Vera de Bel

University of Groningen & visiting researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) | family networks & life course

[Platform for Large-scale Analysis of Networks @planet_nl]

We’re pleased to (re)introduce the PLANET-NL group, formerly POPNET.
Our researchers are continuing to collaborate to provide expertise, tools, and opportunities for large-scale social network analysis.
Be ready to get to know more about us in the coming days!

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

How does divorce affect family ties across generations? 📉👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 This new study maps bilateral ties across 3 generations: child, mother, father, and maternal and paternal grandparents. New insights on in-law bonds, gender roles, and kin substitution: https://t.co/kA6B2QKIkv @JoPerRel

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

Yesterday, I joined @MarcelLevi on @WNLOpZondag to discuss my research on step-grandparents. Curious? Watch or listen here:
👁️ https://t.co/KJrLTWTo22
👂🏼 https://t.co/S1YyxVDUTO
(WNL Academy starts at 52:00)

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

@mlbstastna @NIDI_KNAW Thanks a lot Michaela!

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

When divorced parents re-partner and their adult children have kids, this new generation of children have up to 8 grandparents instead of 4. As part of my recently awarded NWO VENI project, I’ll be exploring the pros and cons of this new family structure ✨ @NIDI_KNAW

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

@miranda_lubbers Thank you @miranda_lubbers ! See you at the Sunbelt conference in two weeks?

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

Poster time! Check out our replication study on Dutch kinship networks and how they vary by age #EPC2024

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

How are positive, negative, and ambivalent ties associated with well-being? Does it matter whether they're with family or friends? Check out our personal network study among almost 10,000 young adults in Switzerland, recently published in Social Networks!
https://t.co/4fzXharzdl

[NetResilience @NetResilience]

"In most societies, having children was a cornerstone of adulthood. Now it's something you have if you already have everything else. It becomes the capstone."

@perhetutkimus @AnnaRotkirch

#StrategicResearch #fertility

https://t.co/TkQNSxpLsc

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

https://t.co/RECtdEEQl9

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

✨New pub. studying the value of multi-functional family ties for wellbeing (after divorce). Analyzed from the perspectives of 144 children, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles from 41 families. Discover more about family networks and multi-actor perspectives #SocSci_MDPI ⤵️

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

@NicoleKapelle @ISS_UniCologne Thanks! Happy to keep you updated.

[Vera de Bel @veradebel]

Started working on my DFG Walter Benjamin project “Changes in the family network after parental divorce” this week. Excited to start new collaborations @ISS_UniCologne ⤵️

https://t.co/NSQWgRcZLQ

[INVEST @INVEST_Flagship]

Join us! We are looking for 2-3 Senior Researchers in the field of sociology, demography or other related field. Apply by 31.5.2023

Read more about the job 👇
https://t.co/7ZnjhrIrZG

#NewWelfareState #vacancies

[European Divorce Network @NetworkDivorce]

Call for abstracts for #divcon2023 is now open! Visit https://t.co/6TptBi6O6a for more information.

[Mens & Maatschappij @MenMaatschappij]

Daarnaast een review van @veradebel's proefschrift door @chrisfang95 over de netwerkbenadering van familierelaties waarbij verschillen tussen gescheiden en niet gescheiden gezinnen worden onderzocht https://t.co/g0i1tby9BB 6/10

[NetResilience @NetResilience]

Vera de Bel @veradebel is a Senior Researcher @INVEST_Flagship (Uni of Turku) and visiting researcher at the @NIDI_KNAW. Her research interests comprise family networks and well-being at different stages of the life course.

#StrateginenTutkimus
https://t.co/yWnLdB38GF

[NetResilience @NetResilience]

Then the second #NetResilience talk from @veradebel about the timing of entry into parenthood with #Pairfam panel data. Interesting preliminary results on how parental investment affect timing.

[NIDI @NIDI_KNAW]

Today, our visiting researcher @veradebel presents the first results from the Lifelines Family Ties dataset @DivCon2022. She collected multi-actor family network data among children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and stepfamilies in both divorced and non-divorced families.

[NIDI @NIDI_KNAW]

Vera de Bel from @INVEST_Flagship recently started her research stay at NIDI.

For the @NetResilience project she studies how the age of having a 1st child is influenced by the level of grandparental involvement. How does this e.g. differ across SES backgrounds?