POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS 

The Centre for Demographic Research (DEMO) of the Université catholique de Louvain – Belgium (www.uclouvain.be/demo) informs you of the launch of the "MOVE-IN Louvain" call for postdoc fellowships by the Université catholique de Louvain (www.uclouvain.be). These fellowships – for a period of 12 to 24 months – are addressed to researchers who have not stayed or worked in Belgium for more than 12 months over the last 3 years, and with maximum 6 years of postdoctoral experience. The call is also open to people completing their PhD in the coming months. 

Information on this call and application forms are available at:https://www.uclouvain.be/en-movein.html (English version).

The application for a postdoctoral fellowship needs to be supported by the Research Centre in which the applicant intends to work. Interested candidates are invited to follow this procedure:

  • For Friday, November 6, 2015: send a CV (first three pages of the form available here) and a preliminary project (1-2 pages). This should be sent by email to bruno.schoumaker@uclouvain.be
  • Friday, November 13: shortlisted candidates will be informed by the research centre.
  • November 13 to December 23: Preparation of the application, with the support of the research centre.
  • January 4, 2016: deadline for submission of applications.


Research in the Centre for Demographic Research is organized around these broad themes. 

- Methods of data collection and data analysis 
- Historical demography

- Couples formation, fertility, gender, and well-being
Ageing and intergenerational relations
- Health and Mortality
- Migrations, urbanisation and spatial redistribution of population
- Population and environnement.

Publications and research projects of our Research Centre are described in our activity reports (activity reports for 201220132014) and on our web site .

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