Hanne Apers (female) is a PhD-candidate at the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS, University of Antwerp). She obtained a Bachelor in Psychology at University of Ghent (2009), a Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven (2011), as well as a Master of Science in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology at Brunel University, London (2012). After working as a social counselor in the non-profit sector in Brussels (Lhiving vzw), she has gained research experience at the Institute of Tropical Medicine from 2016 to 2019, where she has done research on HIV-prevention in the European HERMETIC-project, and the Flemish HIV-SAM project. From January 2019, she has been engaged at CeMIS in the H2020 MICADO project on newcomer integration across Europe, developing and applying co-creative research methods to facilitate migrant integration through the development of a digital tool. Currently, she is conducting PhD-research focusing on the intersection of migration and mental health among recent newcomers with a sub-Saharan African background, living in Belgium, and is a guest lecturer on the topic of migration and health in the bachelor course ‘Interdisciplinary perspectives on migration and integration’, as well as in the bachelor course ‘Doctor and Society’ at the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerp, Belgium
    Researcher

  • Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

    Research Institute, Antwerp, Belgium

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