Rob Leurs received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam. Since 2007 he researches and lectures at the department of Media & Culture Studies and Communication & Information Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His fields of interest are media and cultural studies, journalism and discursive constructions of public opinion, qualitative research methods, and quality assurance of educational processes.

Rob Leurs serves on the Examinations Board and is a former member of the Board of Studies. He is affiliated with the Research Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) at Utrecht University. His research focuses on genocide trials and discursive media constructions of public opinion, in particular of morality. For further information, see www.RobLeurs.com.