Bas Dikmans

Bas Dikmans is a researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His work focuses on sociological aspects of aging, particularly civic engagement among older adults in socio-economically disadvantaged urban environments. He leads the Society and Ageing Research Lab and has conducted studies on exclusion/inclusion dynamics, poverty, migration, and qualitative methodologies.

Recent research includes analyzing pandemic impacts on elderly populations, urban environmental influences on civic engagement, and comparative methodologies linking aging and childhood studies. He has reviewed books on pandemic-era inequality and co-authored chapters in prominent academic presses like Bristol University Press and Routledge.

Active in academic leadership, Dikmans organized seminars on social isolation and served on advisory boards like Unia. His peer-review contributions include work for the International Journal of Listening. Research spans both qualitative and scoping review methodologies, emphasizing interdisciplinary applications.