Leen d'Haenens#
| Membership Number: | 6677 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00046656 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7847-9996 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Professor of Communication Science, KU Leuven, Belgium
- August 2011 - August 2018 Vice-dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven
- October 2007 - October 2011 Director of Studies, Department of Communication Science, KU Leuven
- April 2006 - March 2016 Board Member of the Netherlands Press Fund (The Hague)
- February 2005 - February 2009 Member of the Flemish Media Regulator
- March 2009 - present Vice-president Chamber for Impartiality and Protection of Minors, Flemish Media Regulator
- 2000 - 2007 Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration in Media and Telecommunications Policy
- Previously, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- News, post-truth and political communication
- Media, migration and refugee experiences
- Media and telecommunications policy
- Media literacy, competence and skills
- Framing the European crisis
- Youth digital engagement and wellbeing
Honours and Awards
- 2005 Vice-chair of the Chamber for Impartiality and Protection of Minors of the Flemish Media Regulator
- 2020 - 2023 Project Coordinator of ySKILLS/Youth Skills (H2020 RIA project, ID870612) on digital skills and well-being of children across Europe
- April 2006 - March 2016 Board Member of the Netherlands Press Fund (The Hague)
- February 2005 - February 2009 Member of the Flemish Media Regulator
- March 2009 - present Vice-president Chamber for Impartiality and Protection of Minors, Flemish Media Regulator
- Expert member of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic File
- June 2009 - September 2017 President Subpanel Communication Sciences
- May 2010-September 2016 Member of Expert Panel Political and Communication Sciences, Research Foundation Flanders
- July 2012 - present External evaluator for the Slovenian Research Agency
- November 2013 - present Member of the Peer Evaluation Commission at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
- Since 2021 Chair ERC Consolidator Grant Panel ‘Social World, Diversity, Population’ (SH3)
