Natacha Zimmer
@natachazimmer.bsky.social
PhD candidate in demography, working on internal migration trajectories of asylum migrants in Belgium.
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Join us in Louvain-la-Neuve, 18–20 November for the Joint INEQKILL & Quetelet Conference: “How Inequality Kills”.
Exploring health inequalities across time, space and social groups.
📍 UCLouvain
📅 18–20 November 2026
Register: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...
#HealthInequalities #Demography #INEQKILL
Exploring health inequalities across time, space and social groups.
📍 UCLouvain
📅 18–20 November 2026
Register: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...
#HealthInequalities #Demography #INEQKILL
Chaire Quetelet 2026
Inscrivez-vous ici !Register here!
uclouvain.be
September 16, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Join us in Louvain-la-Neuve, 18–20 November for the Joint INEQKILL & Quetelet Conference: “How Inequality Kills”.
Exploring health inequalities across time, space and social groups.
📍 UCLouvain
📅 18–20 November 2026
Register: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...
#HealthInequalities #Demography #INEQKILL
Exploring health inequalities across time, space and social groups.
📍 UCLouvain
📅 18–20 November 2026
Register: uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...
#HealthInequalities #Demography #INEQKILL
New paper from my PhD!
I investigate the internal migration of recognised #refugees in Belgium and how it relates to the reception system and the duration of asylum procedures.
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.4000/16pdq
I investigate the internal migration of recognised #refugees in Belgium and how it relates to the reception system and the duration of asylum procedures.
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.4000/16pdq
Navigating through Reception Network and Asylum Procedures: Interna...
1. Introduction Administrative procedures, reception policies, and residence permits shape the integration processes of immigrants in destination countries, particularly among asylum-seeking migran...
doi.org
September 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
New paper from my PhD!
I investigate the internal migration of recognised #refugees in Belgium and how it relates to the reception system and the duration of asylum procedures.
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.4000/16pdq
I investigate the internal migration of recognised #refugees in Belgium and how it relates to the reception system and the duration of asylum procedures.
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.4000/16pdq
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Glad to present the logo of my project 3CoBe (MIS-FNRS), which aims to analyse contraceptive cost coverage policies in Belgium.
More info here: uclouvain.be/en/cirfase/c...
More info here: uclouvain.be/en/cirfase/c...
September 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Glad to present the logo of my project 3CoBe (MIS-FNRS), which aims to analyse contraceptive cost coverage policies in Belgium.
More info here: uclouvain.be/en/cirfase/c...
More info here: uclouvain.be/en/cirfase/c...
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#MeetDEMOmembers
Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003.
His main research interests include:
🔎(male) #fertility across the globe
🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)
Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003.
His main research interests include:
🔎(male) #fertility across the globe
🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)
July 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM
#MeetDEMOmembers
Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003.
His main research interests include:
🔎(male) #fertility across the globe
🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)
Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003.
His main research interests include:
🔎(male) #fertility across the globe
🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)
📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)
Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.
Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.
Between residential and economic settlement: internal migration and employment of asylum migrants in Belgium
Reception and integration of asylum migrants remain central challenges for receiving countries, as early settlement experiences are notably shaped by reception policies. Still, existing research on...
doi.org
July 13, 2026 at 9:15 AM
📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)
Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.
Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.
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🌞On Monday, DEMO members participated in a one-day retreat.
This was an opportunity to reflect on our work-life balance & our team dynamics.
With a picnic in the woods at the end of the day, it was also an opportunity to share informal moments together before closing the summer break.
This was an opportunity to reflect on our work-life balance & our team dynamics.
With a picnic in the woods at the end of the day, it was also an opportunity to share informal moments together before closing the summer break.
June 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🌞On Monday, DEMO members participated in a one-day retreat.
This was an opportunity to reflect on our work-life balance & our team dynamics.
With a picnic in the woods at the end of the day, it was also an opportunity to share informal moments together before closing the summer break.
This was an opportunity to reflect on our work-life balance & our team dynamics.
With a picnic in the woods at the end of the day, it was also an opportunity to share informal moments together before closing the summer break.
