Experience

Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven

• Belgium
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PHD Candidate (FWO-aspirant)

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  - Funded by the FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, Research Foundation - Flanders).- Conducting qualitative empirical research on nonreligion in the EU. Specifically exploring how nonreligious individuals understand themselves, reflect on the formation of their identity and understand ideas of 'god/higher power' in three European countries with different religio-cultural background (Norway/Belgium/Greece). - Funded by the FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, Research Foundation - Flanders).- Conducting qualitative empirical research on nonreligion in the EU. Specifically exploring how nonreligious individuals understand themselves, reflect on the formation of their identity and understand ideas of 'god/higher power' in three European countries with different religio-cultural background (Norway/Belgium/Greece).



European Society for Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)

• Vice Secretary

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Vice-secretary for the European Society for Women in Theological Research (ESWTR) for the period 2019-2021. Reelected (August 2021) by the ESWTR members and board in order to continue in that position for the period of 2021-2023. http://www.eswtr.org/en/start/board/present

• Conference Coordinator

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

  Part of the organizing committee and main contact person for the ESWTR conference 2019 (12-15 September 2019 - Leuven, Belgium).https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/centres/centr_women/gender-race-religion/



Porticus

• Netherlands
• Philanthropy
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Student analyst/researcher (2-month contract)

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Researching, evaluating and coding interreligious dialogue initiatives. • Making of an interreligious dialogue initiatives portfolio and writing an analysis report of the current initiatives and state of interreligious dialogue worldwide. • Researching, evaluating and coding interreligious dialogue initiatives. • Making of an interreligious dialogue initiatives portfolio and writing an analysis report of the current initiatives and state of interreligious dialogue worldwide.



U217 studio

• Assistant Manager and Coordinator

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Assistant manager and program coordinator at the sound engineering, film recording and digital arts studio U217 in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the ESPA program. • Responsible for the organizational activities and program management of the studio.• Supervising and organizing the studio during busy business hours.• Contributing to recording and video editing projects. • Assistant manager and program coordinator at the sound engineering, film recording and digital arts studio U217 in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the ESPA program. • Responsible for the organizational activities and program management of the studio.• Supervising and organizing the studio during busy business hours.• Contributing to recording and video editing projects.



Central European University

• Austria
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern at Religious Studies Center

  • Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

  • Intern at CEU Religious Studies Program (now Religious Studies Center) in Budapest, under the auspices of the Erasmus Placement program. • Worked as an assistant with the professors Aziz Al-Azmeh and Nadia Al-Bagdadi, aiding with research and organization of reading materials for the following courses and seminars: - Borders of Faith: Religion, Scholarship and Modernity between Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. (http://archive.ceu.hu/node/31561) - Religious and Cultural Transfers across the Eastern Mediterranean. (http://archive.ceu.hu/node/24612) - Topical Seminar: Science and Religion. (http://archive.ceu.hu/node/29825) • Editorial work (proofreading, references checking and footnotes/bibliography editing) for Aziz Al-Azmeh’s book “The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity: Allah and His People.” (Cambridge University Press, 2014) • Cooperated with the program coordinator, Esther Holbrook, and the professors Matthias Riedl and Aziz Al-Azmeh in order to assist with organizational and promotional activities (lectures, conferences and receptions) for the Religious Studies Program, such as: - Special Workshop with Brian Stock: Late Antiquity and Transitions to Monotheism (https://religion.ceu.edu/events/2012-09-17/religious-studies-program-special-workshop-brian-stock-late-antiquity-and) - Lecture by Friedrich Wilhelm Graf: Creationism: Some Stories on Modern Religion (http://archive.ceu.hu/node/31389) - Lecture by Aziz Al-Azmeh: Abbasid Free Thinking and the Critique of Religion (http://archive.pds.ceu.hu/node/32801)