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
Practical info-Post-lecture Intersex Pillow Talk with Rhea & Spectrum GSA
Post-lecture Intersex Pillow Talk with Rhea & Spectrum GSA
On Friday 25/04, two days after the documentary screening and sofa talk Intersex, Beyond the Medical you can join us and Spectrum GSA for a post-lecture pillow talk.
Practical info-Intersex, Beyond the Medical: Docu & Sofa Talk
Register for this semester's final lecture of the series, a screening of the documentary "Kiezen, Snijden, Zwijgen" and sofa talk with Dr. Marjolein Van Bavel and Dra. Audrey Aegerter!