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Je recrute un·e doctorant·e en sciences sociales pour mon projet MIS-FNRS 3CoBe 🎓
Objectif : collecter et analyser les trajectoires contraceptives des femmes en Belgique 🇧🇪
Intéressé·e ? Postulez ici 👇
#PhD #SciencesSociales #JusticeReproductive
Objectif : collecter et analyser les trajectoires contraceptives des femmes en Belgique 🇧🇪
Intéressé·e ? Postulez ici 👇
#PhD #SciencesSociales #JusticeReproductive
Chercheur·euse doctorant·e en sciences sociales projet 3CoBe
Chercheur·euse doctorant·e en sciences sociales projet 3CoBe
jobs.uclouvain.be
May 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Je recrute un·e doctorant·e en sciences sociales pour mon projet MIS-FNRS 3CoBe 🎓
Objectif : collecter et analyser les trajectoires contraceptives des femmes en Belgique 🇧🇪
Intéressé·e ? Postulez ici 👇
#PhD #SciencesSociales #JusticeReproductive
Objectif : collecter et analyser les trajectoires contraceptives des femmes en Belgique 🇧🇪
Intéressé·e ? Postulez ici 👇
#PhD #SciencesSociales #JusticeReproductive
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#EPC2026 is fast approaching! Many DEMO members will participate this year.
Here's a summary of when & where to find us!
Safe travels & see you in Bologna 😎☀️
Here's a summary of when & where to find us!
Safe travels & see you in Bologna 😎☀️
June 1, 2026 at 7:33 AM
#EPC2026 is fast approaching! Many DEMO members will participate this year.
Here's a summary of when & where to find us!
Safe travels & see you in Bologna 😎☀️
Here's a summary of when & where to find us!
Safe travels & see you in Bologna 😎☀️
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Our colleague Alice Rees @ayrees.bsky.social is attending the #INVESTConference 2026 in Turku this week.
Tomorrow, she will present joint work with Marika Jalovaara on life-course trajectories of partnership, income, residential independence & #childlessness in 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇧🇪 Belgium.
Tomorrow, she will present joint work with Marika Jalovaara on life-course trajectories of partnership, income, residential independence & #childlessness in 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇧🇪 Belgium.
May 6, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Our colleague Alice Rees @ayrees.bsky.social is attending the #INVESTConference 2026 in Turku this week.
Tomorrow, she will present joint work with Marika Jalovaara on life-course trajectories of partnership, income, residential independence & #childlessness in 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇧🇪 Belgium.
Tomorrow, she will present joint work with Marika Jalovaara on life-course trajectories of partnership, income, residential independence & #childlessness in 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇧🇪 Belgium.
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Only a few days left to submit your abstract for the 2026 #QueteletSeminar!
📆Deadline this Friday
⏩Read the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
📆Deadline this Friday
⏩Read the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
April 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Only a few days left to submit your abstract for the 2026 #QueteletSeminar!
📆Deadline this Friday
⏩Read the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
📆Deadline this Friday
⏩Read the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies.
⏬More details
⏬More details
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
📢CALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies.
⏬More details
⏬More details
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📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for this semester! (Starting again tomorrow 🎉)
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for this semester! (Starting again tomorrow 🎉)
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
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Next week, our colleague Hequn Wang will kickstart this semester's #LunchSeminar, presenting on healthcare disruption among older Europeans during COVID-19
"Family ties influenced the likelihood of having treatments postponed or denied"
📆 03/02 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242
"Family ties influenced the likelihood of having treatments postponed or denied"
📆 03/02 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Next week, our colleague Hequn Wang will kickstart this semester's #LunchSeminar, presenting on healthcare disruption among older Europeans during COVID-19
"Family ties influenced the likelihood of having treatments postponed or denied"
📆 03/02 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242
"Family ties influenced the likelihood of having treatments postponed or denied"
📆 03/02 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242
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📢JOB OFFER
Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO.
🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708
📆Deadline: 15/02
Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO.
🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708
📆Deadline: 15/02
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Demography, Center for Demographic Research (DEMO), Louvain University, Belgium
The Centre for Demographic Research (DEMO) at UCLouvain invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral fellowship (2 years) within the research project “Climate change-related mortality in differen...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
📢JOB OFFER
Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO.
🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708
📆Deadline: 15/02
Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO.
🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708
📆Deadline: 15/02
Save the date!
📆Le 11/12, je ferai une présentation au forum sur les enjeux démographiques et l'inclusion socio-économique des migrants en Wallonie, organisé par le CRI Centre & Wapi.
📍 Place Mansart 21, 7100 La Louvière
👉 Participation gratuite, inscription obligatoire: lnkd.in/evY7aJ2k
📆Le 11/12, je ferai une présentation au forum sur les enjeux démographiques et l'inclusion socio-économique des migrants en Wallonie, organisé par le CRI Centre & Wapi.
📍 Place Mansart 21, 7100 La Louvière
👉 Participation gratuite, inscription obligatoire: lnkd.in/evY7aJ2k
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Save the date!
📆Le 11/12, je ferai une présentation au forum sur les enjeux démographiques et l'inclusion socio-économique des migrants en Wallonie, organisé par le CRI Centre & Wapi.
📍 Place Mansart 21, 7100 La Louvière
👉 Participation gratuite, inscription obligatoire: lnkd.in/evY7aJ2k
📆Le 11/12, je ferai une présentation au forum sur les enjeux démographiques et l'inclusion socio-économique des migrants en Wallonie, organisé par le CRI Centre & Wapi.
📍 Place Mansart 21, 7100 La Louvière
👉 Participation gratuite, inscription obligatoire: lnkd.in/evY7aJ2k
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🎥A day in the life of a demographer
Last week was busy for DEMO members, with the organisation of our annual #QueteletSeminar & participation of our colleagues in 2 conferences in Antwerp (EAPS WG Register-Based Fertility research) & Vienna ( #WIC2025)
Discover the aftermovie of this packed week!
Last week was busy for DEMO members, with the organisation of our annual #QueteletSeminar & participation of our colleagues in 2 conferences in Antwerp (EAPS WG Register-Based Fertility research) & Vienna ( #WIC2025)
Discover the aftermovie of this packed week!
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🎥A day in the life of a demographer
Last week was busy for DEMO members, with the organisation of our annual #QueteletSeminar & participation of our colleagues in 2 conferences in Antwerp (EAPS WG Register-Based Fertility research) & Vienna ( #WIC2025)
Discover the aftermovie of this packed week!
Last week was busy for DEMO members, with the organisation of our annual #QueteletSeminar & participation of our colleagues in 2 conferences in Antwerp (EAPS WG Register-Based Fertility research) & Vienna ( #WIC2025)
Discover the aftermovie of this packed week!
Sad to miss the #QueteletSeminar this year, but happy to be in Vienna instead to attend & present at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference! #WiCVienna
📆End of this week (19-21 Nov), colleagues will present their research at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference in Vienna. #WiCVienna
Discover the program: www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/su...
Discover the program: www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/su...
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sad to miss the #QueteletSeminar this year, but happy to be in Vienna instead to attend & present at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference! #WiCVienna
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The #QueteletSeminar is happening in 1 month!
3 days dedicated to measuring, understanding & explaining in #demography
📆Nov, 19-21
📍Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
📑Program: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
⏩Registration: uclouvain.odoo.com/en_US/event/...
3 days dedicated to measuring, understanding & explaining in #demography
📆Nov, 19-21
📍Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
📑Program: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
⏩Registration: uclouvain.odoo.com/en_US/event/...
Chaire Quetelet 2025
www.uclouvain.be
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The #QueteletSeminar is happening in 1 month!
3 days dedicated to measuring, understanding & explaining in #demography
📆Nov, 19-21
📍Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
📑Program: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
⏩Registration: uclouvain.odoo.com/en_US/event/...
3 days dedicated to measuring, understanding & explaining in #demography
📆Nov, 19-21
📍Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
📑Program: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...
⏩Registration: uclouvain.odoo.com/en_US/event/...
Proud that I could contribute to this research project during the last 2 years.
Watch the launch webinar (in FR):
fondationroibaudouin.engagestream.companywebcast.com/fr-citoyens-...
