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Luuk Van Waes
Professor em. in Business & Technical Communication
University of Antwerp
Faculty of Business Economics
Department of Management
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Contact
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Luuk Van Waes
University of Antwerp | City Campus
Faculty of Business Economics | Department of Management
Prinsstraat 13
BE 2000 Antwerp
Belgium
e. luuk.vanwaes@uantwerpen.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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Vice-chair of the Department of Management, Faculty of Business Economics(2018-2021)
Chair of the Education commission of the master in Multilingual Professional Communication (2010-2018)
Academic coordinator of the interfacultary master in Multilingual Professional Communication (2010- )
Elected member of the board of the Faculty of Business Economics (2009-2021)
Elected member of the board of the Faculty of Arts (2014-2018)
Member of the board of management of IPAC Institute of Professional and Accademic Communication - University of Antwerp (2014- )
Co-ordinator of the master Multilingual Professional Communication (Meertalige Professionele Communicatie; 2007- )
External member of the Research Board of the Artesis University College, Antwerp (2009-2013)
Member of the Communication Steering Committee of the University of Anwerp (2009-2014)
Academic co-ordinator of the committee for 'Quality Assurance and Innovation of Education': CIKO (2004-2007; 2021- )
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 (2006-2014)
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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Prisma 2020 - University of Antwerp: Best professor Award
Teaching award - so called 'Gobbelijntje' - granted by the master students in Multlingual Professional Communications (2019-2020).
Prisma 2019 - University of Antwerp: Best professor Award
Teaching award - so called 'Gobbelijntje' - granted by the master students in Multlingual Professional Communications (2018-2019).
Prisma 2018 - University of Antwerp: Best professor Award
Teaching award - so called 'Gobbelijntje' - granted by the master students in Multlingual Professional Communications (2017-2018).
Written Communication | John R. Hayes award for Excellence in Writing Research
Award for the best methodological article in Written Communication (2012-2014)
presented at the WRAB conference in Paris-Nanterre, France.
Leijten, M., & Van Waes, L. (2013). Keystroke Logging in Writing Research: Using Inputlog to Analyze and Visualize Writing Processes
Written Communication, 30(3), 358-392, doi:10.1177/0741088313491692 | Abstract and PDF
Award for Excellence in Writing research: Written Communication
Nominated for the Excellence in Writing Research Award for best article published in Written Communication (2011-2012)
Thomas Quinlan, Maaike Loncke, Mariëlle Leijten & Luuk Van Waes (2012). Coordinating the cognitive processes of writing: The role of the
monitor. Written Communication, 29, 345-368 | Abstract and PDF
Journal of Writing Research: John R. Hayes Award
Nomination for the John R. Hayes award for best article in the Journal of Writing Research (2010-2012) - shortlisted
Mariëlle Leijten, Sven De Maeyer & Luuk Van Waes (2012). Coordinating sentence composition with error correction: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Writing Research 2(3), 331-363 | PDF
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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