Team

Core members

Professor

Kris Rutten

Head of the research group. 

Marjan Doom

Director of GUM & Plantentuin and part-time ZAP member.

Postdoc

Hari Prasad Sacré 

Post-Doc researcher. Focuses on literacy, emancipation, transnational adoption and higher education.

Laura Van Beveren

Post-Doc researcher. Focuses on critical reflection and (new) rhetoric. 

Arjang Omrani

Post-Doc Researcher. Focuses on rhetoric, visual anthropology and movie. 

Doc


    Amanda Adam

    Teaching assistant and researcher. Focuses on (new) rhetoric and the aesthetic approach.

    Ruini Huang

    Researcher.  Research focus: the functions of art education.

    Johanna Couvée

    Researcher. Focuses on analysis of public debates on mental health, towards critical and non-discriminatory mental health 'literacies'.

    Jill Decrop Ernst

    Researcher. Research focus: rhetoric of (science) museums.

        Affiliated members

        Ishaya Anthony

        Researcher. Focuses on public pedagogy, religion and media.

        Chokri Ben Chikha

        International performer, artistic director and researcher.

        Anneli Bowie

        Researcher. Focuses on rhetoric and design.


        An De bisschop

        Head of teacher education at KASK. Focuses on community arts, art education and teacher education. 

        Simon Allemeersch

        Researcher. Focuses on poverty and social inequity in urban contexts. 

        Jeroen Bourgonjon

        Coördinator of the Interdisciplinary Consortium Delta.

        Amber De Clerk

        Teaching assistant and researcher. Focuses on rhetoric, culture & identity.

        Luz Santa María Muxica

        Researcher. Focuses on literacy and socialisation.

          Ronald Soetaert

          Professor emeritus. Focuses on rhetoric, culture education and literary criticism.

          Eliane Van Alboom

          Focuses on English in higher and secondary education..

          An van Dienderen

          Film maker and researcher. Focuses on documentaries and visual antropology.

          Joachim Vlieghe

          Focuses on social media and literary institutes. 

          Geert Vandermeersche

          Guest professor. Focuses on literary education, narratology and graphic novels. 

          Ive Verdoodt

          Focuses on visual representation of education and film education.