On September 30th, 2024, Emmanuel Idohou successfully defended his PhD on "Under-5 mortality in a migratory context: the case of France and Belgium". Congratulations Emmanuel!! Abstract In immigration countries, the integration of immigrants is an ongoing debate. The health of immigrants and their children born in the host country emerges…
The second advisory board meeting of the INEQKILL research project was held recently, and it proved to be a very productive session! The meeting showcased the collaborative spirit and dedication of all involved. We appreciate the advisory board members for their valuable insights and feedback, which will undoubtedly help us…
INEQKILL members Sylvie, Janna, and Audrey succesfully presented their research findings at the European Population Conference. The conference, organized by the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) in collaboration with the University of St Andrews (United Kingdom), took place in the historic city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from June 12th to…
On May, 2nd INEQKILL members Caterina, Isabelle, Lise, Marina, Janna, and Philippe were happy to partake in the kick-off meeting of "The Great Leap" at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. Find out more about the Great Leap and watch the poster we presented about INEQKILL!
INEQKILL-researchers Janna Dinneweth and Sylvie Gadeyne investigate the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases in this new publication. Discover what they found out. Abstract The article looks at the impact of income and education on dementia, parkinsonism, and motor neuron diseases (MNDs) calculating age-standardized mortality rates…
INEQKILL researcher Audrey Plavsic won the award for best presentation with her presentation on suicide in Belgium from the 19th to 20th century on the 15th Conference of Young Demographers in Prague . Many congratulations, Audrey!
Is death the great leveller of inequality? Or are we unequal in death as well? This question forms the centre of the article in APACHE Magazine about INEQKILL's research into the mechanisms that cause inequalities in mortality. In the article our researchers Sylvie Gadeyne, Isabelle Devos and Thierry Eggerickx explain…
The INEQKILL-researchers will use data from the S.O.S. Antwerpen citizen science project. S.O.S. Antwerpen gathered data of the Antwerp cause-of-death registers from 1820 to 1946. The project did so with the help of citizen scientists. INEQKILL-members Isabelle Devos and Sarah Heynssens, together with Angelique Janssens from the Amsterdam causes of…
The S.O.S. Antwerp team, with INEQKILL members Isabelle Devos, Sven Vrielinck and Sarah Heynssens, was awarded the Annual Prize for Science Communication by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium on November 14th for its creative and accessible way of communicating about science to the public. The S.O.S. Antwerp citizen science…
The first INEQKILL advisory board meeting was held on 22 September 2023. The advisory board consists of nine international experts who will provide guidance and strategic advice to the INEQKILL team. We were honored to welcome them to Brussels and present them with our research objectives and preliminary results. Coördinator Sylvie…