2026

Wood, J., Neels, K., & Marynissen, L. (2026). Economic cycles and the transition to motherhood: Differentiation between natives without a migration background and children of immigrants. Advances in Life Course Research, 67, Article 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100710 

Kasztan-Flechner, T., Wood, J., & Neels, K. (2026). Enrolment of second-generation migrant jobseekers in training programmes and internships: Exploring the gap between natives with and without a migration background. Social Policy and Society, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746426101432 

Maes, J., Wood, J., & Neels, K. (2026). Getting in and staying in? The relative contributions of entering and exiting employment to early labour market trajectories of migrants' daughters versus native women. European Journal of Population, 42, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-026-09771-z 

Van Landeghem, E., Hensen, B., Belloni, M., Nöstlinger, C. (2026). Intersecting vulnerabilities, diverging pathways: an intersectional analysis of PrEP access disparities among migrant populations in Belgium. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119642​

Sterck, O., Bakewell, M., Bradenbrink, R., & Betts, A. (2026). Humanizing Data: Representative Storytelling in a Refugee Camp. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/humanizing-data-9780197916407?cc=be&lang=en&​

Betts, A., Omata, N., Siu, J., & Sterck, O. (2026). The Refugee Trap. The Economics of Displacement. Cambridge Elements in Global Development Studies. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/refugee-trap/979A132CB0D407870886FEC1C2725840​

Refugee Stories: Voices from Kakuma. Premiere at Docville 2026. 

Charnysh, Volha, Leonid Peisakhin, Nik Stoop, and Peter van der Windt. 2026. ‘Understanding Refugee Assistance: Evidence on Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees in Poland’. Comparative Political Studies 0 (0): 00104140261448441. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140261448441.

Lens, D., Mussche, N., & Marx, I. (2026). Forever temporary? Migration patterns of posted workers and their implications for free movement. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–23 https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2026.2619134 

Stoop N, van der Windt P, Weber S, et alAnxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in displaced and non-displaced individuals after armed conflict: cross-sectional survey evidence from Kasai, Democratic Republic of CongoBMJ Open 2026;16:e109384. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109384​

Stoop, N., Weber, S., Van der Windt, P.  (2026). Conflict participation and attitudes towards displaced persons: evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Journal of Peace Research,  xjaf002, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopres/xjaf002

Laoukili F., Oosterlynck S., Verschraegen G. (2026) ‘For us, by us’ : migrant youth as institutional entrepreneurs challenging racialized practices of civil society organizations, Journal of civil society, 22(2), p. 87-99.

2025

Bousquet, J., Gasten, A., Kadigo, M. M., Maystadt, J. F., & Salemi, C. (2025). Does perceived labor market competition increase prejudice between refugees and their local hosts? Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia. Journal of Development Economics, 175, 103481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103481​

Bousquet, J., Gasten, A., Kadigo, M. M., Maystadt, J.-F., & Salemi, C. (2025, June 16). How do labour market fears shape attitudes toward refugees? VoxDev. https://voxdev.org/topic/labour-markets/how-do-labour-market-fears-shape-attitudes-toward-refugees​

Brummer, E. C., Clycq, N., & Vanhoof, J. (2025). Challenges of teaching affective citizenship education: Spatial, relational, and affective dimensions of citizenship education and their connections with discomfort. Teaching and Teacher Education, 156, 104907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104907​

Lens, D., Van Looy, K., & Marx, I. (2025). Is temporary employment a stepping stone for unemployed immigrants?. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 101092 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101092

Van Eekert, N., Bombeke, K., Buffel, V., Łotoczuk, M., Van de Velde, S., van Olmen, J., Van Royen, P., Vansweevelt, T., Vermijs, F., Wouters, E., Yakhlaf, A., & Van Assche, K. (2025). Study Protocol MEDIMIG: Improving MEDical Decision-Making in MIGrant Populations Within a Super-diverse Society: Challenges and Legal Opportunities. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241310278 ​

Stoop, N., Van der Windt, P. and Weber, S. (2025) ‘Where to flee? preferences for host communities among displaced people in Congo’, PLOS One, 20(12): e0337530 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337530. 

