Thijs van den Broek

Thijs van den Broek is an Assistant Professor at the Socio-Medical Sciences department of the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM). His research focuses on wellbeing, health, and care use among older adults and migrants, integrating demography, sociology, and public health perspectives to address health inequities. He holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for studying Turkish migrants' health in Europe and has received grants from NWO, ESRC, and Erasmus Trustfonds.

Education: MSc in Sociology (Cum Laude, Erasmus University 2015), PhD in Sociology (Erasmus University 2018). Postdoctoral positions at LSE and visiting roles at NIDI (The Hague) and DZA (Berlin). Editor for Demographic Research and member of the TraFaDy international research network on transnational families.

Research interests include aging populations, migration health, health disparities, and policy impacts. Notable achievements include the Frans Rutten Research Prize (2021) and contributions to Dutch health policymaking via advisory reports for VWS and SER ministries. His work has been featured in media outlets like the Volkskrant and Daily Telegraph.

Teaching and service includes coordinating the Public Health minor course, supervising master's theses, and serving on ESHPM's Research Ethics Committee. His research spans over 40 peer-reviewed articles in top journals such as Journal of Gerontology, Social Science & Medicine, and Ageing & Society.