Dr. Michel Walrave is an associate professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Communication Studies of the University of Antwerp. He is responsible for the research group MIOS which conducts research on, amongst others, ICT uses of young people. 

His field of expertise is situated in the area of societal implications of ICT in general, and ICT-use related risks in particular. He has conducted several research projects on e-youth (adolecents' ICT uses, self-disclosure in social network sites, children and online marketing, cyberbullying), e-privacy and e-marketing (online marketing techniques, online privacy risks, policies and regulations) and e-working (implementation, advantages and inconvenients). 

He teaches societal implications of ICT, marketing communications, e-marketing, governmental and social profit communication at the University of Antwerp and as a guest lecturer in several other universities. 

He is co-supervisor of the research team of the Belgian Internet Rights Observatory, member of the Expert Commission on governmental communication of the Flemish Parliament and member of several European research networks. 

Michel Walrave holds a master’s degree in Communication Studies, a master in Information Science and a PhD in Social Sciences.

More information: 

• The MIOS website , including information about the research team's projects and publications
• New publications and projects can also be found on Academia.edu
• International multidisciplinary conferences on young people and ICT, eYouth (Antwerp, 27-28 May 2010), Youth 2.0 (Antwerp, 20-22 March 2013) 

Forthcoming publications:    

• Walrave, M., Heirman, W. & Van Gool, E. (2013). Connecting and protecting? Adolescents, self-disclosure and privacy in social network sites. In K. Zilles, J. Cuenca Fontbana, & E. Comas Arnal (Eds.) Life without media (pp. 103-133). New York: Peter Lang. 
• Walrave, M. & Heirman, W. (2013). Cyberbullying: teens at risk or risky teens? In V. Deliyanni & L. Chisholm (Eds.) Changing landscapes of childhood and youth in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge Publishing Scholars. 

Recent publications:

• Heirman, W., Walrave, M. & Ponnet, K. (2013).  Predicting adolescents’ disclosure of personal information in exchange for commercial incentives: An application of an extended theory of planned behavior.  Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.  16(2), 81-87.
• Heirman, W., Walrave, M. (2012). Predicting adolescent perpetration in cyberbullying: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Psicothema, 24(4), 614-620. (open access journal)
• Veenstra, S., Vandebosch, H., Walrave, M. (2012). Cyberbullying: defining, understanding and intervening. In E.R. Leukfeldt & W. Ph.Stol (Eds.) Cybersafety: an Introduction (pp. 217-226). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing.
• Walrave, M. & Heirman, W. (2012) Jongeren 2.0: een open boek of privacygevoelig? Tijdschrift voor Ortho-pedagogiek, Kinderpsychiatrie en Klinische Kinderpsychologie.  37(3-4), 108-118. 
• Walrave, M.; Heirman, W.; Mels, S. ; Timmermans, C. & Vandebosch, H. (Eds.) (2012). eYouth : balancing between opportunities and risks. Brussels: Lang. 2012.
• Walrave, M.; Vanwesenbeeck, I. & Heirman, W. (2012). Connecting and protecting? Comparing predictors of self-disclosure and privacy-settings between adolescents and adults . Cybepsychology: journal of psychosocial research on cyberspace, 6(1),article 3 (open access journal).
• Walrave, M. & Heirman, W. (2012). Adolescents, Online Marketing and Privacy: Predicting Adolescents’ Willingness to Disclose Personal Information for Marketing Purposes. Children & Society. The International Journal of Childhood and Children’s Services, (Early view) 1-14.
• Walrave, M. & Heirman W. (2011). Cyberbullying: predicting victimization and perpetration. Children & Society. The International Journal of Childhood and Children’s Services, 25, 59-72.