Gil Keppens is a postdoc researcher at Research Group TOR. He obtained his Master's degree (2012) and PhD (2018) at the Department of Sociology of Vrije Universiteit Brussel where he gained experience in the design, data-collection, analysis, and valorization of qualitative and large-scale quantitative research. Gil is actively engaged in truancy research and founding member of the International Network for School Attendance. His main research interests include youth research, sociology of education and educational policy.