Structure and organisation

Brussels Arts Platform is the UAB (Universitaire Associatie Brussel) advisory and consultation body that formulates proposals to EhB and VUB on artistic research in all its aspects.

Brussels Arts Platform: 

• stimulates, facilitates, and supervises PhDs in the arts within the divisions of the UAB. The Arts Platform is also responsible for the productional aspects of the Doctorates, such as exhibitions, performances and concerts.
• supports, facilitates, and stimulates cooperation in the field of artistic research between the researchers within the divisions of the UAB and with external (national and international) partners from artistic and academic fields.
• makes recommendations to EhB and VUB on artistic research proposals of all forms.
• contributes, through research practice, to an international multidisciplinary reference framework for artistic research in Brussels.

The members of Brussels Arts Platform  include active researchers, doctoral students, and their supervisors attached to the Schools of Arts of Erasmushogeschool and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

The daily operational management of the Arts platform is in the hands of the Platform Bureau, composed of Katia Segers (VUB, chairwoman), Kristin Van Den Buys (research coordinator Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, vice-president), Ellen Gillard (research coordinator RITCS, vice-president). They are assisted in this by a coordinator (Inge Pieters). This board meets on a regular basis and reports to the Platform Council.

The Platform Council is responsible for developing the vision of the Arts Platform and consists of the members of the executive committee, two representatives of KCB and of RITCS, five representatives of VUB, and a representative of the doctoral students as an advisory member. The Platform Council meets every eight weeks and reports to UAB, VUB, and EhB.

For the academic year 2024–2025, the Platform Council is composed as follows:

Executive Committee

• Katia Segers (VUB, chairwoman)

• Ellen Gillard (research coordinator RITCS, vice-president)

• Kristin Van Den Buys (research coordinator KCB, vice- president)

Representatives of EhB

Reinhilde Weyns (director, RITCS)
Hendrik De Smedt (head of education for the dramatic arts, RITCS)
Jan D'haene (director KCB)
Maarten Stragier (researcher and assistant Professor KCB)
 

Representatives of VUB

Professor Karen François 
Walter Ysebaert or substitute Dirk Derom
Professor Jean Paul Van Bendegem
Professor Ann Dooms
Professor Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans

The Phd students in the arts are being represented by Laura Vandewynckel.