Laura Vandenbosch (°1986) is BOF ZAP associate professor of communication sciences at the School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven. She is a former visiting member at the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto and the University of Vienna, and previously held academic positions at the University of Antwerp and the University of Amsterdam (ASCoR, CCAM). She is a member of a number of editorial boards, including the journals Media Psychology and Archives of Sexual Behavior, among others, and is the former secretary of the Children, Adolescents and Media Division of the International Communication Association (2018-2020).