Profile

Biography

After having obtained a master in sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2005 - ULB), Laurie gained an advanced master’s degree in “Quantitative analysis in social sciences” in 2008 (Kubrussel/ Kuleuven). Two years later, she completed her doctoral thesis at the ULB (funded by the National Fund for the Scientific Research). Her PhD research focused on the profile of visitors of modern and contemporary art museums in Belgium.

Her main fields of interest are sociology of culture and art as well as social sciences methodology. She currently collaborates with the French-speaking government of Belgium in order to treat data about cultural participation in this part of the country. She has also worked on themes such as ethnicity, intergroups relations and immigration and on the operationalisation of these concepts in empirical research. She helped, for instance, develop a feasibility study on a tolerance barometer for the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism and for the Equal Opportunities Minister.

Research

Overview

The main research interests of Laurie are in the areas of:

• Cultural sociology
• Attitudes towards art
• Sociology of immigration
• Methodology, quantitative analysis and mixed methods

Publications

Selected publications

• D. Jacobs, M. Swyngedouw, L. Hanquinet, V. Vandezande, R. Andersson, A. P. B. Horta, M. Berger, M. Diani, A. G., Ferrer, M. Giugni, M. Morariu, & P. Statham (2010 – forthcoming). « The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration-related ethnicity in Europe », in Luedtke A. (Ed.), Migrants and Minorities: The European Response, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 246-273.
• Laurie Hanquinet. « Quand les discours s’entrecroisent : ‘‘Sauvons le Montmartre bruxellois !’’», Sociologie et sociétés, forthcoming 2010.
• Dirk Jacobs, Laurie Hanquinet & Andrea Rea (2007). Performances des élèves issus de l’immigration en Belgique selon l’étude PISA : Une comparaison entre la Communauté française et la Communauté flamande, Bruxelles, Fondation Roi Baudouin.
• Dirk Jacobs, Laurie Hanquinet & Andrea Rea (2007). Prestaties van de leerlingen van buitenlandse herkomst in België volgens de PISA-studie: vergelijking tussen de Franse Gemeenschap en de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Bruxelles, Fondation Roi Baudouin.
• Laurie Hanquinet, Véronique Vandezande, Dirk Jacobs & Marc Swyngedouw (2006).  Un baromètre de la tolérance. Etude de faisabilité — Naar een tolerantiebarometer. Haalbaarheidsstudie, Leuven/Brussel, K.U.Leuven/ULB, ISPO/GERME, Centre de l’Egalité des chances et la lutte contre le racisme et Christian Dupont, Ministre de la Fonction publique, de l’Intégration sociale, de la Politique des grandes villes et de l’Egalité des chances.