Research Team

PhD Researcher

Elisa Robbe is a doctoral researcher at Ghent University – conducting research at the faculties of Arts & Humanities and Sociology 

Departments of Translation, Interpreting & Communication & Conflict and Development

She explores audio/visual discourses of migration and their circulation in and beyond digital media in the context of Latin American borderlands.

Supervisors

Alexandra Sanchez is Assistant Professor of Audiovisual Translation at Ghent University – Department of Translation, Interpreting & Communication.

Her research centers on audiovisual products as cultural artifacts, capable of translating a vast array of ideologies.

Robin Vandevoordt is Associate Professor at Ghent University – Department of Social Work & Pedagogy.

His research centers on migration, solidarity, citizenship and collective action.

Co-Supervisor

July De Wilde is Associate Professor of Spanish at Ghent University – Department of Translation, Interpreting & Communication.

Her research focuses on multilingualism, and intercultural communication in migration contexts.