Peter Van Petegem is a professor of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences. He founded the Edubron research group and the Higher Education Expertise Centre. He conducts research on education and school policies, and also on music education and environmental education and education for sustainable development. He is the host of ‘De Staat van ons Onderwijs’, a radio program and podcast in which research and current educational themes are discussed in a nuanced manner for a broad audience, far removed from polarization (https://www.mixcloud.com/peter-vp).