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    Lisa Colman 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.

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    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”
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