Weber S, Stoop N, Van der Windt P, Zhai H (2025). A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons. British Journal of Political Science.;55:e168. doi:10.1017/S0007123425101075​

2024

Kostet, I., & Verschraegen, G. (2024). (Un)doing reflexivity: White researchers on their credibility and legitimacy in the field of ethnic and racial studies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-22. doi:10.1080/01419870.2024.2307401​

Landini, I. (2024). Encountering migrant-driven diversity in South Tyrolean’ rigid system of linguistically divided schools: a bottom-up perspective. In: POLITIKA 2021-Südtiroler Jahrbuch für Politik/Annuario di politica dell’Alto Adige. Edited by : Elisabeth Alber, Alice Engl and Günther Pallaver. https://www.academia.edu/119120662/Encountering_migrant_driven_diversity_in_South_Tyrolean_rigid_system_of_linguistically_divided_schools_A_bottom_up_perspective

Peisakhin, L., Stoop, N. & Van der Windt, P. (2024). Here’s what motivates people to host refugees. Good Authority. https://goodauthority.org/news/refugee-migrant-idp-host-june20-displaced-people/​

Peisakhin, L., Stoop, N. & Van der Windt, P. (2024). Who hosts? The correlates of hosting the internally displaced. American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424000923​

Van der Windt, P., Stoop, N., & Zhai, H. (2024). A meta-analysis of attitudes towards migrants and displaced persons. Immigration Policy Lab Working Paper Series. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/u8ks6

Yakhlaf, A. (2024, November 28). Kankerpatiënt weet niet dat ze kanker heeft. Haar kinderen wél. EOS Wetenschap. https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/kankerpatient-weet-niet-dat-ze-kanker-heeft-haar-kinderen-wel

Yakhlaf, A. (2024, December 23). Diabetes is geen exclusieve 'witte mensen-ziekte.’ EOS Wetenschap. https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/diabetes-geen-exclusieve-witte-mensen-ziekte

Wood, J. (2024). Did COVID-19 Put Language Certificate Acquisition on Hold? Uptake and Outcomes of Language Training amongst Refugees. Societies, 14(6), 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14060078​

Wood, J. (2022). Childcare ideals among second generation Muslim Moroccan immigrants in Flanders. Community, Work & Family, 27(2), 170–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2022.2086036​

Wood, J., & Lens, D. (2024). Does timing matter? Language course participation and language outcomes amongst new immigrants. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, 583. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03034-0​

Wood, J., Neels, K. (2024). Evaluating Activation Across Institutions: The Labour Force Integration of New Migrants in Belgium. In: Amine, S. (eds) Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67604-8_7 


2023

Driezen, A., Clycq, N., & Verschraegen, G. (2023). In search of a cool identity: how young people negotiate religious and ethnic boundaries in a superdiverse context. Ethnicities, 23(1), 3-25. doi:10.1177/14687968221126013

Kadigo, M. M., & Maystadt, J.-F. (2023). How to cope with a refugee population? Evidence from Uganda. World Development, 169, 106293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106293​

Kostet, I., Verschraegen, G., & Clycq, N. (2023). The (un)importance of ethnicity in adolescents’ boundary making: An analysis over a two-school year period in a super-diverse city. Ethnicities. https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:20101

Maes, J., Wood, J., & Neels, K. (2023). Path-dependencies in employment trajectories around motherhood: Comparing native versus second-generation migrant women in Belgium. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 24, 281-344. doi:10.1007/s12134-020-00801-1

Maes, J., Neels, K., Biegel, N., & Wood, J. (2023). Uptake of formal childcare among second-generation and native mothers in Belgium: Can increasing local childcare availability narrow migrant-native gaps? Genus, 79(7), 1-28. doi:10.1186/S41118-023-00186-W

Steenwegen, J., & Clycq, N. (2023). Supplementary schools as sites of access to community cultural wealth and funds of knowledge in Flanders, Belgium. Critical Studies in Education. doi:10.1080/17508487.2023.2292541

Steenwegen, J., Clycq, N., & Vanhoof, J. (2023). The what and why of supplementary schooling in Flanders: purposes and underlying motives as perceived by initiators. Research Papers in Education, 38(6), 1029-1051. doi:10.1080/02671522.2022.2065524

Steenwegen, J., Clycq, N., & Vanhoof, J. (2023). How and why minoritised communities self-organise education: A review study. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53(7), 1281-1299. https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:10060

OECD. (2023). International Migration Outlook 2023. OECD Publishing, Paris. doi:10.1787/b0f40584-en

OECD. (2023). Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Flanders: Working Together for Integration. OECD Publishing, Paris. doi:10.1787/4ea309cb-en