Research group Culture & Education

Team

Core members

Professor

Kris Rutten

Head of the research group. 

Marjan Doom

Director of GUM & Plantentuin and part-time ZAP member.

Postdoc

Hari Prasad Sacré 

Post-Doc researcher. Focuses on literacy, emancipation & multilingualism.

Laura Van Beveren

Post-Doc researcher. Focuses on critical reflection and (new) rhetoric. 

Arjang Omrani

Post-Doc Researcher. Focuses on rhetoric, visual anthropology and movie. 

Doc


    Amanda Adam

    Teaching assistant and researcher. Focuses on (new) rhetoric and the aesthetic approach.

    Ruini Huang

    Researcher.  Research focus: the functions of art education.

    Johanna Couvée

    Researcher. Focuses on analysis of public debates on mental health, towards critical and non-discriminatory mental health 'literacies'.

    Amber De Clerk

    Teaching assistant and researcher. Focuses on rhetoric, culture & identity.

    Luz Santa María Muxica

    Researcher. Focuses on literacy and socialisation.

    Affiliated members

    Ishaya Anthony

    Researcher. Focuses on public pedagogy, religion and media.

    Chokri Ben Chikha

    International performer, artistic director and researcher.

    Anneli Bowie

    Researcher. Focuses on rhetoric and design.

    Ronald Soetaert

    Professor emeritus. Focuses on rhetoric, culture education and literary criticism.

    Simon Allemeersch

    Researcher. Focuses on poverty and social inequity in urban contexts. 

    Jeroen Bourgonjon

    Coördinator of the Interdisciplinary Consortium Delta.

    An De bisschop

    Head of teacher education at KASK. Focuses on community arts, art education and teacher education. 

    Eliane Van Alboom

    Focuses on English in higher and secondary education.

    An van Dienderen

    Film maker and researcher. Focuses on documentaries and visual antropology.

    Ive Verdoodt

    Focuses on visual representation of education and film education.

    Joachim Vlieghe

    Focuses on social media and literary institutes. 

    Geert Vandermeersche

    Guest professor. Focuses on literary education, narratology and graphic novels.