Publications

Articles

• September, 2003 – Widening the audience cultural institutions and the use of virtual communities: two Belgian cases,COST269, Helsinki. Conference proceedings published in 2004.
• Summer, 2005 – E­cultuur en culturele organisaties, MM Nieuws, 4_5/2005
• November, 2005 – HETPALEIS -a contiuous dialogue with its audience, text written for the AEN conference in Barcelona
• January, 2006 – Publiek in the picture in the picture, MM Nieuws, 1_2/2006
• Autumn, 2006 – Kunst en zaken, MM Nieuws, 4/2006
• Spring, 2007 – Koepelorganisaties en cultureel ondernemerschap in Vlaanderen:Prospekta, Brugge Plus en MM Mechelen,MM nieuws, 2-3/2007
• Autumn, 2007 – The User is the Content: creatieve content van doorsnee gebruikers maken mee het nieuws, een boek, muziek, MM Nieuws,4/2007
• Winter 2007 –  Moet je wakker liggen van E­cultuur ? , MM Nieuws, 6-7/2007
• Autumn, 2008 – De internationale cultuurpraktijk: De export in Vlaanderen, MM nieuws nummer,6-7/2008
• Autumn, 2009 – Human Resource Management in Vlaamse Cultuurinstellingen, MM nieuws, 4/2009
• Spring, 2012 – Aandacht voor vrije ruimte – reflectie bij de conceptnota ‘Groeien in Cultuur, Rekto:Verso nr.52
• Spring; 2012 – Wat drijft innovatie?, MM Nieuws, 2/2012
• Spring, 2013  – Van Mechelen  M., Zaman B. , vanden Abeele V. & Laenen. A, Co-design revisited: exploring problematic co-design dynamics in kids, CHI 2013 (Paris) workshop Methods of Working with Children in Interaction Design.
• Spring 2014 – commentaar bij de nieuwe studie ‘De Waarde van Cultuur’ , Universiteit Groningen die 20 maart uitkomt. Tijdens Cultuurforum 2014 – 23/4 zal ik vanuit Onderwijs op deze studie een insteek geven.
• Spring 2014 – Van Mechelen  M., Zaman B. , vanden Abeele V. & Laenen. A, Exploring challenging groupdynamics in participatory design – IDC 2014.
• Spring 2015 – Van Mechelen M., Zaman B., Laenen A.& vanden Abeele V., Challenging Group Dynamics in Participatory Design with Children: Lessons from Social Interdependence Theory – IDC 2015.
• Autumn 2015 – Laenen, A. & S. Kolgen,  The social aspect of digital storytelling; a case study: Jefke Tuf, an interactive documentary about soul carers then and now in a former coalmining community. : Cultural Mapping – Debating Spaces and Places, 21-23 October 2015 Valletta. 
• Spring 2016 – Laenen, A. Interdisciplinaire trajecten in het hoger kunstvakonderwijs, in Muziekpedagogiek in beweging: verdieping of verbreding?, eds. T. De Baets & A. de Vugt, EUPRINT, pp.97-108.
• January 2017 – Van Mechelen M., Verboven J., Laenen A., Willems B., Geerts D., & V. Vanden Abeele V, The GLID method: Moving from design features to underlying values in co-design, in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, pp.116-128.
• February 2017 – Laenen, A. & P. Dujardin, A Fresh Maltese Breeze, in Malta Land of Sea, ed. S. Debono, Midsea Books, pp.189-193.
• June 2017 – Laenen, A, At the crossroads of cultures and people. The Valletta 2018 Artist in Residence programme, in Interactive #93 Malta – a culture in transformation, ed. Herman Bashiron Mendolcchino.
• November 2018 – Laenen, A., Mentoring Artists Today, in The Leader Reader – Narratives of Experience, eds. D.Griffith, S. Lowrey and M. Cassar, Word & Deed Publishers Inc: Toronto, pp. 65-67.
• January 2019 –  Van Mechelen M., Laenen A., Zamman B., Willems B. & V. VandenAbeele, Collaborative Design Thinking (CoDeT):A Collaborative for High-Child to Adult Ratios, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, abstract already available here
• February 2020 – Laenen A. & S. Kolgen, Corpus Adflictum exhibition text, in Valletta Contemporary 002, ed. N. Attard, Valletta Contemporary: pp.168-179.

