Gijs Westra
gijsw4.bsky.social
Gijs Westra
@gijsw4.bsky.social
Forever explaining how to pronounce my name - PhD in Human Geography - Talk to me about neighbourhoods, mobility, and well-being
We find:
- This happens in neighbourhoods that are poorer, migrant-dense or more homogenously Swedish
- This is due to different sorting mechanisms: through attitudes towards the neighbourhood or socioeconomic sorting
- Some types have lower well-being that cannot be explained by either mechanism
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you want to know more about this project, my dissertation, or spatial patterns of well-being, feel free to drop me a line!
June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
For what's next, I am so excited to announce that I have started a post-doctoral position at the COMFAM project at Bielefeld University studying family health and commuting with @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social (and many more)!
June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
am extremely grateful to my opponent Nik Lomax for facilitating such an interesting and fascinating discussion and to all my colleagues, friends, and family who supported me through this day and the past years. The thesis can be read here: lnkd.in/dsgZ3Tee.
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June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I am extremely grateful to my opponent Nik Lomax for facilitating such a fascinating discussion and to all my colleagues, friends, and family who supported me through this process. You can read the entire thesis here: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden
urn.kb.se
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tack Tack :). Een kopie bereikt je hopelijk volgende week!
May 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You can read all about it and check out my wonderful graphs in the comprehensive summary (or kappa in Swedish) here: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=....

The defence will be held on May 28th at 13:15 in Universitetshus in Uppsala. Digital attendance is also possible, send me a DM if you want the zoom link!
Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden
urn.kb.se
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The dissertation explores the spatial distribution of well-being in Sweden. I find that
- Well-being is spatially sorted at the neighbourhood level
- This overlaps with patterns of ethnic and socioeconomic segregation
- That this might be the result of both sorting and neighbourhood effects
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM