Aaron Raphael Ponce
PhD Researcher
“Nation(ality), Sex(uality) and Class: Cross-Border Relationship Trajectories of Gay Belgian-Chinese Couples”
Mimy Keomanichanh
PhD Researcher
“Emotion work and conjugal dynamics: Belgian-Laotian couples in Belgium and Laos”
Mari Kawase
PhD Researcher
“Sexualité et mixité conjugale : les couples belgo-japonais en Belgique et au Japon”
Cai Chen
PhD Researcher
“Ethnoracial dynamics in postcolonial DR Congo: the case of Sino-Congolese intimate relationships”
Associate Members
Dr. Catherine Lourdes Dy
EU Senior Adviser
NORCE Norwegian Research Center, Norway
Research keywords: Gender, migration, and security
Dr. Herbary Cheung
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Gender Studies
Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences
Monash University
Research keywords: Gender, sexuality and development, Transnational migration and refugee, Contextual mobility, Family, marriage and health, Intersectionality, Southeast Asia-Hong Kong connections
Dr. Laure Sizaire
Postdoctoral Researcher (AspirE)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Research keywords: gendered globalization of marriage market, transnational intimacies and conjugalities, international matchmaking, migratory projects and experiences
Dr. Miyako Hayakawa
Postdoctoral Researcher (AspirE)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Research keywords: anthropology of family and kinship, Japanese migration, international divorce, and privileged international mobility
Fleurine Hermand
PhD Researcher
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
“The concept of love among Iranians in Brussels and north of France”
Eline Delmarcelle
PhD Researcher
Waseda University, Japan
“Emotional nationality: citizenship acquisition, ethnicity and identification to the nation in Japan and Belgium”

Yoko Iwashita
PhD Researcher
University of Lille, France
“Intercultural dynamics of Franco-Japanese families in France (Lille) and Japan (Tokyo) from the 1990s”
Gabriel Alberto Ceballos Rodríguez
PhD Researcher
Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
“Binational families’ identity development and integration: The Estonian case”

Jenthe Blockx
MA in Visual Culture and Film Studies (2023)
University of Antwerp, Belgium
MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology (2021, KU Leuven)

Marie Montenair
MA in Anthropology (2023)
Université de Liège, Belgium
“Sentiments d’appartenance en contexte biculturel et binational. Une approche anthropologique du cas de jeunes belgo-japonais (Belgique francophone)”

Laura Truong
Master Student in Gender Studies
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
“Analyse des impacts de la fétichisation des femmes asiatiques sur leur vie intime, relationnelle et affective”
Advising Committee
Dr. Karlijn Haagsman
Assistant Professor Globalisation & Development
Postdoctoral researcher MO-TRAYL
University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Co-director Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development
Dr. Marion Maudet
Senior lecturer in demography and sociology
Centre Max Weber, France
Research keywords: Sexuality, gender, couple, family, religion, mixed methods