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 BRISPO Blog Post: Fieldnotes from ISA 2025
A Reflection from Tulya Su Guven and Fatima Silpagar from the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat.
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.
New paper on medical decision-making among patients with a migration background
The article "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: a focus group study" by, among others, Amina Yakhlaf and Veerle Buffel, was published in "Archives of Public Health".
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”.
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 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.
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.
New paper on job quality in a hyper-flexible labor market [in Dutch]
New forms of employment like platform gigs, freelance, and on-call jobs are reshaping the concept of ‘job quality’. Are we ready to measure job quality in this new era of hyper-flexibilisation?
New Publication onEvaluating the Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling
A recent publication “Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling of Belgian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Process Evaluation” co-authored by, among others, Veerle Buffel and Philippe Bos in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Is het waar dat werkgevers sollicitanten met een vreemde naam discrimineren?
We nodigen je uit om te luisteren naar de podcast met prof. Eva Van Belle.
Top photo: Alex Wasey
