Population Research Centre Groningen
@popresgroningen.bsky.social
We are the Population Research Center, part of @frw-rug.bsky.social and @unigroningen.bsky.social
Here you'll find news on our research, education, and other activities!
www.rug.nl/research/ursi/prc/
Here you'll find news on our research, education, and other activities!
www.rug.nl/research/ursi/prc/
Spooky news from PRC! Our colleague Rolando won 3rd prize in our university’s newspaper UKrant Halloween horror story contest! 👻 His tale “This story was NOT written with AI” awaits… if you dare! Wait for the animation, then pick story #3
👉 ukrant.nl/magazine/spo...
👉 ukrant.nl/magazine/spo...
Spooky tales for Halloween: the winners of the UKrant writing competition
UKrant received around forty-five submissions for its horror-story writing competition. Here are the three winning stories.
ukrant.nl
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spooky news from PRC! Our colleague Rolando won 3rd prize in our university’s newspaper UKrant Halloween horror story contest! 👻 His tale “This story was NOT written with AI” awaits… if you dare! Wait for the animation, then pick story #3
👉 ukrant.nl/magazine/spo...
👉 ukrant.nl/magazine/spo...
🎃 Meet Reviewer #2, visiting our department this Halloween! He’s here to scold our papers, question our methods, and whisper “major revisions” in the dark 👻
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎃 Meet Reviewer #2, visiting our department this Halloween! He’s here to scold our papers, question our methods, and whisper “major revisions” in the dark 👻
Call for presenters!
The “Linking Research, Policy & Practice” event unites young researchers, policymakers & practitioners in SRHR & global health 🌍
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Proud that our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social is on the organizing team!
The “Linking Research, Policy & Practice” event unites young researchers, policymakers & practitioners in SRHR & global health 🌍
🔗 share-eu1.hsforms.com/1HwKM_h9ZRAW...
Proud that our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social is on the organizing team!
October 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Call for presenters!
The “Linking Research, Policy & Practice” event unites young researchers, policymakers & practitioners in SRHR & global health 🌍
🔗 share-eu1.hsforms.com/1HwKM_h9ZRAW...
Proud that our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social is on the organizing team!
The “Linking Research, Policy & Practice” event unites young researchers, policymakers & practitioners in SRHR & global health 🌍
🔗 share-eu1.hsforms.com/1HwKM_h9ZRAW...
Proud that our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social is on the organizing team!
We're hiring!🔔
Roselinde van der Wiel & Matthijs Kalmijn are looking for a PhD researcher for a project on how #jointphysicalcustody arrangements after separation shape—and are shaped by—parents’ #spatialmobility and #repartnering
‼️Interested? Apply before October 20th!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Roselinde van der Wiel & Matthijs Kalmijn are looking for a PhD researcher for a project on how #jointphysicalcustody arrangements after separation shape—and are shaped by—parents’ #spatialmobility and #repartnering
‼️Interested? Apply before October 20th!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We're hiring!🔔
Roselinde van der Wiel & Matthijs Kalmijn are looking for a PhD researcher for a project on how #jointphysicalcustody arrangements after separation shape—and are shaped by—parents’ #spatialmobility and #repartnering
‼️Interested? Apply before October 20th!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Roselinde van der Wiel & Matthijs Kalmijn are looking for a PhD researcher for a project on how #jointphysicalcustody arrangements after separation shape—and are shaped by—parents’ #spatialmobility and #repartnering
‼️Interested? Apply before October 20th!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
📚💡 Our colleague Rolando Gonzales Martinez just published ULTRA: a dive into dystopian AI nightmares and utopian dreams. While different from our population research focus, it raises questions about intelligence, technology, and what it means to be human.
👉 books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
👉 books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
Ultra: Dystopian Nightmares and Utopian Dreams of Artificial Intelligence
| University of Groningen Press
books.ugp.rug.nl
October 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📚💡 Our colleague Rolando Gonzales Martinez just published ULTRA: a dive into dystopian AI nightmares and utopian dreams. While different from our population research focus, it raises questions about intelligence, technology, and what it means to be human.
