Rielke Bogaert obtained a PhD in Educational Sciences (UGent) in 2023 with the title "Everyone on board?! Measuring and promoting reading motivation, strategy use, and comprehension for students in upper elementary grades through a response-to-intervention design", under the supervision of Hilde Van Keer and Emmelien Merchie.
Currently, Rielke is working as a language test developer at the 'Steunpunt Centrale Toetsen in Onderwijs'.