Welcome to RHEA, the Research Centre for gender, diversity and intersectionality at the VUB!
We are an interdisciplinary and internationally networked centre, committed to scientific research and it's valorisation in education, policy-making and public debate.
News
Newsletter Spring 2025: Editor's Choice
Exclusively for the readers of our newsletter, RHEA interviewed Danielle Fernandes, EUTOPIA doctoral researcher at RHEA (Collaborative PhD: VUB - NOVA Lisboa). We discuss her current research project on gender-based violence in Brussels, which you can follow on her Instagram @Cityconfessions.be!Throwback: RHEA Gender Lecture Series
Missed the RHEA Gender Lecture Series? Here's our take! Wie is er bang van gender? We kicked off the series with the panel "Wie is er bang van gender?" as the inaugural Machteld De Metsenaere lecture.
Events
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Pride: Rhea x GreenTeam x Spectrum GSA
Join RHEA, GreenTeam and Spectrum GSA for the Brussels Pride!
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Summer School: RHEA x ROOTS (UCOS)
RHEA, ROOTS (UCOS) - Association Akaliyat & WeDecolonizeVUB invite you to their first joint Summer School!
Join us for a three-day journey of collective learning, critical dialogue, and creative exchange — exploring gender, equality, and sexual and reproductive rights through a d