| Timeline |
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| 2002–2006 | Master in philosophy (Ghent University) |
| 2006–2007 | Postgraduate Studies in Logic, History and Philosophy of Science (Ghent University) |
| October 1, 2007 – September 20, 2011 | FWO Research Fellow – Ghent University |
| October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FWO) – Ghent University |
| October 15 – December 31, 2017 | Doctoral Assisant – Leuven University |
| March 1, 2019 – present | Postdoctoral researcher – Ghent University |
| October 1, 2019 – October 1, 2023 | First holder of Etienne Vermeersch Chair — Ghent University |
Title of dissertation: Here be dragons. Exploring the hinterland of science.
Date public defense: March 15, 2011
| Research Stays Abroad |
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| September 1 – October 17, 2009 | Study visit with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci, Lehman College, The City University of New York |
| September 6 – October 6, 2010 | Study visit with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci, Graduate Center (CUNY), New York |
| April 24 – October 11, 2013 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute (Vienna) |
| February – July 2016 | Study visit at the Center for Cognitive Studies, with Prof. Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, Boston) |
| April 11 – May 15, 2017 | Research stay at the Central European University in Budapest, with Dan Sperber |
| Scientific Awards |
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| 2006 | SKEPP Award for best Master’s thesis: De naakte keizers van de psychoanalyse: de immunisatiestrategieën van een pseudowetenschap |
| 2011 | ‘Book of the year’ award for De ongelovige Thomas heeft een punt |
| 2012 | Shortlist ‘Socrates Wisselbeker Filosofie’ for the book De ongelovige Thomas heeft een punt |
| 2013 | Shortlist Science Communication Award, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en
Kunsten |