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 10 October 2025 Francqui Chair 2024-2025: prof. dr. Pamala Wiepking The prestigious Francqui Chair at Ghent University was granted to sociologist Pamala Wiepking. News 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 PhD defenses Dec 11 Discursive power in practice - A qualitative study of general practitioners’ accounts of patients with a migration background and mental health problems Wets, Camille All PhD defenses