Please, check out our new discussion paper on the limits of the social determinants framework in social epidemiology and why we need to think in terms of structuration and not structures.
hsru.phisoc.ulb.be/en/news
Have a look at our new discussion paper on trade unions in Japan with very surprising results: union membership seems to have increased over the past 15 years!
with @alexbryson.bsky.social.
🇧🇪 New job offer for a 4-year PhD position on Assisted Dying at the @healthsociety.bsky.social in Brussels.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/395339
New article in @plosmedicine.bsky.social:
"Trends in assisted dying among patients with psychiatric disorders and dementia in Belgium: A health registry study"
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
New publication in BMC Public Health:
Incidence of reported cases of euthanasia adjusted for demographic composition: a study of ten years of Belgian administrative data (2014–2023)
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
With @healthsociety.bsky.social
Here's our second HSRU seminar:
@janemaddock.bsky.social was presenting her work "A target trial emulation of retirement and self-rated health and life satisfaction in the UK, US and Germany" at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AISW...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Alex Bryson, Ryo Kambayashi, Susumu Kuwahara, Akie Nakamura, and @jacqueswels.bsky.social examine trends in union density in Japan and how workforce composition has shaped its growth. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Marie Dauvrin, Céline Ricour (KCE),“Propositions for reinforcing and expanding the Belgian palliative care offer”
Yesterday's seminar on the state of palliative care in Belgium is now available on YouTube. Feel free to have a look. @ulbrecherche.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOs...
Another article, this time in The Conversation France on the rising number of euthanasia cases in Belgium.
Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ?
theconversation.com/augmentation...
📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: bit.ly/3Ekb2xh
Comment: Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument
via @ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
"Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument – new study"
Have a look at our @theconversationuk.bsky.social piece:
theconversation.com/belgiums-eut...
Check our new article in @jama.com network open if you want to know more about full trends (!) of Euthanasia in Belgium since the implementation of the law back in 2002.
In short: nothing alarming.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Have a look at our 2025-2026 seminars.
It's open, It's free, it's online.
hsru.phisoc.ulb.be/upcoming-sem...
Please find below the list of our HSRU seminars for the year 2025-26.
Online, open and Free to attend!
hsru.phisoc.ulb.be/upcoming-sem...
@ulbrecherche.bsky.social
hsru.phisoc.ulb.be
Our research unit, the Health & Society Research Unit, website is online!
Please, follow us on Youtube to check our future seminars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFLI...
