Leni Franken (1981; MA religious sciences, MA/PHD philosophy) worked as a teacher in secondary education for several years. Subsequently, she worked as a doctoral and post-doc researcher (FWO), and as an academic assistant at the Centre Pieter Gillis (University of Antwerp), where she has been appointed in 2019 as education supervisor. In addition to (coordinating) educational activities, she publishes amongst others about: financing religions; state neutrality; religious education; freedom of religion; and freedom of education.