Prof. Dr. Jos de Kock, MBA (Professor of Practical Theology)

Rector and Administrative Director of Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven (ETF Leuven), Belgium.

Prof. Dr. Jos de Kock, MBA is a Full Professor and Department Chair of Practical Theology, coordinator of the Master of Teaching in Religion, and coordinator of ISREYM, the ETF Leuven’s Institute for the Study of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. As a practical theologian, he previously worked in the Netherlands as an assistant professor at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam, and its Research Center for Youth, Church and Culture. As an education expert in the Netherlands, he worked as a teacher, consultant, and senior policy advisor in higher education and as a researcher for Radboud University in Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam. His specializations are in the areas of empirical practical theology, research methodology, higher education, religious education, youth ministry, religious identity development, catechesis, and youth and theology.