdcup.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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...
brispo.research.vub.be/en/navigatin...
and here:
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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
brispo.research.vub.be
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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...
brispo.research.vub.be/en/navigatin...
and here:
brispo.research.vub.be/en/a-seat-fo...
🎉 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
Illustration by @lotsoflotte.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🎉 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
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
Home | Vlaamse PhD Cup
www.phdcup.be
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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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September 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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...
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
www.knack.be
September 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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...
On Sep 5, Wanru Xu from BRISPO defended her PhD on Chinese middle-class parents choosing alternative schools in Dali. Her work challenges assumptions about education, risk & class reproduction. Congrats, Dr. Xu!
September 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On Sep 5, Wanru Xu from BRISPO defended her PhD on Chinese middle-class parents choosing alternative schools in Dali. Her work challenges assumptions about education, risk & class reproduction. Congrats, Dr. Xu!
New article in International Migration “Beyond Economic and Educated” by Anton Neronov & Tuba Bircan, introduces the concept of contextual adaptability to broaden how “skill” is understood in EU migration policy. Full text: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond Economic and Educated: Reconceptualising Skill in EU Migration Policy Through Contextual Adaptability
Academic research and policy discussions commonly define ‘skill’ in migration through the lens of formal qualifications, focusing almost exclusively on economic migrants with tertiary educations. Our...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New article in International Migration “Beyond Economic and Educated” by Anton Neronov & Tuba Bircan, introduces the concept of contextual adaptability to broaden how “skill” is understood in EU migration policy. Full text: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Weer een incident. Weer verontwaardiging. Maar wanneer luisteren we echt?
Vandaag in @standaard.be: waarom veiligheidsgevoelens in de stad méér aandacht verdienen. Vóór het misgaat.
#veiligheid #Brussel #Amsterdam #gender #urbanstudies
www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
Vandaag in @standaard.be: waarom veiligheidsgevoelens in de stad méér aandacht verdienen. Vóór het misgaat.
#veiligheid #Brussel #Amsterdam #gender #urbanstudies
www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
De nacht eisen we al decennia op, wanneer komt de stad ons tegemoet?
Geen camera lost het gevoel van onveiligheid op als de stad niet anders ingericht wordt, schrijft Petrus te Braak.
www.standaard.be
August 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Weer een incident. Weer verontwaardiging. Maar wanneer luisteren we echt?
Vandaag in @standaard.be: waarom veiligheidsgevoelens in de stad méér aandacht verdienen. Vóór het misgaat.
#veiligheid #Brussel #Amsterdam #gender #urbanstudies
www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
Vandaag in @standaard.be: waarom veiligheidsgevoelens in de stad méér aandacht verdienen. Vóór het misgaat.
#veiligheid #Brussel #Amsterdam #gender #urbanstudies
www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
New Blog Post: Fieldnotes from ISA 2025
Two BRISPO researchers, Tulya Su Guven and Fatima Silpagar, reflect on their experience at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat in their blog post.
📝 Read the full post here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/blog-post...
Two BRISPO researchers, Tulya Su Guven and Fatima Silpagar, reflect on their experience at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat in their blog post.
📝 Read the full post here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/blog-post...
https://brispo.research.vub.be/en/blog-post-fieldnotes-from-isa-2025”
July 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New Blog Post: Fieldnotes from ISA 2025
Two BRISPO researchers, Tulya Su Guven and Fatima Silpagar, reflect on their experience at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat in their blog post.
📝 Read the full post here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/blog-post...
Two BRISPO researchers, Tulya Su Guven and Fatima Silpagar, reflect on their experience at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat in their blog post.
📝 Read the full post here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/blog-post...
This week, our BRISPO colleague Marie Mosuse is taking over @fwovlaanderen’s Instagram to share snapshots from her fieldwork in DRC. Follow here 👉 www.instagram.com/fwovlaanderen/
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July 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This week, our BRISPO colleague Marie Mosuse is taking over @fwovlaanderen’s Instagram to share snapshots from her fieldwork in DRC. Follow here 👉 www.instagram.com/fwovlaanderen/
📢 BRISPO is hiring a PhD student for an interdisciplinary project on migration, mobility & population dynamics (DynaMIGs). Apply by Aug 31. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/job-oppor...
