Members | Political Communication | University of Antwerp

Name	Function
Prof. Dr. Christ'l De Landtsheer	Director of the Political Communication Research Unit.
Dr. Philippe De Vries	Professor of Political Marketing, Political Consulting, and Content Analysis (MA Political Communication). Doctorate on Candidate Image in Belgian Politics (University of Antwerp, December 7, 2007, supported by FWO).
Ganna Diedkova	Research and teaching assistant (MA Political Communication), PhD researcher on personality of political leaders.
Dr. Lieuwe Kalkhoven	Voluntary member. Doctorate on How to make Politics Bigger, Better, and Simpler (University of Antwerp, Political Communication Research Unit, February 3, 2017). Senior communication researcher at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands.
Dr. Oleksii Polegkyi	Voluntary Member. Doctorate on The Media and Political Discourse in Post-Communist Ukraine (Joint PhD University of Antwerp, Political Communication Research Unit, and Wroclaw University, March 18, 2016, supported by BOF). Postdoctoral researcher at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Solvita Denisa-Liepniece	Voluntary member. Doctorate on Political Communication in Post-Soviet Belarus: the Metaphorical Messages of an Authoritarian Leader, Aleksander Lukashenka (University of Antwerp, Political Communication Research Unit, October 15, 2013, supported by the Flemish Community). Principal advisor in Media Literacy to the Baltic Center for Media Literacy. Assistant professor of Audiovisual media and Strategic political communication at the Vidzjeme University of Applied Sciences (Lithuania).
Dimokritos Kavadias	Professor and researcher in the fields of Political Sociology and Political Socialization at the University of Antwerp and the Free University of Brussels VUB.
Alireza Sarfarazi	PhD researcher at the Political Communication Research Unit of the University of Antwerp on “Political Marketing in the Middle East”.
Samir Boureghda	PhD researcher at the Political Communication Research Unit of the University of Antwerp on 'Charisma and the “Dark-Side” of personality of political leaders in relation to destructive leadership' (with empirical cases from international politics).
Stephanie De Munter	PhD researcher at the Political Communication Research Unit of the University of Antwerp on "Political professionalization and social media".
Ben Hammou Ali	PhD researcher at the Political Communication Research Unit of the University of Antwerp on "Analysis of the post-Arab Spring political communication in the discourse of the Islamic Justice and Development Party". Senior Advisor to the Ministry in Morocco.
Onur Sultan	PhD researcher on “Mobilizing the Globe in Pursuit of a False Caliphate: A Case Study of Daesh”
Jurriaan Middelhoff	Voluntary member. Deputy Head of Mission at Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Panama
Dr. Martina Temmerman	Voluntary researcher at the University of Antwerp. Professor of Political Journalism at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Erasmus Hogeschool Brussels.
Dr. Chris Aalbers	Voluntary researcher at the University of Antwerp. Professor of Political Journalism at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Ingrid van Oudheusden-van Dorp	Voluntary member
Koen Colpaert	Voluntary member. He gained professional experience as a spokesperson at the International Labour Organisation, the European Council, and the Federal Government and the Flemish Government (Belgium).
Zhang Aifang	Visiting scholar. Senior lecturer at Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, engaged in teaching and research on political education and political socialization.