Change of Coordinator Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’

As of the start of the academic year 2025-2026, Bart Lambert will conclude his valuable work as a coordinator of our Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’. We thank Bart for his successful efforts in coordinating this network over the past years!

We are happy to announce Bart will hand over his tasks as coordinator to Dr Kristof Loockx. Kristof is postdoc researcher at the University of Antwerp. Kristof’s scholarship focuses on the intersections of social, maritime, migration and urban history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, his research examines the effects of urbanization, port expansion and increasing mobility on the socioeconomic development of maritime districts, or so-called ‘sailortowns’, in Antwerp and Boston. The project is funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), for which he was also granted a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Boston, MA. Recently, he was also awarded a FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).

We welcome Kristof who will coordinate the Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’ in cooperation with Dr Swantje Falcke (Utrecht University).