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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 6h

📢 New PhD opportunity in DEMO! Focus on #climate change, environmental exposures and population dynamics, with particular attention to health, #demographic outcomes and social inequalities. Further details: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... Submit your application: surveys.uclouvain.be/index.php/91...

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INEQKILL Research Project @ineqkill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us in Louvain-la-Neuve, 18–20 November for the Joint INEQKILL & Quetelet Conference: “How Inequality Kills”. Exploring health inequalities across time, space and social groups. 📍 UCLouvain 📅 18–20 November 2026 Register: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... #HealthInequalities #Demography #INEQKILL

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Chaire Quetelet 2026

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Proud to be part of this special issue of Space Populations & Societies, dedicated to #Mobility Trajectories and Life Courses!

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🔎Most refugees leave their reception municipality shortly after protection. 🔎Refugees in collective reception centres are more likely to move than those not living in a reception facility. 🔎Longer asylum procedures are associated with lower hazards of internal migration after protection.

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Mireille Le Guen @mireilleleguen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Glad to present the logo of my project 3CoBe (MIS-FNRS), which aims to analyse contraceptive cost coverage policies in Belgium. More info here: uclouvain.be/en/cirfase/c...

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#MeetDEMOmembers Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003. His main research interests include: 🔎(male) #fertility across the globe 🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🔎 Moving away from the initially assigned location is generally associated with a faster transition into first employment.

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🔎 Being initially accommodated in state-provided reception facilities is positively associated with entering #employment after the asylum procedure. 🔎 Early residence in a more favourable local economic context supports labour market insertion.

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies) Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.

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Between residential and economic settlement: internal migration and employment of asylum migrants in Belgium

Reception and integration of asylum migrants remain central challenges for receiving countries, as early settlement experiences are notably shaped by reception policies. Still, existing research on...

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🌞On Monday, DEMO members participated in a one-day retreat. This was an opportunity to reflect on our work-life balance & our team dynamics. With a picnic in the woods at the end of the day, it was also an opportunity to share informal moments together before closing the summer break.

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Turning their backs to exams marking waiting for them back in Belgium! Safe travels, can't wait to hear your stories from Bologna😉

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Mireille Le Guen @mireilleleguen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Je recrute un·e doctorant·e en sciences sociales pour mon projet MIS-FNRS 3CoBe 🎓 Objectif : collecter et analyser les trajectoires contraceptives des femmes en Belgique 🇧🇪 Intéressé·e ? Postulez ici 👇 #PhD #SciencesSociales #JusticeReproductive

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Chercheur·euse doctorant·e en sciences sociales projet 3CoBe

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#EPC2026 is fast approaching! Many DEMO members will participate this year. Here's a summary of when & where to find us! Safe travels & see you in Bologna 😎☀️

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Our colleague Alice Rees @ayrees.bsky.social is attending the #INVESTConference 2026 in Turku this week. Tomorrow, she will present joint work with Marika Jalovaara on life-course trajectories of partnership, income, residential independence & #childlessness in 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇧🇪 Belgium.

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Only a few days left to submit your abstract for the 2026 #QueteletSeminar! 📆Deadline this Friday ⏩Read the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📢CALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies. ⏬More details

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for this semester! (Starting again tomorrow 🎉) Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Next week, our colleague Hequn Wang will kickstart this semester's #LunchSeminar, presenting on healthcare disruption among older Europeans during COVID-19 "Family ties influenced the likelihood of having treatments postponed or denied" 📆 03/02 at 1pm 🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📢JOB OFFER Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO. 🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708 📆Deadline: 15/02

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Demography, Center for Demographic Research (DEMO), Louvain University, Belgium

The Centre for Demographic Research (DEMO) at UCLouvain invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral fellowship (2 years) within the research project “Climate change-related mortality in differen...

