Département(s)

Département d'enseignement des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication

Présentation des thèmes de recherche

-> Communication et Migration
-> Dénominations
-> Analyse de discours
-> Discours médiatiques en lien avec la migration
-> Discours institutionnels en lien avec la migration
-> Discours des organisations en lien avec la migration
-> Belgique francophone et néerlandophone

Valériane Mistiaen is a FWO post-doc researcher at VUB-Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She holds a PhD in Information and Communication (ULB-Université libre de Bruxelles) and in Communication and Media Studies (VUB). Her PhD research combines Discourse Analysis with Corpus Linguistics to study how denominations used to name people on the move in Belgian French- and Dutch-language media build the public issue of migration differently in both linguistic communities of Belgium. Her current research focusses on how grammatical morphology carries ideology in state-induced return discourse related to migration. This research is carried in French, Dutch, Spanish and English.

She was also a researcher involved in the IM2MEDIATE project (funded by Belspo) studying the representation of migrants in Belgian and Swedish media. She is a member of the Centre for the study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance (DESIRE – VUB), the ECHO Media, Culture and Politics (VUB), the research centre in Migrations, Asylum & Multiculturality (MAM – ULB) and the Centre for Research in Information and Communication Sciences (ReSIC – ULB).

Enseignement(s)

STAG-B570 - Stage en relations internationales

STAG-B572 - Stages en ressources humaines

STAG-B574 - Stage en diversité culturelle

Publication(s) récente(s)

Mertens, S. M., Cock, R. D., Mistiaen, V. M., & Helmersson, S. (2024). Reflections on Journalistic Role Perceptions in Belgium and Sweden: Strategies and Difficulties While Reporting on Refugees. In C. Arcila Calederon & R. A. Novais (Eds.), Representations of Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced People as the ‘Other’ (pp. 201-227). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Mistiaen, V. M., Calabrese, L., & De Cleen, B. (2023). The representation of the migrant crisis in the Belgian media. Localised coverage of an international issue. In The Representation of Refugees and Migrants in European Press Discourses Between 2015-2017: A Comparative Approach (Corpus Linguistics). Bayreuth, Germany: J.B. Metzler.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). Modalités discursives sur l'immigration à la télévision belge: Comparaison de onze séquences traitant des migrations produites par la télévision publique et commerciale. In Modalités discursives sur l'immigration à la télévision belge: Comparaison de onze séquences traitant des migrations produites par la télévision publique et commerciale, De l'émigration en Amérique latine à la crise migratoire. (pp. 237-254). Morlaàs: Cairn.

Calabrese, L., Balty, C., Mistiaen, V. M., & Van Neste-Gottignies, A. (2024). Who is a refugee? The motive of double standard in French- and Dutch-speaking media during the war in Ukraine. Fragmentum.,(61).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). What if migrants were only people and relatives?: Designations used to name people on the move in the Belgian media. Discourse & society, 35.

Balty, C., & Mistiaen, V. M. (2022). De la crise de l'accueil à la crise provoquée. Évolution des dénominations en contexte migratoire belge. Mots. Les langages du politique, 2(129), 23-46.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). Naming people on the move according to the political agenda: A study of Belgian media. Discourse & Communication, 15(3), 308-329. doi:10.1177/1750481321989844

Balty, C., Mistiaen, V. M., Van Neste-Gottignies, A., & Calabrese, L. (2021). The “Don’t come/Go back home” continuum: the use of storytelling in Migration Information Campaigns. Revista da ABRALIN, 20(3), 93-112. doi:10.25189/rabralin.v20i3.1944

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Beyond the migrant/refugee dichotomy: denominations of people on the move in media discourse in Belgium. London: Media Diversity Institute.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). Workshop Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguisitics. Paper session presented at Research day WORDS THAT MATTER: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON CATEGORISATION FROM MIGRATION AND DIVERSITY RESEARCH (2024-10-18: Ghent university).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). Building consensus in European discourse about migration: willingness to avoid disorder or to protect immigrants? Paper session presented at ECREA - 10th European Communication Conference : Communication & social (dis)order (10: 2024-09-23 to 2024-09-27: Ljubljana).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). European Discourse on migration: intentional shifts in the lexis? Paper session presented at IMISCOE : Migration as a Social Construction: A Reflexive Turn (21: 2-7-07-2024: Lisbonne).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). Discourse of state-induced return in international institutional speech: how to smoothen the discourse. Paper session presented at IDEAS 2024 Inequality and the European Union. New frontiers in European Studies (17-18 mai 2024: Institut d'Etudes Européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). BIRMM RESEARCH DAY: Migration discourse at European level: scholarly discourse or expert discourse? Paper session presented at BIRMM RESEARCH DAY (2024-05-13: Vrije universiteit Brussel).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). Le préfixe RE- dans les discours européens sur les migrations : politique restrictive ou intervention humanitaire ? Paper session presented at Séminaire: La question migratoire dans les sociétés post-industrielles : regards croisés sur l’eurorégion Nord-Transmanche (2024-03-25 - 2024-03-26: SciencesPo Lille).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2024). Le préfixe RE- dans les discours européens sur les migrations : un consensus politique ? Paper session presented at Colloque international « Migrations », Institut Soci&ter (24-26/01/2024: UMONS).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). What if migrants were only people and relatives?: Designations used to name people on the move in the Belgian media. Paper session presented at ECREA Diaspora, migration & Media - Transnational families and media practices: methods, ethics and critical approaches (2023-12-07 to 2023-12-09: Rotterdam).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). La Belgique et la crise de l'accueil. Paper session presented at Cercle du libre examen: semaine de l'accueil.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Les dénominations de personnes en mouvement dans le discours des médias en Belgique. Paper session presented at Séminaire de l'Institut Transition (2023-10-05: Université de Namur).

