| Titels | Prof. dr. |
| Initials | G.M.M. |
| Main position | Hoogleraar Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Disciplines | Sociology |
| Social sciences | |
| Media sciences | |
| Chair | Cultuursociologie |
| Domain | Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences and Law |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2019 |
| Member of Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences and Law | |
| Member of Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists | |
| Employed by |
KU Leuven
Centrum voor Sociologisch Onderzoek (CeSO)/Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO) Postbus 3600 3000 Leuven Belgium tel. +32 16 323044 |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Giselinde Kuipers is an authority on the sociology of humour and beauty. She is a prominent researcher in cultural and comparative historical sociology with a good eye for appealing but unusual topics in social science research. Among other things, Kuipers has shown that standards of feminine beauty do not vary much from one European country to the next. Perceptions of physical beauty depend mainly on educational level, age and degree of urbanisation. Kuipers has frequently warned that beauty is not a good gauge of reliability.