Sarah Devos
Supervisor
Department of Sociology
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
Sarah Devos is postdoctoral researcher in Health Sociology at Ghent University (in the research group Hedera), working on two reserach projects: (1) the Flemish component of the Prevent Too project, an international collaboration investigating inequalities in the use of preventive healthcare, and (2) a research project on social mobility and loneliness in later life. She has PhD in Health Sciences and Sociology on experiences of loneliness among newly-arrived migrant adolescents in reception education and her research interests include migration, health inequalities, and health and wellbeing across the life course.
Email: sarah.devos@ugent.be
Recent publications
‘Where does it start, where does it stop?’ : defining the roles and responsibilities of educational staff in addressing loneliness and supporting the social wellbeing of newly-arrived migrant adolescents in reception education
Sarah Devos
UGent, Piet Bracke
UGent, Ilse Derluyn
UGent, Floor Verhaeghe
UGent, Benedicte Deforche
UGent and Katrijn Delaruelle
UGent
(2026)
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION.
29(1).
Loneliness in newly-arrived adolescents in Flanders : the role of positive and negative social ties within reception education
Katrijn Delaruelle
UGent, Sarah Devos
UGent, Lies Saelens
UGent, Piet Bracke
UGent, Floor Verhaeghe
UGent, Ilse Derluyn
UGent and Benedicte Deforche
UGent
(2025)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS.
109.
Ethics in qualitative migration and refugee studies in Europe : from ‘doing no harm’ to reciprocity and equity
Charlotte De Kock
UGent, Floor Verhaeghe
UGent, Leni Linthout
UGent, Giacomo Orsini
UGent, Océane Uzureau
UGent, Liselot Casteleyn
UGent, Gaëlle Le Pavic
UGent, Lotte Remue
UGent, Marie Jacobs
UGent, Ella van Hest
UGent, et al.
(2025)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS.
24.
