Heidi Vandebosch#
| Membership Number: | 5052 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/heidi-vandebosch |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6779-3170 |
| Twitter: | @HeidiVandebosch |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/heidi.vandebosch |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-vandebosch-9664975/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since Jan. 2016: Professor at the University of Antwerp
- Oct. 2004 - 2015: Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp
- Oct. 2000 - Sept. 2004: Postdoctoral Researcher – Flemish Science Foundation (FWO) at KU Leuven
- Jan. 2000 - Sept. 2000: Postdoctoral Researcher – Research Council KU Leuven at KU Leuven
- 1999 Doctor in Social Sciences (Dissertation: “A Captive Audience? The Media Use of Prisoners.”) at KU Leuven
- Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1999: Research and Teaching Assistant at KU Leuven
Fields of Scholarship
- Prevalence of cyberbullying and the profiles of bullies and victims
- Games for health
- Impact of cyberbullying
- Online interaction and relationships
- Evidence-based interventions against cyberbullying and the role of schools, the police and news media
- Narratives and health
- Online behavior
- Adolescents/children and media
Honours and Awards
- Numerous prestigious research grants:
- As PI: (selection)
- 2015 - 2019 Short-term, middle-term and long-term effectiveness of coping strategies used by adolescent victims of cyberbullying. € 244.599,00, FWO - Research Foundation Flanders.
- 2014 - 2017 Cyberbullying and Stress at School and Work: towards a cross-fertilization of separate research traditions. € 293.150,00, FWO - Research Foundation Flanders.
- 2012 - 2016 Friendly ATTAC (Adaptive Technological Tools Against Cyberbullying). € 1.041.308,00. IWT - SBO (Strategic basic research) (VL.WET.BEL). The investigator is also coordinator of this interinstitutional project (total amount project: €2.353.283,00)
- As Co-PI (selection)-
- 2019 - 2022 Just in time! Using personal and contextual data to stimulate healthy behavior through adaptive interventions: Theoretical framework, technological building blocks and empirical evidence. € 999.172,00. BOF - University Research Fund: Concerted Research Project (BOF).
- As PI: (selection)
- October 2018 - April 2019 Chair of the expert panel that assesses the quality of the educational programs in Communication Sciences in the Netherlands
- November 2014 - January 2015 Expert working group “Tackling Bullying in Schools” - Flemish Educational Board (VLOR), committee:
- Since February 2012 Member of the Management Committee of the NeFCA (Netherlands- Flanders Communication Association) division on “Health Communication”
