Research groups CHEGG: Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent CST: Central for Social Theory CuDOS: Cultural Diversity: Opportunities & Socialisation Hedera: Health and Demographic Research POS+ Participation, Opportunities, Structures All about research Education Bachelor's programmes Preparatory and linking programmes Master's programmes All about education Focus on 3 July 2026 Lisa Colman about her PhD research: “Medicalising Distress Unequally: Educational Stratification in Psychotropic Medication Use” On 2 July 2026, Lisa Colman defended her PhD, showing how educational inequalities shape psychotropic medication use beyond mental health needs, reflecting differences in access to care and treatment practices. News 22 May 2026 Siyuan Chen about his PhD research: "Born on Different Sides of the Line: Hukou Status and Health Inequalities during the Epidemiological Transition in China" 15 January 2026 Camille Wets about her PhD research: “Discursive power in practice - A qualitative study of general practitioners’ accounts of patients with a migration background and mental health problems” 10 October 2025 Francqui Chair 2024-2025: prof. dr. Pamala Wiepking 29 August 2025 When Birds Fly: A Silent Story of Belonging 18 July 2025 Esther Lermytte about her PhD research: “Childhood Vaccines, Parental Hesitancy: A Sociological Inquiry into the Relational and Socio-Cultural Dynamics Shaping Vaccine Hesitancy” More news