Vision
The Center for Demography, Family and Health conducts major and policy-supporting studies in the fields of social demography and sociology of the family, well-being and health. We aim to contribute to the understanding of family dynamics across the life course with a specific focus on health, employment, intergenerational solidarity and the impact of policy.
The core themes of family formation and dissolution, the reconciliation of work and family life and the socialization of care are further defined through advanced quantitative and qualitative research methods. Read more here.
"A growing group is opting to not have a (second) child, resulting in declining birth rates" - Karel Neels in De Morgen

"Unmarried and childless? Tough luck for your loved ones when it comes to your inheritance" - Dimitri Mortelmans in De Morgen

"The end of the indoor playground: Why the birth rate is crashing worldwide" - Karel Neels in Knack

"There aren't enough highly educated men for all those highly educated women" - Dimitri Mortelmans in De Standaard

Birdnesting: "a good example of putting children first" - Elke Claessens in Gazet Van Antwerpen
