Kathleen Beullens#
| Membership Number: | 6625 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | https://soc.kuleuven.be/smc/staff/00040683 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0530-7947 |
| Twitter: | @kathbeullens |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 - present Professor at Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven
- 2019 - 2022 Associate Professor at Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven
- 2014 - 2019 Assistant Professor at Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven
- 2012 Visiting scholar Colorado State University (USA), Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, Period: 01.05.2012 - 31.07.2012 (funded by FWO)
Fields of Scholarship
- Children’s and adolescents’ psychosocial well-being
- Social media use
- Effects of media use
- Media effects on health and risk-related outcomes
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Replication Award – European Conference of Media Psychology, 2000€ for paper/presentation Geusens, Carr, & Beullens (2021)
- 2018 Best article award – Alpro Foundation (De Cock et al., 2017)
- 2018 Nomination M-Awards (category research; Mediawijs) – for parental mediation research
- 2013 Postdoctoral fellowship FWO
- 2010 Postdoctoral fellowship FWO
- 2009 Postdoctoral fellowship Research Fund, KU Leuven
- 2010 Top paper award at the conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore
- 2014 - 2016 Grant “The dynamic relationship between young people’s use of social networking sites and alcohol consumption: A longitudinal study” Promoter, project STG/14/012 (1.10.2014 – 30.09.2016; 100 000€) Supervisor of doctoral dissertation Dr. F. Geusens
- 2016 - 2018 Grant “Determining the long term impact of adolescents’ use of social media on alcohol consumption” Supervisor, C1 project 3H16025 (1.10.2016 – 30.9.2018; 94 000€)
- 2019 - 2023 Grant “Disentangling the complex associations between the use of social networking sites and adolescents’ alcohol (mis)use: Go-along interviews and a daily diary study” Supervisor, C1 project (1.10.2019 – 30.9.2023; 230 726€)
- 2018 - 2022 Grant “Disentangling alcohol-related social media effects: A multimethod approach to explore the role of different socializing agents and different message types across platforms” FWO aspirantenproject, dra. S. Vranken. Role: supervisor (full PhD salary + bench fee, ~192 000€)
- 2018 - 2022 Grant “Understanding the reciprocal associations between adolescents’ social media use and alcohol consumption: A multimethod approach”, Supervisor, project: G069218N (01.1.2018 - 31.12.2021; 222 020€)
- 2020 - 2024 Grant “#Smokefree: Developing and testing an active involvement prevention intervention incorporating social media to reduce smoking initiation among adolescents” Role: Supervisor (1.10.2020 – 30.09.2024; 349 970€)
- 2022 - 2025 Growing up in the age of constant connectivity: Elucidating the dynamic interplay between preadolescents’ online practices and their identity development, Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO), postdoctoral fellowship A Meeus. Role: Supervisor
