Sari Goukens is a doctoral researcher currently working on a joint PhD project at the University of Antwerp and Ghent University. She aims to research the influence of interpreters on the entextualisation process during sham marriage investigations in Flanders, looking into both municipal and police investigations. She has previously worked on a Fedasil National Project at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (UGent), aiming to evaluate the digital competencies and needs of asylum seekers in Belgium.
She studied at Ghent University's Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, and has obtained a BA in Applied Linguistics and an MA in Interpreting (Dutch, English and Turkish), including a certificate for sworn interpreting.
