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Luuk Van Waes
Full professor in business & technical communication
University of Antwerp
Faculty of Applied Economics
Department of Management
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Contact
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Luuk Van Waes
University of Antwerp | City Campus
Faculty of Applied Economics | Department of Management
Prinsstraat 13 | STC Z.503
[Visiting address: Kipdorp 61]
BE 2000 Antwerp
Belgium
t. + 32 3 265.51.59
f. + 32 3 265.50.79
e. luuk.vanwaes@ua.ac.be
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Education
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PhD in Technical and Social Sciences (1991)
University of Twente, The Netherlands
The computer and the writing process.
The influence of the word processor on the pausing and revision behaviour of writers
Promotor: Prof. dr. P.J. Schellens
Master's degree in Germanic Philology (1980)
University of Antwerp, Belgium
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Current employment
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Professor: Business and Technical Communication (Dutch)
University of Antwerp - Faculty of Business Economics
Professor: Strategic Business Communication (Dutch)
Antwerp Management School (Advanced Master HR Management / Master of Science and Management)
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Research interest
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writing processes
writing and digital media
cognitive models of writing processes
tools and methods for writing research
business and technical communication
online writing centers |
Faculty
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Elected member of the board of the Faculty of Applied Economics (2009- )
External member of the Research Board of the Artesis University College, Antwerp (2009- )
Member of the Communication Steering Committee of the University of Anwerp (2009- )
Academic co-ordinator of the committee for 'Quality Assurance and Innovation of Education': CIKO (2004-2007)
Member of the board of the Department of Management (MNG) - University of Antwerp (2003- )
Member of the advisory body of 'Linguapolis': Institute for Language and Communication: Research, Development and Training - University of Antwerp (2006- )
Co-ordinator of the master Multilingual Professional Communication (Meertalige Professionele Communicatie; 2007- )
Member of the resonance group of the 'Dutch Language Union' (Nederlandse Taal Unie (2006-2008)
Member of the QANU Accreditation Committee for undergraduate and graduate programs in the domain of 'Communication and Information Sciences' in the Netherlands, QANU (2005-2007).
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Teaching
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I teach courses in Business Communication, Management Communication and Communication research at the bachelor, master, and advanced master level: more information
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Research
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My research mainly focuses on cognitive writing pocesses & digital media in professional settings. In this domain I edited a few books and wrote articles in, for instance, IEEE Transactions in Professional Communication, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Interacting with Computers, Computers and Composition, Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing (Journal of Applied Linguistcis), Reading and Writing, Business Communication Quarterly, Document Design (now Information Design Journal.
publications
presentations
research projects
phd projects
other activities (journals, organisation of conferences and symposia, guest lectures, keynotes)
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Awards
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Association of Business Communication:
ABC's award for most Outstanding Business Communication Quarterly article 2006
Jacobs, Geert, Opdenacker Liesbeth & Van Waes, Luuk (2005). A Multilanguage Online Writing Center for Professional Communication: Development and Testing. Business Communication Quarterly, 68/1, 8-22.
Elsevier Computers and Composition
Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award 2007
Van Waes, L. Leijten, M. & Neuwirth, C. (Vol. Eds.) & G. Rijlaarsdam (Series Ed.) (2006), Writing and Digital Media (Studies in Writing: Vol. 17.). Oxford: Elsevier (364 p.) | ISBN-10: 0080448631; ISBN-13: 978-0080448633
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