Filip Van Droogenbroeck

Filip Van Droogenbroeck is a sociologist and assistant professor in the Data Analytics Laboratory at BUTO. He obtained his PhD in Sociology with a dissertation on the end of career and mental health of teachers. Filip has extensive experience in the design, data-collection, analysis, and valorisation of large scale quantitative research such as the 'Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2018 Flanders)' and the 'Holocaust Police and Human rights project'. He published over 20 papers in peer reviewed academic journals, contributed to 12 books, and wrote over 12 policy-oriented reports.

His main research interests include sociology of youth, sociology of education, educational policy, and compassion and altruism research. His broader interests are in consciousness and science philosophy with a focus on the mind-body problem. In 2018 he was awarded the European Varela Award for his research project 'Compassionate attitude training in a challenging school context in Brussels.' He is co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Research Project on Compassionate Communities and member of the Compassionate VUB.

EDUcation

Research methods for business 

Onderzoeksmethoden en -paper voor bedrijfskunde

Bachelor- en masterproef coördinatie

Research

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Youth

Compassion

Altruism

Effectiveness

KEY publications

Van Droogenbroeck, F., Spruyt, B., Quittre, V., & Lafontaine, D. (2021). Does the School Context Really Matter for Teacher Burnout? Review of Existing Multilevel Teacher Burnout Research and Results From the Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 in the Flemish- and French-Speaking Communities of Belgium. Educational Researcher, 50(5), 290–305. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X21992361

Van Droogenbroeck, F., Spruyt, B., & Vanroelen, C. (2014). Burnout among senior teachers: Investigating the role of workload and interpersonal relationships at work. Teaching and Teacher Education, 43, 99–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.07.005

Spruyt, B., Keppens, G., & Van Droogenbroeck, F. (2016). Who Supports Populism and What Attracts People to It? Political Research Quarterly, 69(2), 335–346. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912916639138

Van Droogenbroeck, F., Spruyt, B., & Keppens, G. (2018). Gender differences in mental health problems among adolescents and the role of social support: Results from the Belgian health interview surveys 2008 and 2013. BMC Psychiatry, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1591-4

Van Droogenbroeck, F., Spruyt, B., Siongers, J., & Keppens, G. (2016). Religious Quest Orientation and Anti-Gay Sentiment: Nuancing the Relationship Between Religiosity and Negative Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Among Young Muslims and Christians in Flanders. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55(4), 787–799. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12303