B. Quanjer (Björn)

Björn Quanjer (1991) is a PhD candidate linked to the Giants of the modern world. A new history of heights and health in The Netherlands, 1811-1940 project. His research focusses on the determinants of adult height such as: heritability, epigenetic factors, early life conditions, socioeconomic position and intra household resource allocation.
Björn holds both a BA (2014) and a MA (2016) degree in History from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, writing his MA-thesis on the history of the bike in Groningen 1885-1935. This thesis won the History Thesis Prize Groningen in 2016.

• Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History