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Dr. Gijs Westra

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1. School of Public Health / AG 8 Demografie und Gesundheit

Postdoctoral research scientist

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Curriculum Vitae

Employment:
2025 - present: post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Demography and Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University
2020 - 2025: scientific research at the Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
2019 - 2020: Research assistant in the Meaningful Mobility project.

Education:
2020 - PhD in Human Geography, Uppsala University
2019 - 2020: MSc Population Studies (Cum Laude), University of Groningen
2017 - 2020: MSc Spatial Sciences (research), University of Groningen
2014- 2017: BSc Human Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Groningen

Current research topics

Primarily, I work in the "Linked Lives: Consequences of Long Commuting for the Health of All Family Members (COMFAM)" project funded by the European Research Council Consolidator Grant: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101125503. Besides that, I am interested in the intersection between health and well-being and the neighbourhood, particularly, in relation to processes of residential segregation.