SSH/ESPO Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication (ESPO)
SSH/ESPO/PSAD Ecole des Sciences politiques et sociales / Louvain School of Political and Social Sciences (PSAD)
SSH/IACS Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACCHOS)
Philippe Bocquier is a professor at the Centre de recherches en démographie (Centre DEMO) of the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and Honorary Senior Researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. From 1988 to 2010, he held various research positions in Senegal, Mali, Kenya, and South Africa. He has a long experience in longitudinal analysis, using both retrospective surveys and Health Demographic Surveillance Sites data. His research focuses on urban and demographic transitions, urban integration, young adulthood and the relationship between migration and health in sub-Saharan Africa, France and Belgium.