Joost Vaesen

Joost Vaesen is an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He teaches “Global City-Region Brussels. Language, Policy & Identity”, “Urban Education” and several courses on subject didactics in the field of culture and society within the Educational master's program. As former director of the Brussels Studies Institute (BSI) (2012-2019), Joost Vaesen was involved in various capacities (promoter, co-promoter, project management, quality control, ...) in more than 45 multi-actor projects in which a complex societal issue in Brussels was researched via integrated knowledge (inter-university, multi-/interdisciplinary, cross-community), always in co-creation with public, semi-public and/or private actors. From this perspective, he gained expertise about knowledge production and knowledge sharing in a (small) world city like Brussels and the interaction between academic, public, semi-public and private actors in this process. He also focuses on education policy in Brussels and the advantages and challenges of ‘urban’ education.

Publications

How to Queer Your (English) Class
How to Queer Your (English) Class
Jill Surmont, Katrien Roebben, Joost Vaesen, Maggy Brusselmans, Matthias Verdoodt. © 2023. 23 pages.
Teacher education programs have a big role to play in preparing (future) teachers on gender inclusive education. Especially in urban settings, where many cultures are represented...