Marion Wasserbauer is a guest lecturer at the department of communication studies. In june 2018, she received her PhD in the Social Sciences with her research Queer Voices: Exploring the Roles of Music in LGBTQ Lives. This multidisciplinary research includes following topics: LGBTQs (in Flanders), LGBT and Queer theory, gender and feminist theory, oral history, identity(-formation), media- and literary theory.
Discover the life stories on music and being LGBTQ on the Queer Voices homepage.
Together with Alexander Dhoest, she coordinates the LGBTQ Forum, a network for academics and members of LGBTQ-related organisations in Flanders.
The interaction of the academic, activist and personal life spheres is another topic of interest: Academia and Identity - when Research meets Activism. Experiences, opinions, insights and outlooks.