👉 books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
👉 books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
Last Monday, we welcomed #censusmanagement expert Bart de Bruijn! He gave a very interesting guest lecture on his experience in advising dozens of countries from the #GlobalSouth in the best way to organise their censuses🌍📖
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Last Monday, we welcomed #censusmanagement expert Bart de Bruijn! He gave a very interesting guest lecture on his experience in advising dozens of countries from the #GlobalSouth in the best way to organise their censuses🌍📖
Our Master Population Studies students visited the Municipality of Groningen's research department (OIS) as part of the course Demographic Data and Analysis 🌍📊 They learned how research informs policy through surveys, panel studies, CBS microdata, and PowerBI dashboards. Thank you OIS!
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our Master Population Studies students visited the Municipality of Groningen's research department (OIS) as part of the course Demographic Data and Analysis 🌍📊 They learned how research informs policy through surveys, panel studies, CBS microdata, and PowerBI dashboards. Thank you OIS!
✨Gezocht:✨ Onderzoeksmedewerker (0,3 fte) bij de @frw-rug.bsky.social ! Werk mee aan het project 'Een thuis voor Home & Place Making: methodiek & trainingen implementeren voor mensen met niet-aangeboren hersenletsel'.
📅 Solliciteren kan tot 28 sept.
Meer info & eisen 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
📅 Solliciteren kan tot 28 sept.
Meer info & eisen 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
September 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
✨Gezocht:✨ Onderzoeksmedewerker (0,3 fte) bij de @frw-rug.bsky.social ! Werk mee aan het project 'Een thuis voor Home & Place Making: methodiek & trainingen implementeren voor mensen met niet-aangeboren hersenletsel'.
📅 Solliciteren kan tot 28 sept.
Meer info & eisen 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
📅 Solliciteren kan tot 28 sept.
Meer info & eisen 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Last week, our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social joined the talk “Wil ik een kind?” at Forum Groningen. She shared her insights on what shapes couples' choices about having kids today. Really interesting discussion on personal decisions, power dynamics, and societal trends!
Photo by: Ykka de Jong
Photo by: Ykka de Jong
September 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Last week, our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social joined the talk “Wil ik een kind?” at Forum Groningen. She shared her insights on what shapes couples' choices about having kids today. Really interesting discussion on personal decisions, power dynamics, and societal trends!
Photo by: Ykka de Jong
Photo by: Ykka de Jong
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Vanavond in het Forum in Groningen: Wil ik een kind? Waar onder andere Billie de Haas de normen en aannames rondom een kinderwens onder de loep neemt
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
Wil ik een kind?
forum.nl
September 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Vanavond in het Forum in Groningen: Wil ik een kind? Waar onder andere Billie de Haas de normen en aannames rondom een kinderwens onder de loep neemt
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
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Join us for the European Researchers' Night 2025 in Forum Groningen 🙌
Everybody is welcome, whether you are a researcher, student or just interested in all kinds of science 🧪
Get your tickets now 🎟️
forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...
Everybody is welcome, whether you are a researcher, student or just interested in all kinds of science 🧪
Get your tickets now 🎟️
forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Join us for the European Researchers' Night 2025 in Forum Groningen 🙌
Everybody is welcome, whether you are a researcher, student or just interested in all kinds of science 🧪
Get your tickets now 🎟️
forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...
Everybody is welcome, whether you are a researcher, student or just interested in all kinds of science 🧪
Get your tickets now 🎟️
forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...
Our colleague Rolando Gonzalez Martinez has received a grant from the Jantina Tammes School to develop "Lines of Tension: Human-AI Co-Creation or Antagonism?"🎉
He will present this #art & #AI project at the upcoming European Researchers’ Night 2025 @ Forum Groningen, Sept 26!🎨💻
He will present this #art & #AI project at the upcoming European Researchers’ Night 2025 @ Forum Groningen, Sept 26!🎨💻
September 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The NWO recently funded the €3.8M BEAT Project (Building Equitable Accessibility Together)! Louise Meijering leads the #Geographies of #Inclusivity work package, with Farzaneh Bahrami & Bettina van Hoven, focusing on the everyday #barriers that quietly undermine #accessibility
tinyurl.com/3jzdp2da
tinyurl.com/3jzdp2da
Misparked Bikes and Broken Elevators: €3.8M Research Project Boosts Accessibility in Dutch Cities
As society ages and climate change advances, cities are increasingly failing to meet accessibility needs. In a project led by UvA and funded by NWO, Dutch municipalities, accessibility experts, and scholars are joining forces to explore a radically new approach to inclusive city making. Grounded in people’s lived experiences and powered by AI, design, and policy.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The NWO recently funded the €3.8M BEAT Project (Building Equitable Accessibility Together)! Louise Meijering leads the #Geographies of #Inclusivity work package, with Farzaneh Bahrami & Bettina van Hoven, focusing on the everyday #barriers that quietly undermine #accessibility
tinyurl.com/3jzdp2da
tinyurl.com/3jzdp2da
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An assistant professor position in Tilburg, in the sociology of social inequalities.
