Experience

Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  I'm a former lecturer in Psychoanthropology of Social Media in the Faculty of Economics, Social and Political Sciences and Communication. I'm a former lecturer in Psychoanthropology of Social Media in the Faculty of Economics, Social and Political Sciences and Communication.



University of Navarra

• Spain
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2015

  From September 2013 to August 2015, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow for the project Emotional Culture and Identity in the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Navarra, Spain. I carried out qualitative research on the mediatization of emotions in Spanish online news media. My research comprised content analysis of affect-related news, interviews with online journalists, and focus groups with online news readers. My central aim was to examine the role of mediatized affect in the constitution of the emotional public sphere.



Université de Namur

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

  From November 2011 to July 2013, I worked as a full-time researcher for the project "Compulsive Computer Use and Knowledge Needs in Belgium: A Multimethod Approach" funded by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). I carried out this project in the Research Centre Information, Law, and Society at the University of Namur, Belgium. My work there consisted in (a) the design, administration, and statistical analysis of a survey on compulsive use of computers, video games and social networks among secondary school students, (b) the design and statistical analysis of an online survey among adults on compulsive use of computers, video games, and social networks, and (c) conducting life story interviews with young adults suffering from compulsive use of video games in counseling services in Wallonia (French-speaking Belgium).

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Oct 2008 - Oct 2011

  From October 2008 to October 2011, I worked as a full-time researcher for the ARC project "Transformation du rapport à l’information en communication multimédia" in the Department of Political, Social, and Communication Sciences at the University of Namur, Belgium. Within this project I carried out a qualitative, ethnographic research focused on audiences’ trust in online news in French-Speaking Belgium.



University of Twente

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Researcher

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2009

  From September 2006 to August 2009, I worked as an associate researcher for the project "Evaluating the Cultural Quality of New Media" in the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, The Netherlands. In this project I carried out an interdisciplinary research combining ethical and psychological frameworks and methodologies on the impact of ICT (social networks, video games, virtual therapies) on users’ quality of life and well-being. From September 2006 to August 2009, I worked as an associate researcher for the project "Evaluating the Cultural Quality of New Media" in the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, The Netherlands. In this project I carried out an interdisciplinary research combining ethical and psychological frameworks and methodologies on the impact of ICT (social networks, video games, virtual therapies) on users’ quality of life and well-being.