You are very welcome to meet all the members of our research group MIOS as listed below. For more information about our members' current projects and publications, please click on their name to go to their personal webpage.
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Michel Walrave
michel.walrave@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 81
Research interests: Online self-disclosure, online privacy, sexting, sharenting, online marketing, social media, cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse
Professors
Prof. Dr. Charlotte De Backer
charlotte.debacker@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 80
Research interests: social food studies, social talk, celebrities, dating behaviour, interpersonal relations
Prof. Dr. Karolien Poels
karolien.poels@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 55 87
Research interests: advertising, advertising processing, personalisation, native advertising, advertising effects, online privacy
Prof. Dr. Koen Ponnet
koen.ponnet@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 53 41
Research interests: mediapsychology, social psychology, online and offline risk behavior, adolescents, structural equation modeling
Prof. Dr. Heidi Vandebosch
heidi.vandebosch@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 82
Research interests: cyberbullying, (new) media audiences and effects, health communication, serious games, entertainment-education
Prof. Dr. Gert-Jan De Bruijn
gert-jan.debruijn@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: health communication, artificial intelligence, chatbots, virtual reality, social media and networks, media analysis and effects, meta-analyses and systematic reviews
Part-time professors, guest professors and postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Elke Cloots
elke.cloots@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 51 41
Research interests: media law, freedom of speech, identity, discrimination, hate speech, data protection, European Union
Dr. Wannes Heirman
wannes.heirman@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 71
Research interests: VR, online privacy, online marketing, cyberbullying
Dr. Sara Pabian
sara.pabian@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 55 59
Research interests: cyberbullying, ICT use, online interactions, adolescents, longitudinal research
Dr. Ann DeSmet
ann.desmet@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 71
Research interests: health communication, digital health, media psychology, emotions
joris.vanouytsel@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 52 79
Research interests: sexting, cyber dating abuse, online sexuality, role of digital media in romantic relationships, media literacy education
Dr. Sara Erreygers
sara.erreygers@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 50 36
Research interests: emotions, adolescence, prosocial and antisocial online behaviour, cyberbullying
Dr. Gaëlle Ouvrein
gaelle.ouvrein@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 42 09
Research interests: celebrity bashing, cyberbullying, adolescents, celebrities, gossip
lara.hallam@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 40 98
Research interests: Online dating, interpersonal trust, online to offline modality switching, mating and dating behavior, hurt
Simone Krouwer
simone.krouwer@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 68
Research interests: native advertising, news media, strategic communication, online journalism, online advertising
karen.verswijvel@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 49 14
Research interests: social media, friendship quality, sharenting, professional development, gendered language, gender stereotypes
konrad.rudnicki@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 55 65 or +32 (0)3 265 51 33
Research interests: biomarkers, oxytocin, biopsychology, psychophysiology, psychoneuroendocrinology
PhD Researchers
Isabelle.cuyckx@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 52 64
Research interests: influencers & food endorsers, food media, food literacy, health communication, healthy eating patterns, behavioral change, campaigning
rowan.daneels@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 73
Research interests: digital games, adolescents & games, meaningful gaming, (moral) elevation, VR, social robots
Anouk De Ridder
anouk.deridder@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 53 35
Research interests: positive media research, audience research, qualitative audience studies, entertainment media
dorien.luyckx@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 92 73
Research interests: advertising, native advertising, media industry, business models for news, engaged journalism, journalism startups
sofie.marien@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 92 73
Research interests: Mental health, adolescence, online community, health narratives, expressive writing
katrien.maldoy@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 53 80
Research interests: consumer behavior, advertising, health, social food studies, adolescents
michelle.symons@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 51 60
Research interests: just-in-time adaptive interventions, health communication, physical activity, messages, nudging, persuasive communication
lauranna.teunissen@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 51 60
Research interests: Food media, food endorsers/influencers, consumer behavior, health communication and emerging adulthood
roseline.vangogh@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 53 80
Research interests: CSR, cause-related marketing, sustainable and ethical consumer behavior, social influence, influencer marketing, persuasive online communication, social profit communication, emerging adults
jules.vrinten@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 52 64
Research interests: food media influence on food consumption patterns, psychology, health promotion
amber.peeters@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: health communication, social food studies, food consumption, food as identity
ina.weber@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: online hate speech, user perceptions of new technologies, online interactions, recommendations, experimental research, ethics in AI
lise-marie.nassen@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: Digital disconnection, ICT use, strategic and persuasive communication,
digital behaviour
paulien.decorte@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: food media, emerging adulthood, food influencers & celebrities, consumer behavior, health communication
sofie.apers@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: health communication, radon, mass media, strategic communication
Yi-Lun.Jheng@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: learning from text, emotion dynamics, physiological Measurement, cognition-emotion interaction
Yuying.Tan@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: online sexual harassment, behavior intervention, cognitive system and artificial intelligence, affective computing, interactive media, content marketing
toni.claessens@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: vaccine hesitancy, vaccine confidence, health communication, persuasive technologies
Aurélie Gilen
aurelie.gilen@uantwerpen.be
Research interests: cyberviolence, image-based sexual abuse, non-consensual sharing of intimate images, LGBTQ+, sexology, @ntidote project
Associated collaborators
Fynn Gerken
fynn.gerken@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 50 18
Member of the Faculty of Business and Economics and MIOS
Research interests: corporate communication, crisis communication, social media, economic consequences of organisational communication, flow of information in capital markets
Dr. Yandisa Ngqangashe
yandisa.ngqangashe@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 40 29
Research interests: food related media, food literacy on adolescents , adolescents, health communication
Dr. Erik Snoeijers
erik.snoeijers@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 50 36
Research interests: crisis communication, communication management, public relations, organizational communication, crisis management
evert.vandenbroeck@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 49 14
Research interests: online marketing communication, social media, personalised advertising, social networking sites, online privacy
Dr. Kathleen Van Royen
kathleen.vanroyen@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 52 57
Research interests: adolescents, social media, sexual harassment, cyberbullying, health communication and promotion
ini.vanwesenbeeck@ugent.be
+32 (0)3 265 53 35
Research interests: advertising literacy, advergames, in-game advertising, parental internet mediation
Anne Vermeulen
anne.vermeulen@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 56 71
Research interests: adolescents, emotion regulation, social sharing of emotions, online and offline communication, life events
Dr. Brahim Zarouali
brahim.zarouali@uantwerpen.be
+32 (0)3 265 50 49
Research Interests: consumer behavior, advertising, persuasion, adolescents, social media
Former members
- Dr. Sara Bastiaensens
- Gie Deboutte
- Dr. Suzanne Overmars
- Dr. Katrien Van Cleemput
- Karolien Van Nunen
- Dr. Ivana Vranjes
- Dr. Denis Wegge
- Dr. Lies De Kimpe