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
www.academictransfer.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An assistant professor position in Tilburg, in the sociology of social inequalities.
Reposted by Population Research Centre Groningen
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
www.academictransfer.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
This Wednesday, our colleague Billie de Haas will be at the #Forum in #Groningen to discuss her research on conversations around couples' desires of having children & her card game (hetkinderspel.nl) that helps couples in their decision process👶🧩
🕑20:00 - 21:30 (in Dutch)
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
🕑20:00 - 21:30 (in Dutch)
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
Wil ik een kind?
forum.nl
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This Wednesday, our colleague Billie de Haas will be at the #Forum in #Groningen to discuss her research on conversations around couples' desires of having children & her card game (hetkinderspel.nl) that helps couples in their decision process👶🧩
🕑20:00 - 21:30 (in Dutch)
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
🕑20:00 - 21:30 (in Dutch)
forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...
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🔊 We’re looking for researchers working on migration at universities, research institutes, and think-tanks in Africa and Europe.
👉 We’re conducting a study to understand how researchers think about the drivers of international migration.
📋 Take the survey here: mpcsurveys.limesurvey.net/acd
👉 We’re conducting a study to understand how researchers think about the drivers of international migration.
📋 Take the survey here: mpcsurveys.limesurvey.net/acd
September 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🔊 We’re looking for researchers working on migration at universities, research institutes, and think-tanks in Africa and Europe.
👉 We’re conducting a study to understand how researchers think about the drivers of international migration.
📋 Take the survey here: mpcsurveys.limesurvey.net/acd
👉 We’re conducting a study to understand how researchers think about the drivers of international migration.
📋 Take the survey here: mpcsurveys.limesurvey.net/acd
🆕 New paper by our colleague Rolando Gonzales Martinez in Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics! 🔎 He introduces a nonlinear morphogenetic model of fertility shifts, linking micro- and macro-level patterns—grounded in our “oliebollen theory.” 🍩
📄👉 doi.org/10.1515/snde...
📄👉 doi.org/10.1515/snde...
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🆕 New paper by our colleague Rolando Gonzales Martinez in Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics! 🔎 He introduces a nonlinear morphogenetic model of fertility shifts, linking micro- and macro-level patterns—grounded in our “oliebollen theory.” 🍩
📄👉 doi.org/10.1515/snde...
📄👉 doi.org/10.1515/snde...
📄 New article! Our colleague Clara Mulder, together with Niels Kooiman, wrote in Demos (Aug 29, 2025) that while living closer to family can matter, care needs hardly influence moving—neither for adult children nor for older adults.
🔗 In Dutch: nidi.nl/demos/zorgbe...
🔗 In Dutch: nidi.nl/demos/zorgbe...
Zorgbehoefte van ouderen speelt nauwelijks rol bij verhuizen om dichterbij familie te wonen - NIDI
Wie gaat er dichter bij de ouders wonen als hun ouderdom met gebreken komt? En wie van de ouderen gaat juist in de buurt van de kinderen wonen? Op basis van nieuwe data over wonen en verhuizen laten w...
nidi.nl
September 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
📄 New article! Our colleague Clara Mulder, together with Niels Kooiman, wrote in Demos (Aug 29, 2025) that while living closer to family can matter, care needs hardly influence moving—neither for adult children nor for older adults.
🔗 In Dutch: nidi.nl/demos/zorgbe...
🔗 In Dutch: nidi.nl/demos/zorgbe...
