The INEQKILL conference is on-site only and will take place at the Université Catholique de Louvain on 18-20/11/2026.
Health inequalities are among the most persistent and consequential forms of social inequality. Shaped by long-term historical trajectories, spatial structures, and socio-economic transformations, they have produced uneven health outcomes across regions, social groups, and historical periods. From pre-industrial mortality regimes to contemporary health transitions, these disparities have been influenced by colonial legacies, institutional arrangements, environmental conditions, and evolving demographic and epidemiological regimes.
Today, health inequalities remain deeply embedded in broader processes of social stratification and development. Their persistence has gained renewed urgency amid environmental pressures, geopolitical instability, and the long-term consequences of recent global health crises. In many contexts, health inequalities are widening within and between societies, while advances in historical data reconstruction, harmonized measures, and spatially refined methods now enable more precise analysis across time and space.
Details
- Hosting institution: Université catholique de Louvain [on-site only]
- Organizing institutions: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, Université catholique de Louvain
- Conference language: English.
- Scientific committee: Sylvie Gadeyne, Isabelle Devos, Thierry Eggerickx, Sophie Vanwambeke, Philippe Bocquier, Caterina Mauri, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Catherine Linard.
- Session chairs and invited speakers: Sean Clouston (Stony Brook Medicine), Patrick Deboosere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Myriam Khlat (French Institute for Demographic Studies), Bruce Link (University of California, Riverside), Wilma Nusselder (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Michel Oris (Université de Genève), Alice Reid (Cambridge University).
Contact:
Centre de recherche en démographie (DEMO)
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain),
1 Place Montesquieu, box L2.08.03,
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Tel. +32 10 47 26 17
quetelet-seminar@uclouvain.be
www.uclouvain.be/demo
