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Cultural evening at Saint Peter’s Abbey 3 March 2026 Several members of our Stuttering Research Group enjoyed a memorable cultural evening, attending Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the serene Saint Peter’s Abbey Church in Ghent. Performed by the renowned Belgian ensemble La Chapelle Sauvage with soprano Abigail Barker and countertenor Gleb Zakharov, the concert offered a beautifully renditionRead More »Cultural evening at Saint Peter’s Abbey

Interview with Raiani Sibien for Stuttering Society 6 February 2026 Kurt Eggers was recently interviewed by Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society. Stuttering Society is an international organisation dedicated to empowering people who stutter by fostering connection, support, and visibility. Through global initiatives, the organisation works to reshape public attitudes toward speech differences and promoteRead More »Interview with Raiani Sibien for Stuttering Society

EEG bootcamp: From Mind to Motion: Exploring Neurorehabilitation and Mobile Brain Imaging 6 February 2026 This week, some members of the SRG participated in a two‑day EEG bootcamp organized by ANT Neuro, titled “From Mind to Motion: Exploring Neurorehabilitation and Mobile Brain Imaging.” It was an inspiring and hands‑on training opportunity that not only improvedRead More »EEG bootcamp: From Mind to Motion: Exploring Neurorehabilitation and Mobile Brain Imaging

New online course Stuttering Foundation: Temperament: Relevance & Implications for Children Who Stutter 3 February 2026 Available from February 15, 2026, to January 31, 2031 Learning Objectives: Upon completion, participants will be able to: 1. Define temperament and explain its relevance to stuttering and related psychosocial outcomes. 2. Identify evidence-based methods for assessing temperament inRead More »New online course Stuttering Foundation: Temperament: Relevance & Implications for Children Who Stutter

SRG webinar for SLPs: the relevance of temperament 26 January 2026 Last Thursday, we organized a free webinar for SLPs who support our recruitment efforts or have done so in the past. During this session, Prof. Eggers gave a clinically grounded, evidence-based presentation on the relevance of temperament in stuttering therapy. Current research findings wereRead More »SRG webinar for SLPs: the relevance of temperament

ASHA 2025 Convention Prep Seminar 22 December 2025 The ASHA Convention Prep Seminar was designed to support PhD students and early-career researchers in making the most of their ASHA 2025 Convention experience. The seminar also offers valuable, practical tips that apply to attending any academic or clinical conference. In this panel discussion, Drs. Geoff Coalson,Read More »ASHA 2025 Convention Prep Seminar

Upcoming Talks on Stuttering and Disfluency in Bilingual Children 27 October 2025 November will be a busy and exciting month for our research group. Gizem Aslan will first travel to Bad Salzschlirf, Germany, to speak at Werkstattgespräche 2025 (13–16 November 2025),  a long-established meeting for speech-language pathologists featuring lectures, workshops, and discussions. Her talk willRead More »Upcoming Talks on Stuttering and Disfluency in Bilingual Children

14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference 29 September 2025 With 6 papers, Ghent University and the Stuttering Research Group were well represented at the 14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference themed ‘Building the Future’ from 23-26 September in St. Catherine's College, Oxford. Papers included a poster by Gizem Aslan, oral presentations by AnnelienRead More »14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference

Stuttering symposium VUB 27 May 2025 The Stuttering Research Group was well represented at the Brussels Stuttering Symposium organized by the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, University of the Western Cape, and VLIR-UOS. Gizem Aslan presented her recently published scoping review on multilingualism, disfluencies, and stuttering, and Annelien Dorme (Braincomm) on a P300 ERP study. Kurt EggersRead More »Stuttering symposium VUB

What stuttering really is 16 April 2025 Celebrating World Voice Day – Empowering Every Voice, Including Those Who Stutter On the 16th of April, our research group celebrated World Voice Day. This day is dedicated to recognizing the boundless limits of the human voice, this year under the motto EMPOWER YOUR VOICE! As part ofRead More »What stuttering really is