At the #IUNS-ICN2025 conference in Paris 🇫🇷, Hinke Haisma & Rolando Gonzales Martinez spoke on “Health, Nutrition, and the Ethics of Leaving no Child Behind in a World Shaped by Wars and Climate Change.” 🌍 The symposium highlighted justice-oriented strategies for resilient child #nutrition & growth.
September 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
At the #IUNS-ICN2025 conference in Paris 🇫🇷, Hinke Haisma & Rolando Gonzales Martinez spoke on “Health, Nutrition, and the Ethics of Leaving no Child Behind in a World Shaped by Wars and Climate Change.” 🌍 The symposium highlighted justice-oriented strategies for resilient child #nutrition & growth.
New academic year, Le-Go! 🧱👩🏽🎓 Our research master student, Kate Lehane, is building a Lego Serious Play workshop for our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social’s qualitative research course.
Being a student-assistant at the PRC means having all the right pieces in your skill set! ✨ #BuildingKnowledge
Being a student-assistant at the PRC means having all the right pieces in your skill set! ✨ #BuildingKnowledge
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New academic year, Le-Go! 🧱👩🏽🎓 Our research master student, Kate Lehane, is building a Lego Serious Play workshop for our colleague @billiedehaas.bsky.social’s qualitative research course.
Being a student-assistant at the PRC means having all the right pieces in your skill set! ✨ #BuildingKnowledge
Being a student-assistant at the PRC means having all the right pieces in your skill set! ✨ #BuildingKnowledge
🏆 Call for nominations! The Christiaan Eijkman Award honors outstanding researchers in the field of global health.
Know someone who deserves recognition? Submit your nomination by 15 September.
🔗 www.kit.nl/news/the-chr...
#GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthResearch #ChristiaanEijkmanAward #KIT
Know someone who deserves recognition? Submit your nomination by 15 September.
🔗 www.kit.nl/news/the-chr...
#GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthResearch #ChristiaanEijkmanAward #KIT
The Christiaan Eijkman Award is now accepting nominations - KIT
The Christiaan Eijkman medal is awarded to researchers who carry out innovative and critical research in the field of Global Health. Candidates can nominate themselves or be nominated by colleagues. P...
www.kit.nl
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🏆 Call for nominations! The Christiaan Eijkman Award honors outstanding researchers in the field of global health.
Know someone who deserves recognition? Submit your nomination by 15 September.
🔗 www.kit.nl/news/the-chr...
#GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthResearch #ChristiaanEijkmanAward #KIT
Know someone who deserves recognition? Submit your nomination by 15 September.
🔗 www.kit.nl/news/the-chr...
#GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthResearch #ChristiaanEijkmanAward #KIT
Last week we received wonderful news from our former PhD candidate Lara Bister: her thesis at the Population Research Center, University of Groningen, supervised by Fanny Janssen & Tobias Vogt, was awarded the German Thesis Award 2025! 🎉
📰🔗👉 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
📰🔗👉 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
MPIDR - Lara Bister receives German Thesis Award
Lara Bister received the first prize in the social sciences section of the Körber Foundation's German Thesis Award for her doctoral thesis on economic crises and health, with a focus on the long-term ...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Last week we received wonderful news from our former PhD candidate Lara Bister: her thesis at the Population Research Center, University of Groningen, supervised by Fanny Janssen & Tobias Vogt, was awarded the German Thesis Award 2025! 🎉
📰🔗👉 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
📰🔗👉 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
🔔 Published in the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2025:
Leo van Wissen & Becky Arnold examine recent urbanisation trends in Europe and the role of migration in shaping population change.
Read the full article here: austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...
#migration #populationdynamics
Leo van Wissen & Becky Arnold examine recent urbanisation trends in Europe and the role of migration in shaping population change.
Read the full article here: austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...
#migration #populationdynamics
August 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🔔 Published in the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2025:
Leo van Wissen & Becky Arnold examine recent urbanisation trends in Europe and the role of migration in shaping population change.
Read the full article here: austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...
#migration #populationdynamics
Leo van Wissen & Becky Arnold examine recent urbanisation trends in Europe and the role of migration in shaping population change.
Read the full article here: austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...
#migration #populationdynamics