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Researcher

Nina Van Eekert

  • Research Expertise  (University of Antwerp):Nina Van Eekert (social worker & doctor in sociology and health sciences) obtained her PhD in November 2020, having written her thesis on the medicalization of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt and Kenya. She conducted both quantitative and qualitative research on FGM. Following her PhD trajectory, she was appointed as a full-time visiting professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences where she (co) taught the following subjects: social inequality, family sociology, sociology of health and well-being & the master's thesis seminar. Currently Nina Van Eekert is working as a postdoctoral researcher on a qualitative study on student wellbeing in higher education during the covid19 pandemic.
  • Keywords  (University of Antwerp):STUDENT WELLBEING, FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING, MEDICALISATION, Political and social sciences
  • Disciplines  (Ghent University):Public health services, Public health sciences, Public health care
  • Disciplines  (University of Antwerp):Applied sociology, Demography, Policy and administration, Social change, Social psychology, Social stratification, Social theory and sociological methods, Social work, Sociology of life course, family and health, Sociology of organisations and occupations, Other sociology and anthropology, Public administration
  • Research techniques  (University of Antwerp):Methodology - Quantitative analyses: multivariate analyses, logistic regressions, multilevel analyses - Qualitative research: organizing and conducting interviews and focus group discussions Theoretical knowledge - Female genital cutting, focus on Egypt and Kenya - Medical sociology, focus on medicalization - Sociology on gender - Student wellbeing
  • Users of research expertise  (University of Antwerp):Researchers, students, policymakers, non-governmental organization