The Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies (BRISPO) is an interdisciplinary research centre composed of sociologists, demographers, economists, psychologists, statisticians, and human geographers. Its members conduct research on the socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic dimensions of patterns of social inequality within Belgium, Europe, and beyond.
Recent news
New publication by Julie Vanderleyden and Deborah De Moortel on Employment Quality Framework
The article "Employment Quality as a Framework to Understand Precarious Employment and Beyond in Cross-National Contexts: Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Recommendations" was published in Sociology Compass.
Public PhD defense of Anaïs Glorieux
Anaïs's thesis is titled "Pitfalls and Progress: Exploring the complexities and forces shaping the PhD journey”.
New article on the relationship between precarious employment conditions and mental health among healthcare workers
The paper, authored by Kim Bosmans, Mattias Vos, Christophe Vanroelen and their co-authors, explores the mediating role of psychological experience of work precarity.
BRISPO at the Citizen Science Fair: gendered perceptions of safety in Brussels
BRISPO was present at the very first Citizen Science Fair, organised by Scivil, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the European Citizen Science project. It was a great success, even picked up for discussion in the European Parliament.
New article by Petrus te Braak (BRISPO–TOR): Social resonance of environmental messages
New article in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications explores why environmental messages resonate differently across groups.
New Publication: Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
The article by, inter alia, Mariska Bauwelinck, has just been published in "Environment International".
PhD public defence of Billie Martiniello
The PhD thesis is titled “Rather Christophe than Mustapha: Understanding and Responding to Ethnic Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market”.
How do elites navigate a supposedly 'meritocratic' world?
Find out in the latest episode of the Culture & Inequality Podcast with a guest-hosted Bryan Boyl from BRISPO.
Upcoming events
Practical info-6th Summer Institute in Urban Studies
The Summer Institute in Urban Studies provides an opportunity to investigate leading-edge theoretical and methodological questions, along with a range of associated career development issues, in the field of urban studies.
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