I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Demographic Research (DEMO) at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), currently funded by an F.R.S.-FNRS postdoctoral fellowship. My research examines health inequalities across the life course, focusing on how work, family, and institutional contexts interact to shape unequal health and well-being outcomes.
Before joining UCLouvain, I earned a PhD from the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW) and the University of Groningen (RUG, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences), and a Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento (Italy).
I specialise in analysing large panel survey datasets (such as SHARE) and full-population register data, particularly for epidemiological and demographic research. My analytical approach is best described as theory-driven, quantitative empirical research. My main interests include social and gender inequalities in health, social determinants of health, intergenerational relationships, welfare systems, and quantitative methods for social research.
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Damiano Uccheddu 