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 Autumn 2025: Editor's Choice
Young people's well-being and pornography: meet the researcher. Exclusively for the readers of our newsletter, RHEA interviewed Nina Szyf, PhD student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University (joint PhD) within the SWYPPE-project.
Danielle Fernandes wins KVAB Science Communication award
Help Danielle win the extra EOS audience award too, by voting!
Events
Practical info17/05/2025 - 11:00 - 17/05/2025 - 12:20Pride: Rhea x GreenTeam x Spectrum GSA
Join RHEA, GreenTeam and Spectrum GSA for the Brussels Pride!
Register here!
Practical info09/05/2025 - 14:00 - 11/05/2025 - 21:30Summer 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 decolonial