Job opportunity at BRISPO for a PhD student
We are looking for a PhD student for a project on the demographic behaviour of migrant communities in Belgium
brispo.research.vub.be
July 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📢 BRISPO is hiring a PhD student for an interdisciplinary project on migration, mobility & population dynamics (DynaMIGs). Apply by Aug 31. Details: brispo.research.vub.be/en/job-oppor...
New study on migrant patients & medical decision-making in Belgium: intersectional, culturally sensitive care is key to addressing challenges in GP consultations. Full text: archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: a focus group study - Archives of Public Health
Background The growing cultural diversity in Belgium, with over one third of the population having a migration background, presents distinct challenges for primary healthcare, particularly in doctor-p...
archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New study on migrant patients & medical decision-making in Belgium: intersectional, culturally sensitive care is key to addressing challenges in GP consultations. Full text: archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A new Sociology Compass article explores how the EQ framework can capture diverse employment arrangements, from secure to precarious, and hybrid forms in between, across Global North and South contexts. Full text: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Employment Quality as a Framework to Understand Precarious Employment and Beyond in Cross‐National Contexts: Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Recommendations
Precarious employment is a growing global concern. However, what constitutes or is perceived as precarious employment varies significantly across regions, particularly between the Global North and Gl...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A new Sociology Compass article explores how the EQ framework can capture diverse employment arrangements, from secure to precarious, and hybrid forms in between, across Global North and South contexts. Full text: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Het beeld van een ideale wereld mag onrealistisch, ongemakkelijk en radicaal zijn – juist omdat het ons helpt zien hoe absurd de status quo soms is.
@eliaskruithof.bsky.social over de nood aan verbeelding
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/06/we-h...
@eliaskruithof.bsky.social over de nood aan verbeelding
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We hebben nood aan meer ideeën over een ideale wereld
Het beeld van een ideale wereld mag onrealistisch, ongemakkelijk en radicaal zijn – juist omdat het ons helpt zien hoe absurd de status quo soms is.
www.sampol.be
June 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Het beeld van een ideale wereld mag onrealistisch, ongemakkelijk en radicaal zijn – juist omdat het ons helpt zien hoe absurd de status quo soms is.
@eliaskruithof.bsky.social over de nood aan verbeelding
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/06/we-h...
@eliaskruithof.bsky.social over de nood aan verbeelding
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New paper co-authored by BRISPO researchers explores how job insecurity, moral distress & work-family imbalance mediate the impact of precarious employment on healthcare workers' mental health.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1359...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1359...
Explaining the relationship between precarious employment conditions and mental health among healthcare workers: the mediating role of psychological experience of work precarity
The adverse effects of precarious employment on mental health are well-established, yet the mediating mechanisms require further elucidation to understand their impact. In line with Allan et al.’s ...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
New paper co-authored by BRISPO researchers explores how job insecurity, moral distress & work-family imbalance mediate the impact of precarious employment on healthcare workers' mental health.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1359...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1359...
New open access article in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications explores why environmental messages land differently across social groups and how to improve their impact. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pascalverhoest.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy @marijkehuysmans.bsky.social
@pascalverhoest.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy @marijkehuysmans.bsky.social
The social resonance of environmental media messages: a connectionist-inspired reception analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The social resonance of environmental media messages: a connectionist-inspired reception analysis
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New open access article in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications explores why environmental messages land differently across social groups and how to improve their impact. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pascalverhoest.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy @marijkehuysmans.bsky.social
@pascalverhoest.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy @marijkehuysmans.bsky.social
A new article by, inter alia, Mariska Bauwelinck "Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of dementia among older individuals of a Danish nationwide administrative cohort" reveals the strongest effects in 75+, stroke patients & low socio-economic status groups.
Full text: tinyurl.com/yjstuz4j
Full text: tinyurl.com/yjstuz4j
Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of dementia among older individuals of a Danish nationwide administrative cohort
Increasing evidence associates air pollution with dementia, but some pollutants and susceptible groups are understudied.We followed all Danish residen…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A new article by, inter alia, Mariska Bauwelinck "Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of dementia among older individuals of a Danish nationwide administrative cohort" reveals the strongest effects in 75+, stroke patients & low socio-economic status groups.
Full text: tinyurl.com/yjstuz4j
Full text: tinyurl.com/yjstuz4j