Mistiaen, V. M., Calabrese, L., & Balty, C. (2023). CATÉGORISER LES PERSONNES EN MIGRATION : ENJEUX SOCIO-DISCURSIFS. Paper session presented at LES CATÉGORISATIONS MULTIPLES DES MIGRANT·E·S Construction, déconstruction, contestations.

Balty, C., Calabrese, L., Mistiaen, V. M., & Van Neste-Gottignies, A. (2023). Qui est un réfugié ? ​Le motif du double standard pendant la guerre en Ukraine / Migration et crise. Paper session presented at Séminaire MAM - Migration Asile et Multiculturalité.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2022). The impact of naming in migration discourse. Paper session presented at European Communication Conference (9th: 19-22-10-2022: Aarhus University, Denmark).

Balty, C., Mistiaen, V. M., Van Neste-Gottignies, A., & Calabrese, L. (2022). The “Don’t come/Go back home” continuum: the use of storytelling in Migration Information Campaigns. Paper session presented at Etmaal 2022 (2022-02-11-10: Brussels, Belgium).

Mistiaen, V. M., & Balty, C. (2022). From the “asylum crisis” to the “self-provoked crisis”. Paper session presented at Etmaal (2022: 10-11-02-2022: Brussels).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). The migration crisis to the lens of language: the challenge of naming people on the move in media discourse. Paper session presented at BRIMM, Brussels interdisciplinary research center for migration & minorities, Research Day (12-12-2021: Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). Naming people on the move according to the political agenda: a study of Belgian media. Paper session presented at 8th ECREA European Communication Conference (06-09-09-2021: Braga, Portugal).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). « La Belgique, c'est un terrain vague où des minorités se disputent au nom de deux cultures qui n'existent pas. » Jacques Brel. Paper session presented at Journée d’étude sur les jumelages et les tandems interculturels en milieu communautaire (2021-05-28: UQUAM - Université de Québec à Monréal).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). La crise migratoire au prisme du langage: L'enjeu de la nomination des personnes dans le discours médiatique. Paper session presented at Journée d'étude du centre de recherche sur les Migrations, l'Asile et le Multiculturalisme (07-05-2021: Université libre de Bruxelles).

Mistiaen, V. M., & Balty, C. (2021). From the "asylum crisis" to the "self-provoked crisis": Evolution of the syntagms associated with the word "crisis" in Belgian migratory context. Paper session presented at ECREA “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty” (26-27-03-2021: Bucharest, Roumania).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2021). “Naming people on the move: a discursive analysis of Belgian media discourse”. Paper session presented at Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary Conference (05-02-2021: Oxford University).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2020). Modalités discursives sur l'immigration à la télévision belge : comparaison d’onze séquences traitant des migrations produites par la télévision publique et commerciale. Paper session presented at Migrations : traces, inscriptions et textualités (2020-02-13 - 2020-02-14: Université de Bordeaux Montaigne).

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Beyond the migrant/refugee dichotomy: denominations of people on the move in media discourse in Belgium (Thèse doctorale non-publiée). Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Communication Sciences - Doctor of Media and Communication Studies, Faculté de Lettres, Traduction et Communication - Information et communication, Bruxelles.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Migración - ¿El irresoluble problema europeo? [Emission]. In Euronews: Bruselas, ¿te quiero?.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Comment parle-t-on des migrants dans les médias [Emission]. In Radio Campus: Histoire de Savoir.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2023). Ma thèse en 180 secondes: Migrants, réfugiés ou profiteurs ? Quand les médias s'en mêlent [Emission]. In Ma thèse en 180 secondes - finale ULB.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2020). Interview Radio Campus: Histoire du savoir: Projet IM2MEDIATE [Emission]. In Radio Campus: Histoire du savoir.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2020). Les migrants et les réfugiés dans les médias belges.

Mistiaen, V. M. (2020). Les discours médiatiques.