Oproep van de academische gemeenschap van VUB en ULB over de regularisatie van mensen zonder wettig verblijf
(version FR ci-dessous) Wij zijn onderzoekers, docenten en personeelsleden van de ULB en de VUB, de meesten onder ons actief, sommigen gepensioneerd. Wij zijn bijzonder bezorgd over het nieuws dat honderden mensen sinds zondag 23 mei in hongerstaking zijn gegaan op de campussen...
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PhD Defence- Wanda Van Hemelrijck
The public defense of the Ph.D. in Sociology by Wanda Van Hemelrijck will take place on Thursday, June 10 2021 at 14.30 hour. The PhD thesis is called “Cancer by Migrant Background in Belgium. A registry-based study on patterns and determinants”. Promotor: prof. Helga A.G.
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Taboe rond het verzamelen van etnische gegevens vervaagt
Ilke Adam over etnische statistieken in De Standaard
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BIRMM SPOTLIGHT: Whole-COMM
Laura Westerveen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Brussels School of Governance and Department of Political Science of the VUB. Laura, together with BIRMM Co-Director Ilke Adam, and Nick Schuermans are part of the BIRMM-VUB team participating in the new H2020 Whole-COMM project.
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BIRMM January - April 2021 Publications
DISCOVER OUR FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FROM January -April 2021 Adam, Ilke (Editor) ; D'Agostino, Serena (Editor) ; Schuermans, Nick (Editor) ; Adefioye, Tundé (Editor) ; Trauner, Florian (Editor). / Migration, Equality, Racism – 44 Opinions. VUBPRESS, 2021.
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VACANCY for a PhD researcher in migration policy research
Vacancy: PhD researcher for the Migration, Diversity and Justice Centre – Brussels School of Governance – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (100%) The Migration, Diversity and Justice (MDJ) centre at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), is calling for appli...
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SPOTLIGHT: "SHIFTING THE GAZE"
By Lisa Ahenkona Our project called Shifting The Gaze is part of the Other Talk program, a collaboration between 11.11.11 and Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen.
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Traumatised Newcomers: Towards a Society that Heals
BIRMM members, Lena Swinnen, Omar N Cham and Geertui Serneels's contribution to the BIRMM Book titled "Traumatised New Comers: Towards a Society that Heals" has been published on Mondiaal Nieuws. You can read the piece here
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New proposal for integration decree will further deepen the ethnic gap in Flanders.
Read our opinion on the current proposal for a new Flemish integration decree.
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Unity in Diversity: The Brussels Identity Glues Everyone Together
"Young people in Brussels feel most connected to Brussels, more than to Belgium, Flanders, Wallonia or the country of their roots" Petrus te Braak was interviewed on his contribution to 'Migration, Equality & Diversity', together with Laora Mastari, Hélène Lemblé and Gil K...
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Read Dirk Lafaut's interview on his PhD about care for undocumented migrants
BIRMM member Dirk Lafaut has successfully defended his PhD Dissertation titled “The ethics of bordering healthcare: A study on healthcare access of undocumented migrants in Brussels (Belgium)" on January 8th, 2021.
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The Migration Debate: How Fear of Overpopulation Is Being Used Against Humanity
BIRMM members, Patrick Deboosere and Soumaya Majdoub’s contribution to the BIRMM book titled “The Migration Debate: How Fear of Overpopulation Is Being Used Against Humanity” has been published on Knack. Read it here (in Dutch):
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