Read full report: media.kbs-frb.be/fr/media/135...
Watch the launch webinar (in FR):
fondationroibaudouin.engagestream.companywebcast.com/fr-citoyens-...
Read full report: media.kbs-frb.be/fr/media/135...
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Proud that I could contribute to this research project during the last 2 years.
Watch the launch webinar (in FR):
fondationroibaudouin.engagestream.companywebcast.com/fr-citoyens-...
Read full report: media.kbs-frb.be/fr/media/135...
Watch the launch webinar (in FR):
fondationroibaudouin.engagestream.companywebcast.com/fr-citoyens-...
Read full report: media.kbs-frb.be/fr/media/135...
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🚨New Tenure Position!
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.
Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics
Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.
Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics
Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🚨New Tenure Position!
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.
Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics
Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.
Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics
Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure
Congrats to my bestie @ayrees.bsky.social for this new working paper from her thesis (+ they used a very cool method aka multichannel sequence analysis!)
Go read!
Go read!
📢New publication alert from our colleague, Alice Rees @ayrees.bsky.social, & Marika Jalovaara
In Finland & Belgium, they identify early mid-life trajectories of partnership, income, and residential independence, & how they are associated with #childlessness
In Finland & Belgium, they identify early mid-life trajectories of partnership, income, and residential independence, & how they are associated with #childlessness
Mapping Early Mid-Life Trajectories and Ultimate Childlessness: A Multichannel Sequence Analysis in Finland and Belgium
BACKGROUNDThe transition to adulthood has become increasingly diverse, with delays in residential independence, changing partnerships, and economic uncertainty contributing to varied life course traje...
sciety-labs.elifesciences.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Congrats to my bestie @ayrees.bsky.social for this new working paper from her thesis (+ they used a very cool method aka multichannel sequence analysis!)
Go read!
Go read!
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It's time for a 🆕#MeetDEMOmembers thread!
Today, meet Didier Ndombe Mbombo.
Didier has extensive experience in research projects in community & public health assessment. He is currently pursuing a PhD at DEMO.
Today, meet Didier Ndombe Mbombo.
Didier has extensive experience in research projects in community & public health assessment. He is currently pursuing a PhD at DEMO.
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It's time for a 🆕#MeetDEMOmembers thread!
Today, meet Didier Ndombe Mbombo.
Didier has extensive experience in research projects in community & public health assessment. He is currently pursuing a PhD at DEMO.
Today, meet Didier Ndombe Mbombo.
Didier has extensive experience in research projects in community & public health assessment. He is currently pursuing a PhD at DEMO.
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📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for the upcoming months!
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
September 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for the upcoming months!
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
Reposted by Natacha Zimmer
In “Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa,” Menashe-Oren uses HDSS data from 5 countries to examine tied & independent child migration, finding that most first out-migrations are indeed tied but some are related to death or mother’s migration history. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
July 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In “Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa,” Menashe-Oren uses HDSS data from 5 countries to examine tied & independent child migration, finding that most first out-migrations are indeed tied but some are related to death or mother’s migration history. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
The first paper of my PhD research is out!
Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants.
Read more ⏬
Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants.
Read more ⏬
📢New publication from DEMO Members!
Natacha Zimmer (@natachazimmer.bsky.social) and Bruno Schoumaker (@brunoschoumaker.bsky.social) explore internal migration trajectories among #asylum seekers in #Belgium, highlighting how initial reception shapes residential patterns.
⏩ doi.org/10.1002/psp....
Natacha Zimmer (@natachazimmer.bsky.social) and Bruno Schoumaker (@brunoschoumaker.bsky.social) explore internal migration trajectories among #asylum seekers in #Belgium, highlighting how initial reception shapes residential patterns.
⏩ doi.org/10.1002/psp....
The Journey Beyond Reception: Asylum Seekers’ Internal Migration Trajectories in Belgium
Research on internal migrations of asylum seekers has focused on contexts of stringent dispersal policies and has highlighted that such policies are often not in line with the subsequent settlement o...
doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The first paper of my PhD research is out!
Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants.
Read more ⏬
Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants.
Read more ⏬