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Save the date! 📆Le 11/12, je ferai une présentation au forum sur les enjeux démographiques et l'inclusion socio-économique des migrants en Wallonie, organisé par le CRI Centre & Wapi. 📍 Place Mansart 21, 7100 La Louvière 👉 Participation gratuite, inscription obligatoire: lnkd.in/evY7aJ2k

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎥A day in the life of a demographer Last week was busy for DEMO members, with the organisation of our annual #QueteletSeminar & participation of our colleagues in 2 conferences in Antwerp (EAPS WG Register-Based Fertility research) & Vienna ( #WIC2025) Discover the aftermovie of this packed week!

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Sad to miss the #QueteletSeminar this year, but happy to be in Vienna instead to attend & present at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference! #WiCVienna

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The #QueteletSeminar is happening in 1 month! 3 days dedicated to measuring, understanding & explaining in #demography 📆Nov, 19-21 📍Louvain-la-Neuve, BE 📑Program: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi... ⏩Registration: uclouvain.odoo.com/en_US/event/...

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Chaire Quetelet 2025

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🚨New Tenure Position! We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium. Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca... Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025 #job #tenure

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Congrats to my bestie @ayrees.bsky.social for this new working paper from her thesis (+ they used a very cool method aka multichannel sequence analysis!) Go read!

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It's time for a 🆕#MeetDEMOmembers thread! Today, meet Didier Ndombe Mbombo. Didier has extensive experience in research projects in community & public health assessment. He is currently pursuing a PhD at DEMO.

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for the upcoming months! Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In “Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa,” Menashe-Oren uses HDSS data from 5 countries to examine tied & independent child migration, finding that most first out-migrations are indeed tied but some are related to death or mother’s migration history. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The first paper of my PhD research is out! Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants. Read more ⏬

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Very glad to share my work at the annual #IMISCOE conference this week, especially having a 20-minute talk! Curious to know more about the impact of reception policies on labour market integration of asylum migrants? Join session 36 today at 14:50!

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🔋Next Tuesday, our #LunchSeminar will be about #inequalities in 🇧🇪 Belgium's energy #transition. Rafael Costa will be there to present his work at the Belgian Federal Planning Bureau. 📆10/06 at 1pm 🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📆Our next #LunchSeminar is already next week! On Tuesday, Julia Descamps ( @julia-descamps.bsky.social ) will present her work on legal trajectories and professionnal paths among #immigrants in France 🇫🇷 using TeO2 survey data. ⏩13/05 at 1pm 🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📢Next Tuesday, we'll have a special #LunchSeminar session! Elma Laguna, from the Philippines, is giving a presentation on the prospects & challenges on demographic and health research, reflecting on the termination of #DHS program ⏩06/05 at 1pm 🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

📊This year's edition of the #QueteletSeminar will focus on Measuring, Understanding and Explaining #Demography. We welcome contributions on 5 key areas: #data, #methods, #theorizing, emerging themes and future challenges in demography. Read the call for papers ⏬⏬

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🔎Find out more about the 2025 Quetelet Seminar and the call for papers: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... 📆Deadline for paper submissions: May 15 📍Conference: November 19-20 in Louvain-la-Neuve 🇧🇪

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Chaire Quetelet 2025 | Université catholique de Louvain

Institut d'analyse du changement dans l'histoire et les sociétés contemporaines

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

😊Next week, I'll be presenting on economic and residential settlement among #asylum migrants in Belgium. This work is part of my thesis on internal #migrations of asylum seekers and the interactions with various aspects of their life course. Join us online or on site in Louvain-la-Neuve ⏬

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📢If you are attending #PAA this week, do not miss Chaimae's presentation, entitled "Patterns of Childlessness: A Comparative Study Across Countries, Gender, Time, and Data Sources." She conducted this research with Bruno Schoumaker (@brunoschoumaker.bsky.social)

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

♀️In honor of the International Day for #Women'sRights, we'd like to highlight the great work done by female researchers at DEMO. Here's few of their latest publications ⏬

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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

😍Proud of my dear friend and colleague @ayrees.bsky.social for the publication of her first paper related to her thesis on #childlessness in Finland and Belgium

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Philippe Bocquier @phbocquier.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The #QueteletJournal invites #population scientists to submit an abstract for the Demog-Crazy 2025 Award by April 2025. More info: ⬇️ ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...

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Demog-Crazy Award | Quetelet Journal

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