Brent Theys

Phd researcher

Department of Educational Studies

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

I am Brent Theys. After earning my educational bachelor’s degree in English and Catholic Religion at Thomas More (2020) and my master’s in Educational Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2022), including an FSW Honours programme on educational inequality, I worked as a guest lecturer in an educational bachelor’s programme and as a secondary school teacher in English and Catholic Religion. From October 2023 to February 2024, I worked as a temporary teaching and research assistant at the Department of Educational Studies (UGent) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ruben Vanderlinde, followed by a position as scientific staff member for the organization of the upcoming Master in Primary Education (March–September 2024). Since November 1, 2024, I have been a doctoral researcher on an FWO mandate for fundamental research, with Prof. Dr. Ruben Vanderlinde (UGent) as primary supervisor and Prof. Dr. Noel Clycq (UAntwerpen) as co-supervisor.

Email: brent.theys@ugent.be

Phone: +32 9 264 62 51

Research themes:

Education and training || Identity