Els Minne

Els Minne is a historian at the University of Leuven's History Department. Her research explores the intersections of history and sociology, focusing on inequality, welfare, and social justice. In her doctoral research, she examines Catholic poverty organisations in Brussels between 1945 and 1995, adding a grassroots perspective to the historiography of religion and welfare states. Els is a member of the research groups Cultural History since 1750 and Modernity and Society, and collaborates with KADOC, the Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture, and Society. She contributed to the SOLIGION project (2020–2024), which mapped the diversity of religiously inspired solidarity initiatives in Flanders. Her work has been published in international journals, including Journal for Urban History with her article on Catholicism’s urban turn in postwar Brussels; History of European Ideas, co-authored with Kaat Wils, on civil society’s role in poverty research.