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Demography

Demography is about you, me, about us. It is about our lives, and about how we make sense of our lives. We are born, grow up, develop relationships and sometimes split up again, have children or do not have them, we move between places, sometimes between continents, we age, healthily or not, and then we die. The life course approach is central to the research of the Population Research Centre and also to our teaching. We study the events that take place during our lives against the background of the socio-cultural and spatial context, and are interested in their consequences for well-being.

Contact via secretaries Mirjam Berghuis and Eliza van der Ploeg

prof. dr. ir. H.H. (Hinke) Haisma
Function
Prof Child Nutrition and Population Health, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Head of Dept Demography
Expertise
Child nutrition, Global Health, Capability Approach, Inequalities
M. (Mirjam ) Berghuis
Function
Management Assistant Demography
E.S. (Eliza) van der Ploeg
Function
Management Assistant
S.A. (Stephen) Adaawen, Dr
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise
Migration, Demography, Climate/Environmental Change, Remittances, Rural Development, Migration Governance
dr. B. (Billie) de Haas
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise
Sexuality education; reproductive autonomy and decision-making, sexual and reproductive health and rights; qualitative research; Uganda
prof. dr. F. (Fanny) Janssen
Function
Honorary Professor "Mortality and Longevity" (Faculty of Spatial Sciences) & Grant Proposal Trainer (University Services)
Expertise
mortality, ageing, mortality forecasting, health determinants, lifestyle, smoking, sex and  country differences
T.A. (Thomas) Lowe, MSc
Expertise
Qualitative research methods
Health Geography
Older adult mobility experiences
prof. dr. L.B. (Louise) Meijering
Function
Professor in Health Geography
Expertise
Themes: place attachment, home-making, well-being, mobility, health literacy
Target groups: older adults, stroke survivors 
Methodology: qualitative research, participatory approach, geographical analyses (GIS)
prof. dr. C.H. (Clara) Mulder
Function
Professor of Demography
Expertise
Internal migration, residential mobility, households, family relations
A.P.P. (Adrien) Remund, Dr
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise
mortality, health, migration, historical demography, young adults
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Honorary Professor of Migration and the life course
Expertise
International migration, demographic characteristics and behaviour of migrant populations, family formation, intergenerational relationships
dr. R. (Roselinde) van der Wiel
Function
Assistant Professor Social Demography
Expertise
Family demography
prof. dr. L.J.G. (Leo) van Wissen
Function
Professor Economic Demography

PhDs

M.A. (Mark) Aviisah
Function
PhD student
Expertise
Qualitative & quantitative research; Population health; Ageing; Older adult health & well-being
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Function
PhD student
B.J. (Bart) Roelofs
Expertise
Health geography; GIS
Z. (Zeinab) Sattari Najafabadi, MSc
Function
Data steward
Expertise
Health geography
Mobility
Data management
M.A.J. (Marieke) de Sévaux
Function
PhD Candidate Public Health Department (Global Health unit)
Expertise
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF), Child Health, Global Health
J.A.K. (Jonne) Thomassen
Function
PhD researcher
Expertise
Demography; family demography; internal migration; immobility; staying behaviour; intergenerational relationships
A. (Abigail) Tun Mendicuti, MSc
Function
PhD Student
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Function
PhD student
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