Communication studies professors
Our team of full-time professors covers a wide range of topics and approaches within the study of media and communition. Our research is characterized by a multi-method approach, interdisciplinary collaborations and an international orientation. We investigate a broad range of media and communications, all analysed within their cultural, economic, technological and political context. In this, we embrace the broad range of communication research, welcoming both social scientific communication studies and humanities-oriented media studies approaches.
Charlotte De Backer
Interpersonal communication, food studies, gossip, celebrity gossip, evolution & human behavior
Paolo Favero
Visual anthropology, visual and digital culture/practices, ethnography and emerging technologies, visual research, urban studies, South Asian studies
Heidi Vandebosch
Cyberbullying, health communication, evidence-based interventions, health narratives, media sociology
Michel Walrave
Online self-disclosure, privacy, online marketing, social media, sexting, cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse
Pieter Maeseele
Media, pluralism and democracy, democratic debate and citizenship, news and popular culture, science and environment communication, discourse analysis
Alexander Dhoest
Television drama, social media, LGBTQ, migration and diaspora, identity, intersectionality, in-depth interviews
Philippe Meers
Historical and contemporary media cultures, film audiences, new cinema history, film theory, Latin American cinema
Steve Paulussen
Journalism studies, digital journalism, media and news use, social media, media innovation
Karolien Poels
Advertising research, persuasive technologies, digital media literacy, emotion measurement, experimental research
Sander De Ridder
Digital media, cultural studies, emerging communication technologies, intimacies, youth, digital ethnography, media audiences
Gert-Jan de Bruijn
Artificial intelligence, chatbots, virtual reality, social media and networks, media analysis and effects, meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Elisabetta Costa
digital anthropology; media anthropology; digital and visual cultures; digital ethnography; social media; Turkey and the Middle East
