🎉 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

Congratulations to Janna, Sabina and Richard from BRISPO who ran the 20km door Brussel yesterday! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Well done on this amazing achievement and for keeping work-life balance in mind! 🙂

New paper by @lkavadia.bsky.social, @bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social!
Introducing the Schooled Society Index: a multidimensional indicator mapping the centrality of schooling from a global perspective.
doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Data is available on: osf.io/49xy5/

Gisteren lieten we onze sociologiestudenten kennismaken met de vele wegen na hun diploma! Alumni Laora Mastari (Brand Strategist), Joachim Gotink (Onderzoeker) en Sabine Genten (OCMW Anderlecht) deelden hun ervaringen.
Grote dank aan hen en veel succes aan al onze studenten! 🚀

💼 Precarious work & unpaid labour in the 21st Century? Join us on 14/05 for a half-day conference by the Sustainable Work Unit (BRISPO). 📖 Book launch & expert talks with Prof. Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven) and Prof. Alejandra Vives (PUC, Santiago de Chile). Register now: tinyurl.com/5n9yaev4

🔹 Demographic & Socioeconomic Patterns of #COVID-19 Mortality
Cavillot, Van den Borre, Vanthomme, Sohy, Deboosere & Gadeyne analyze Belgium's 2020 data, revealing how age, sex, migration & living conditions shaped mortality risks.

📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1186/s136... #HealthDisparities (6/6)

🔹 Cardiovascular Mortality in Belgium (1890–2011)
Bevernaegie, Devos & Gadeyne map long-term spatial inequalities in CVD mortality, with Wallonia emerging as a hotspot by the 1970s, especially for men.

📖 Read more: journals.openedition.org/eps/14553 #CardiovascularHealth #Epidemiology (5/6)

🔹 Fertility Preferences in the DRC
@m-mariealice.bsky.social & Gadeyne explore why high fertility preferences persist among young Congolese women, highlighting education, employment, religion & family planning.

📖 Read more: www.ajrh.info/index.php/aj... #ReproductiveHealth #DRC (4/6)

🔹 50 Years of Neurodegenerative Mortality in Belgium
Dinneweth & Gadeyne analyze dementia & Parkinson’s (1970–2020), revealing shifting trends & gender disparities.
📖 Read more: journals.openedition.org/eps/14680 #Neurodegeneration #Epidemiology (3/6)

🔹 Air Quality, Perception & Health in Brussels
Kangas, Gadeyne, Rodriguez-Loureiro et al. link air pollution & perceived air quality to cardiovascular & respiratory mortality, highlighting socio-economic inequalities.

📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.en... #AirQuality #HealthInequality (2/6)

🔍 How does educational tracking shape social boundaries? Bram Spruyt & Filip Van Droogenbroeck analyze 38,372 Flemish youth, revealing how tracks influence friendships & societal attitudes. Read their findings: doi.org/10.1080/0962... (6/6)

🔍 Do green schools mean fair schools? Elsa Gallez et al. studied Brussels schools, finding wealthier families have more access to greener spaces. Their multi-indicator approach highlights the need for equity in school greening efforts. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... (5/6)

🔍 A U-turn in Belgium's educational inequality: Elias Kruithof & Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe find that progress reversed for cohorts born after 1975. Social origins measured multidimensionally reveal re-emerging gaps in tertiary education. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... (4/6)

🔍 How does schooling shape religiosity? Leandros Kavadias, Bram Spruyt, & Toon Kuppens studied 76 countries, finding that more “schooled” societies are less religious overall & show larger education-based gaps in religiosity. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/0020... (3/6)

🔍 How do parental education & neighborhoods shape youth achievement? Lena Imeraj, Helga A.G. de Valk, & Sylvie Gadeyne reveal ethnic-specific dynamics in Belgium, urging policies addressing family & spatial contexts. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/psp.... (2/6)