Many thanks to Sara Geenen for yesterday's lunch seminar on "Research Ethics Beyond the Checklist". A thought-provoking reflection on ethics as an ongoing process of responsibility and decision-making in research.

#AIPRILDoctoralTraining #CSBLunchSeminar

How does education affect crime? At our latest #CSBLunchSeminar, Haci Karataş (Giresun University) showed that expanding compulsory schooling in Türkiye significantly reduced male criminal involvement.
#Education #Crime #Research #SocialPolicy

Today, our colleague Hannes Lenaerts presented his ongoing research on unequal access to labour market segments among women with a migration background at the #CSBLunchSeminar.

#LabourMarketSegmentation #MigrationResearch #SocialPolicy #Research

At our #CSBLunchSeminar, Oliver Hümbelin presented his research “When Social Rights Go Unclaimed: A Decade of Non-Take-Up Research in Switzerland.” He discussed how non-take-up can be measured using linked administrative data and showed that a policy reform increased non-take-up.

Last week at our #CSBLunchSeminar, Stef Dielen presented his research on psychotropic drug use and social integration among older adults. Using #SHARE data, the study examines whether such medication supports social engagement or instead acts as a substitute for social ties.

At last week’s #CSBLunchSeminar, our colleague José Pérez Díaz presented his research on how egotropic and sociotropic perceptions of automation shape support for different Basic Income schemes.

#BasicIncome #Automation #LabourMarket #SocialPolicy #Research

Insightful #CSBLunchSeminar with invited speaker Andros Kourtellos on "Inequality of Opportunity: Model Uncertainty and Social Circumstances". The presentation highlighted how both model uncertainty and broader social and spatial circumstances shape estimates of inequality of opportunity. #Research

Insightful #CSBLunchSeminar with Nicola Ceccarini (IAB) on “Higher wages but lower job security? The impact of the minimum wage on monetary and non-monetary dimensions of low wage workers’ working conditions”.

#MinimumWage #LaborMarket #TemporaryEmployment #Inequality #research

At today’s #CSBLunchSeminar, our colleague Cato Desmyter presented insightful research on how unstable work patterns shape poverty risks across European welfare states and the extent to which social protection systems can buffer these risks.
#EmploymentInstability #PovertyRisk #LabourMarket

Today our colleague Kilian Van Looy presented his research “The Curious Case of the Flexi-Job Scheme in Belgium” at the #CSBLunchSeminar series.

#FlexiJobs #LabourMarket #SocialPolicy #Research

Yesterday we welcomed Hyojin Seo (King’s College London) for our #CSBLunchSeminar on labour market segmentation, outsider trajectories, and gendered barriers in the South Korean labour market.
#LabourMarketSegmentation #EmploymentTrajectories #Research

Yesterday, Mark Visser (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) shared his research on how work-family trajectories and welfare states shape retirement outcomes. Thank you, Mark, for inspiring discussions on aging, retirement, and social policy!

#Retirement #WelfareState #SocialPolicy #CSBLunchSeminar

Today, our own Quinten Bronckars presented his research “Food Aid Under Pressure: Perspectives for the Future” at the #CSBLunchSeminar. He discussed how food aid increasingly supplements inadequate minimum incomes, the growing pressures on food banks, and three avenues to re‑envision support.

Yesterday we hosted Jaewook Lee (Universiteit Leiden) for our #CSBLunchSeminar on whether macroeconomic prospects influence welfare chauvinism in Europe.
#WelfareState #Attitudes #SocialPolicy #Research

We recently had the pleasure to host, Inés Guillemyn for our #CSBLunchSeminar to talk about how child penalties in Belgium extend to employer pension contributions.
#ChildPenalty #Pensions #GenderInequality