Physically distant but socially close: how to prevent (inequalities in) loneliness and social isolation in times of crisis? Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic - DistantButClose

"PREVENT TOO" Reducing social and life course inequalities in preventive practices: a comparative study of the effects of health and social policies

Understanding the stigma of mental health among ethnic minority and majority adolescents in secondary schools in Flanders: A mixed-methods study

A sociological enquiry into the social determinants of preventive healthcare practices: a European comparison

Doctoral project Andries Janse van Rensburg

Doctoral project Ángel Ramón Zapata Moya

Doctoral project Barbara Willems

Doctoral project Camille Wets

Doctoral project Cinthia Parraga Lema

Doctoral project Elise Pattyn

Doctoral project Lisa Colman

Doctoral project Rebecca Kawira Njue

Doctoral project Ricardo Ayala Valenzuela

Doctoral project Rizwan Abbas

Doctoral project Sarah Missinne

Doctoral project Shuangshuang Liu

Doctoral project Siyuan Chen

Maternal and reproductive health stigma of women living in a rural Punjabi-Pakistani community

Silent Struggles: Breast Cancer Survival in the Shadows of Adversity A Mixed Methods Study of the Experiences of Palestinian Women in the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestinian territory

Understanding the stigma of mental health among ethnic minority and majority adolescents in secondary schools in Flanders: A mixed methods study

Vaccination hesitancy and the health care system

A balance of stories: a contemporary narrative of the social construction of heterosexuality within black South African families

Blood giving in context: an institutional approach to analyzing blood donation and procurement

Doctoral project Anina Vercruyssen

Doctoral project Ann-Sophie Desmarets

Doctoral project Heidi Janssens

Doctoral project Joke Van Assche

Doctoral project Karel Desmet

Doctoral project Karen Vanderlinden

Doctoral project Lotta Van der Meulen

Doctoral project Martijn Huisman

Doctoral project Sarah Devos

'Linked lives' as a life course principle in shaping preventive practices.

The role of stigma and the social network in the context of chronic pain: A multi-method approach

The 'timing' as a life course principle in shaping loneliness experiences: life stage-specific loneliness experiences, a cross-cultural perspective.

A culturally-sensitive stigma survey among adolescents in Flanders: Understanding causes and consequences to tackle stigmatisation

Addressing vaccine hesitancy in Europe

A network approach on power processes in the governance of mental health care integration

An institutional approach to mental health and the mental health care use of unemployed people in Europe: Cross-national comparative research into the role of policies and social norms 

A time to care and to be cared for: the wellbeing of childbearing women and the organization of maternity care in a cross-national perspective

BOF-ZAP-sabbatical in sociology of health and illness

Divorce and separation in Flanders. An analysis of risk and enabling factors, consequences and policy implications

Divorce and separation in Flanders. Risk factors, consequences and policy implications

Education and mental health in an era of educational expansion.

Established professions in the new landscape of expert work: rethinking dominance, social inequalities and authority.

Gender and depression in Europe. Anlayzing gender differences in depression from a cross-national comparative perspective

Gender differences in depression: a comparison of European welfare states.

Gender differential patterns in the education gradient in health. A cohort study on the impact of the reversed gender gap in higher education.

Governing farm animal welfare: Understanding nature-society relations in interconnected scientific and farming practices

GRAY – Ghent University Research for “Aging Young”.

Later-life loneliness in Europe: a life-course and comparative study on the role of social and intergenerational mobility

Maternal health dynamics in a rural community of Punjab-Pakistan

Mental and Emotional Strain amongst Teens in South Punjab Pakistan: Causes and Consequences for Health, Stigma, and Counseling

Mental health care professionals and organizations, powerful an conscious agents in the stigma process?

Needs and Drivers of Health-Seeking Behaviours of Women in Complex Emergencies: What does it mean to be a breast cancer patient in the Gaza Strip?

Power dynamics and its influence on couples’ reproductive and mental health

Preventive health, mental health and a health sociological and social realist perspective

PSYNC: Working together for mental health

REMEDI – GPs’ recommendations to patients with mental health problems and diverse migration backgrounds

Socio-economic inequalities in preventive health care

Stigma and mental illness in a cross-national perspective

Stigma and mental illness in a cross-national perspective

Stigma as a barrier to the effectiveness of mental health care?

Stigma in a crosscultural perspective: the association between deinstitutionalization and stigma

Strengthening co-responsible elderly care in current Cuban context through gender equity mainstreaming and elder´s wellbeing.

Subjective well-being. Understanding of differences in subjective well-being: a description and explanation of difference sin subjective well-being in West-European welfare states

The social reproduction of preventive health behavior in Europe: societal transformations and fundamental social causes

The strengths of intergenerational ties in the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study

UGent @ Work

WAVE-2 of the multi-actor Panel Study Divorce in Flanders

Women and men in new families and professional care seeking: a social relational approach

Chronic pain, stigma, and invalidation: the contribution of mismatches between illness models of individuals with chronic pain and healthcare practitioners.

(De)constructing health news: a transdisciplinary investigation into news media coverage of elderly-related issues.

Does school social capital protect against loneliness in newly arrived minors? A mixed-method study in Flemish secondary schools providing reception programmes

Experiences of loneliness amongst newly-arrived adolescent migrants in Flanders: Creating more visibility and understanding

Fairness Theory and Culturally Responsive Counseling: Enhancing the Therapeutic Alliance in Cross-Cultural Therapy

Happy and Healthy aging in Ghent, an inspiration trajectory.

Refinements of social capital idea. Causes, processes and statistical methodological issues in social network analysis.

Tempted by food or dedicated to health: a cross-cultural investigation of eating goals and behavior.

Unspeakable@UGent

BOF-ZAP-sabbatical in sociology of health and illness

Opioid-related structural stigma in chronic pain management: An interdisciplinary investigation.