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Ilse Derluyn obtained her PhD in Pedagogical Sciences at Ghent University with a dissertation on the emotional well-being of unaccompanied refugee minors. From 2000 until 2002, after obtaining her master in orthopedagogics (special education) at Ghent University, she worked as a music therapist in a psychiatric hospital. Since 2002, she has worked as a researcher at the Department of Orthopedagogics – Ghent University, first as doctoral researcher, and now as post-doctoral researcher, both with grants from the Special Research Fund of Ghent University.
Ilse Derluyn is currently teaching courses on migration, refugee health, interculturalisation and diversity at Ghent University (master in pedagogical sciences and master in social work). Derluynjoins the University of Kent at Brussels as Visiting Lecturer in Humanitarian Issues in Forced Migration.