Academic Publications in 2026
- Almenara-Niebla, S., Smets, K., & Alencar, A. (2026). Reorienting Collaborative–Creative Methodologies: Reflexive Devices in the Interplay of Ethnographic and Mobility Research. Qualitative Inquiry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004251412872
- Badran, Y. (2026). Book Review: Don’t Shoot the Journalists: Migrating to Stay Alive. Media, War & Conflict , 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352251411880
- Biesemans, R., & Gustin, A. (2026). Different party families, similar opposition to gender equality? A comparative analysis of conservative and far-right parties in parliamentary debates in Belgium and Spain. European Journal of Politics and Gender. https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2026D000000139
- Boen, H., & Cuelenaere, E. (2026). Around the world in 45 minutes: An analysis of representational strategies in Flemish factual-entertaining travel shows. Critical Studies in Television. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020261459369
- Cuelenaere, E. (2026). Recycling as ‘IP extractivism’ in the age of platformization: A comparative analysis of Netflix, Amazon Prime video, and Disney+. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565261422038
- Cuelenaere, E., & Meir, C. (2026). European original film production for global VOD services: National continuities and genre revivals. In Streaming Europe: How transnational streaming is reshaping European film and television markets (pp. 76-91). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003672128-8
- De Cleen, B. (2026). ‘Populism’ and the Far-Right Capture of Liberal-Democratic Signifiers. Social Semiotics, 36 (1), 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2025.2601617
- De Cleen, B., Moffitt, B., & Panayotu, P. (2026). The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational. British Journal of Politics & International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481251411836
- Deneckere, K., & De Cleen, B. (2025). Dislocation and repair after nuclear accidents: The discursive struggle over nuclear power in Belgium in the wake of Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Energy Research & Social Science, 131, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104503
- Gutiérrez-Torres, I., Lenette, C., Blomfield, I., Diallo, A., & Smets, K. (2026). Beyond Tokenism: Strategies to Co-Disseminate With Migrant Co-Researchers and Expand Their Roles in Neoliberal Academia. Qualitative Inquiry, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004251412876
- Joris, W., Bauwens, J., & d'Haenens, L. (2026). Hoe digitaal geletterd zijn jongeren? Een analyse van zelfinschattingen en verschillen tussen groepen. EU Kids Online. 14p.
- Lambrechts, G. (2026). De stille machtsgreep van Vlaams Belang. Samenleving en Politiek, 2026(1), 48-53. https://sampol.be/2026/01/de-stille-machtsgreep-van-vlaams-belang
- Lambrechts, G., & De Cleen, B. (2026). The people, the elite, and the environment: Constructing populist and anti-populist frontiers in environmental politics. Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957261458774
- Luo, A. (2026). Reintroducing the Journalist’s Body and Emotions in Metajournalistic Discourse: The Case of What I Didn’t Say. Journalism Studies, 27 (5), 728-742. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2025.2546847
- Mistiaen, V. (2026). De la liberté à la gestion : le discours constituant de l’UE sur les migrations. Semen., 59 , 127-140. https://journals.openedition.org/semen/23231
- Smets, K., Soberon, L., Gutiérrez Torres, I., & Almenara Niebla, S. (2026). Kinotopias: Film, Place, and Belonging in a Bordered World. Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-kinotopias.html
- Smets, K. (2026). Autonomous film culture: Film and the Rojava Revolution, 2015–2025. International Journal of Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779261466322.
- Vermoesen, S. (2026). Negotiating historical television in an era of political fragmentation and austerity: Tactics of heritage practitioners in Flanders, Belgium. Media, Culture & Society, Article 01634437261462442. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437261462442
- Vissenberg, J., Joris, W., Bauwens, J., & d'Haenens, L. (2026). De digitale schooldag: Internet, AI en smartphonegebruik van jongeren in en rond de klas. EU Kids Online network.
- Vissenberg, J., Joris, W., Bauwens, J., & d'Haenens, L. (2026). Van regels en filters naar vertrouwen en gesprek: Ouders als gids in de digitale leefwereld van jongeren. EU Kids Online network.
