The Quetelet Centre for Quantitative Historical Research is an interfaculty and interdisciplinary service centre. We offer advice and expertise on the use of historical data that can be studied in figures or on maps. Our staff and affiliated researchers come from the disciplines of history, geography, sociology, economics and political science. We combine expertise in socio-economic history, demography, rural history, world history, gender studies, life course analysis, economic systems, local politics, judicial statistics, cartography and GIS.

The Quetelet Centre promotes the use of historical datasets created at Ghent University. These datasets include both large-scale data infrastructures developed on a project basis (LOKSTAT, POPPKAD, HISSTER & STREAM) and thematic databases resulting from doctoral research. Using cartographic and statistical tools, we create maps, graphs and tables tailored to specific research questions.

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