Greet Angèle De Baets is a business communication teacher and researcher. Her research aims to make sense of intercultural business communication training based on aikido, a Japanese martial art, as embodied pedagogy. She worked in the industry as a translator, language teacher, training coordinator, and communication trainer for private companies and public institutions. The geographical area covered included Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany with participants often coming from all countries of the European Union. She also coached many Japanese and some South Korean ex-pats working in Belgium.

Greet Angèle De Baets is communicatiedocent en onderzoeker gespecialiseerd in communicatie in internationale werkomgevingen. Haar onderzoek is gericht op interculturele communicatietraining die zich baseert op aikido, een Japanse krijgskunst, als belichaamde pedagogie. Ze begon haar carrière buiten de academische wereld als vertaler, taalinstructeur, trainingscoördinator en communicatietrainer voor privébedrijven en openbare instellingen. Het geografische werkgebied strekte zich uit over de Benelux en Duitsland. Bovendien waren de deelnemers aan haar trainingen vaak afkomstig uit alle landen van de Europese Unie. Ze heeft ook veel Japanse en enkele Zuid-Koreaanse expats gecoacht.

Projecten

Projecten als doctoraatsonderzoeker

Embodied Learning With and From Aikido: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into Teaching Intercultural Communication Skills for the Workplace (2019 - 2024)

Publicaties

Belangrijkste publicaties

Aikido’s self-regulation and co-regulation: a promising embodied pedagogy for intercultural communication training(2023)
- Greet Angèle De Baets
- Ellen Van Praet
Harmony and common ground : Aikido principles for intercultural training(2023)
- Greet Angèle De Baets
- Ellen Van Praet
Je Suis Pas Tatamisé: Five Spectrums of Variation in the Narratives of 20 Aikido Experts Worldwide in 2020(2024)
- Greet Angèle De Baets

Meest recente publicaties

Learning With and From Aikido - Benchmarking: open access appendix to the dissertation (2024) Greet Angèle De Baets (UGent), Ellen Van Praet (UGent)
Learning With and From Aikido - Benchmarking: restricted access appendix to the dissertation (2024) Greet Angèle De Baets (UGent), Ellen Van Praet (UGent)
Learning With and From Aikido - Experimentation: restricted access appendix to the dissertation (2024) Greet Angèle De Baets (UGent), Koen Plevoets (UGent), Sofie Decock (UGent), Ellen Van Praet (UGent)
Learning With and From Aikido - Experimentation: open access appendix to the dissertation (2024) Greet Angèle De Baets (UGent), Koen Plevoets (UGent), Sofie Decock (UGent), Ellen Van Praet (UGent)
De Baets, Greet Angèle. “Somatic Metaphors : The Impact of Aikido-Informed Intercultural Communication Training on Interaction Skills and Memory Performance.” 9th International Martial Arts Studies Conference, 2024.

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Onderwijs

Master Multilingual Communication:

Introduction to Language and Culture: English (2019-2024)
Business and Public Communication I (2018-2023)
Business and Public Communication II (co-teaching - 2018-2023)
Organizations and Communication (2016-2017)