Ilse Ruyssen

Supervisor

Department of Economics

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Ilse Ruyssen is Associate Research Professor in Migration Economics at the Department of Economics of Ghent University and affiliated Research Fellow at the UNU-CRIS. Her research focuses on the factors shaping migration decisions and immobility (with particular attention for the role of climate change, health and retain factors), as well as the the implications of (non-)migration for the livelihoods of individuals and communities. She teaches various courses in migration and international economics at Ghent University, chairs the facultary Committee for Diversity and Inclusion, and coordinates the International Trade, Migration and Investment research group at her Department. Furthermore, she is the director of the CliMigHealth International Thematic Network, uniting scholars around the world from multiple disciplines working on the nexus between climate change, migration and health(care).

Email: Ilse.Ruyssen@UGent.be

Phone: +32 9 264 42 08

Research themes:

Global migration and mobility || Borders, migration governance and people on the move || Health, health care and psychosocial well-being