Presentations

• October, 2006 – Study Day Virtueel Publiek & Cultuurparticipatie: meer dan communicatie (Virtual Audience & Cultural participation: more than communication) – UA.
• July, 2007 – Agenda conference Madrid: communicating the Museum –  presentation
• June, 2012 – ERRIN conference Brussels – Design Days 2012 – Design Education – New skills, Interdisciplinary work.
• On several occasions chair of a session within different conferences and study days: e.g.: How Do You Do – Creative Media Days 2012 – chairing the sessions on creative software.
• Autumn 2015 – Presentation on the social aspect of digital storytelling with Stefan Kolgen at the conference Cultural Mapping – Debating Spaces and Places – 23 October, Valletta.
• December 2015 – Art Educators in a Changing Society, MHER Lecture Series, 17/12/2015, Faculty of Education, University of Malta.
• Autumn 2017 – Presentation ‘ The evolution journey’ with Pamela Baldacchino and Dr. Benna Chase on art and cancer therapy at the Valletta 2018 conference Living Cities, Liveable Spaces: Placemaking and Identity, 24 November 2017, Valletta.
• Autumn 2018 – Short_Text_AiR_Presentation_Legacy ‘ Not Just the City’ with Justin Galea on 3 years of Artist Residencies for the Sharing the Legacy conference, 25 October, Valletta.
• May 2019 – Presentation Design Action Plan for the Valletta Design Cluster at the Design4Innovation partner meeting in Barcelona.

Reports

• August 25, 2003 – Why Opera Education? – An interim research report
• February 25, 2008 – Impactstudie-Paola246– presentatie impactstudie
• Summer, 2008 – result of a series of sessions on e-culture and interculturality – assignment by the Flemish Government – Policy department on e-culture:  de plek van e-cultuur binnen de toekomstige werking van DAARKOM
• January 2009, – BOF rapport Onderzoek naar de opleidingsnoden van erfgoedbibliotheken inzake preservatie,
  conservatie en restauratie: de opleidingen Informatie- en Bibliotheekwetenschap
  (UA) en Conservatie en Restauratie – optie Papier (HA) als wegbereiders voor een
  coherente aanpak.  Rapport van de onderzoeksresultaten bekeken vanuit Conservatie en Restauratie,
  optie papier. Volledig rapport is beschikbaar op aanvraag. Hier kan u de conclusies en aanbevelingen  downloaden.

Texts

• Autumn, 2003, How to open up our intangible cultural heritage in a digital age?, conference paper written for a European meeting in Mayo.
• Spring, 2007 – discussionpapermeeting of minds: The User is the Content and notes discussion, further information about this meeting at C.H.I.P.S. vzw.
• Autumn, 2008 – discussion_paper Blogboat 1.0 on Citizen Journalism and possible scenarios for the future.

Publications

• January, 2007 – Een portret van HETPALEISpubliek 2001-2005: cijfers, feiten en wetenswaardigheden, bundeling publieksonderzoeken 2001-2005
• Spring, 2007 edited with Stefan Kolgen – The User is the Content, ten future scenarios, lulu.com
• Winter 2010, a publication gathering the results of the expert meeting on citizen journalism – scenarios for the future, lulu.com, . presentation at Digital Marketing First 09
• May, 2011 –  Cumulus Working Papers  Genk 2010, wp_genk_25_10-3
• March, 2012 – Youngpress.eu -reflections on the future of Journalism, editor, lulu.com
• March, 2019 – AiR Programme Valletta 2018
• July, 2020 – PlacemakingCoCreationStorytelling – An inspirational toolkit, Experienced Design.

PhD

• 2007, University of Leeds – School of Education Why Opera Education? Five Cases of views in a European Context, downloads available here: part1, part 2, part 3, part 4a, part 4b, part 5, part 6 and part 7

Curatorship

• January 2016- December 2018, Meeting Point Strand for Valletta 2018 – European Capital of Culture.
• December 2018-January 2019: co-curation with Justin Galea, Not Just the City – a documentary exhibition on 3 years of artist residencies on Gozo, Spazju Kreattiv.
• November 2018, co-curation with Stefan Kolgen, The Island Indoors, a group exhibition with Marc Thiron, Aaron Bezzina, Matthew Attard, Caesar Attard, Stefan Kolgen and Ryan Falzon, Ekeren – 252CC
• November 2019, co-curation with Stefan Kolgen, Corpus Adflictum – Solo Exhibition Aaron Bezzina – Valletta Contemporary.
• March 2023 – May 2023, co-curated and co-created with Stefan Kolgen, Aaron Bezzina, Yasmine Akondo, Alexandra Fraser, Ryan Falzon and Mladen Hadic, Rituals of Passage – Valletta Contemporary.

In the press

• 2008, online article indimedia.be: 10 jaar Brandpunt 23, verslag colloquium.
• 2017, Il Giornale delle Fondazioni, Alla Valletta, Cultura e salute in allenza per il Deep Shelter Project.
• 2017, press conference Valletta 2018 at the Consulate in Antwerp (knack_weekend, mince)
• 2019, Times of Malta article on the residencies in Gozo, 14 January.
• 2019, The Malta Independent, interview with Aaron Bezzina on Corpus Adflictum, 24 November.
• 2020, Think Magazine, Zooming in on Urban Design, issue 32 – June 2020 (Think ).
• 2023, Times of Malta, The phenomenon of transportation in rituals, Josph Agius, 9 April.
• 2023, Interview on Valletta Contemporary, Rituals of Passage, March 2023.