Researcher

Jorik Vergauwen

Research Expertise:Jorik Vergauwen holds a PhD in sociology and is associated with the Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH, University of Antwerp). Besides the coordination of the Belgian data collection for the longitudinal SHARE-ESFRI project "50+ in Europe", he studies the topic of intergenerational dynamics in the family. Furthermore, Jorik Vergauwen is active as a PhD thesis supervisor in the topics of gender differences in informal caregiving and intragenerational similarities in the life course. As a researcher at CPFH he has been active in the field of family dynamics since 2011. Working as a pre-doctoral researcher on a FWO research project, he gained expertise in the topic of partnership and family formation and longitudinal research methodology.

Keywords:LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, DATA COLLECTION, FAMILY FORMATION, Political and social sciences

Disciplines:Demography, Sociology of life course, family and health, Family and household studies, Population trends and policies, Sociological methodology and research methods, Generations and intergenerational relations, Sociology of family

Research techniques:Quantitative data management and analysis, regression analysis, data reduction techniques, longitudinal analysis, multilevel analysis and complex datastructure analysis.

Users of research expertise:Anyone who is interested in family dynamics and intergenerational solidarity. Anyone who is interested in population and life course research.