Site de Grégoire Lits – Assistant Professor in Media Sociology at UCLouvain

My research focuses on the circulation of information in public spaces in times of crisis and on how different social problems evolve over time.

My aim is to understand from a sociological perspective how distinct ‘informational spaces’ surround different social problems.

I have therefore been involved for the last ten years in various research projects on different social problems such as: radioactive waste management, the fight against poverty, the management of the ageing population, the fight against climate change and, recently, the Covid-19 crisis and the fight against disinformation.

I am currently involved as coordinators in the following projects: CoviCom (analysis of the Covid-19 infodemia in French-speaking Belgium), PANDORIX (Horizon of a future health crisis: Brussels population and health promotion) and Smart and Social Home Care.

About Me

I’m an assistant professor in political and media sociology at the UCLouvain School of Communication and Journalism, and a member of the Observatoire de recherche sur les médias et le journalisme (ORM).

My current research interests are in :
- Journalism, media and risk communication. - Trust in expert, governement and media discourse during the COVID-19 outbreak. - Critical data studies. - Public participation in nuclear waste management. - Social and communication aspects of the energy transition in Belgium.

I’m also one of the editorial directors of Emulations an international social sciences journal funded by the Belgian National Science Foundation (FRS-FNRS).

Google Scholar profile and publication list.