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Postdoctoral fellow, Research Foundation Flanders
1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sept 2016
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FWOTM1373: Cinema under Siege: A Critical Evaluation of Artistic Freedom in Contemporary Europe
Denić, N. (Mandate) & Smets, K. (Administrative Promotor)
1/10/26 → 30/09/29
Project: Fundamental
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IRP35: Brussels Centre for Interdisciplinary Resistance Studies (Inter-RESIST)
de Mûelenaere, N. (Administrative Promotor), Verhaeghe, P.-P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Adam, I. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Sepp, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smets, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Badran, Y. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/07/26 → 30/06/31
Project: Fundamental
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FWOAL1165: HomeFrames: Amateur film, migration and home-making in post-war Belgium
Smets, K. (Administrative Promotor)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Fundamental
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NSIS1: Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM)
Adam, I. (Administrative Promotor), Trauner, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smets, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Kimpe, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Breuls, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Lambert, B. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Winter, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smis, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Hert, P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Henrard, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Vosters, R. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Sepp, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Lechkar, I. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Verhaeghe, P.-P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Bircan, T. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Van Belle, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Nagel, M. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Brosens, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Backer, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Consuegra, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1252: Gender Politics in Digital Far-Right Engagement with Narrative-Driven Video Games
Dickey, B. (Mandate), De Cleen, B. (Administrative Promotor) & Smets, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/11/24 → 31/10/28
Project: Fundamental
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Autonomous film culture: Film and the Rojava Revolution, 2015–2025
Smets, K., 14 Jul 2026, In: International Journal of Cultural Studies. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond Tokenism: Strategies to Co-Disseminate With Migrant Co-Researchers and Expand Their Roles in Neoliberal Academia
Gutiérrez-Torres, I., Lenette, C., Blomfield, I., Diallo, A. & Smets, K., 12 Jan 2026, In: Qualitative Inquiry. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kinotopias: Film, Place, and Belonging in a Bordered World
Smets, K., Soberon, L., Gutiérrez Torres, I. & Almenara Niebla, S., 13 Jul 2026, Edinburgh University Press. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
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Reorienting Collaborative–Creative Methodologies: Reflexive Devices in the Interplay of Ethnographic and Mobility Research
Almenara-Niebla, S., Smets, K. & Alencar, A., 15 Jan 2026, In: Qualitative Inquiry. p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cineforum as a participatory field device: Film-viewing for sensitive knowledge in ethnography
Almenara Niebla, S. & Smets, K., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Contemporary Etnography. 54, 6, p. 788-817 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)19 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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MSCA-COFUND ImπACT programme (as supervisor)
Smets, K. (Recipient), 22 Nov 2021
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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BRISPO Seminar: Reel Borders: studying borderlands through film
Smets, K. (Speaker)
2 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Tayri Paz Garcia Medina
Smets, K. (Host)
Apr 2026 → Jun 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Autonomous film culture: film and the Rojava Revolution ca. 2015-2025
Smets, K. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Creative tensions in using participatory methods for community engagement: Film, writing, and theatre in migration research
Gutiérrez, I. (Speaker), Moralli, M. (Speaker), Almenara Niebla, S. (Speaker), Smets, K. (Speaker), Şanlıer , İ. (Speaker), Hllouby, S. (Speaker), Mistiaen, V. (Speaker) & Ferris-Dobles, M. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Film introduction 'Battleship Potemkin'
Smets, K. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
Press/Media
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Commentaar aan Het Belang van Limburg (artikel over Turkse films)
13/04/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment