The Conference on Multilingualism 2026 was held from May 27th-29th, 2026 at the University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (Laboratory of NeuroPsychoLinguistics). Gizem Aslan presented a poster on attentional networks and speech…

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

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

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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,

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

From February to April 2025, professor Tumanova will stay at the Stuttering Research Group of Ghent University. Dr. Tumanova’s primary research interest is on the onset and development of stuttering in early childhood. Her research

The European Stuttering Specialization organizes on February 20-22nd 2025 a symposium and pre-symposium workshops with several internationally renowned speakers. For more information and registration see here.  The Stuttering Research Group will present a recent study

Friday, January 10th ‘25, Gizem Aslan was was invited by Radyo Dolmuş to talk about her research on stuttering and multilingualism. For those interested (and speaking Turkish!), listen here.[vc_column_text css=""…

With Ever After: A Trilogy (I... I... I...) (2019), is a work by Ryan Gander, a London based artist. It stages an animatronic mouse with a stutter, nestled in a hole in the wall, surprising

The convention of the American Speech-Language, and Hearing Association is one of the largest professional development events for speech-language pathologists, bringing together approximately 15,000 attendees. For more information, see here.  Together with Sharon Millard and

Saturday, November 30th 2024, Selma Saad defended her doctorate on ‘Speech disfluencies in bilingual children: An inquiry into the differential diagnosis of stuttering’ with flying colors at the University of Turku. Congratulations to Dr. Saad!

Friday, November 29th 2024, Maria Paphiti successfully defended her doctorate on ‘Inhibitory Control and Cognitive Flexibility in Children who Stutter’ at the University of Turku. Congratulations to Dr. Paphiti! Thanks to Katerina Ntourou who served

On World Stuttering Day, FWO researchers Gizem Aslan, Annelien Dorme, and Iris Heselmans (Ghent University) shared their valuable findings on stuttering. With innovative studies on the underlying mechanisms and the power of listening, they hope

Friday, October 11th 2024, Veera Pirinen defended her doctorate on 'Speech disfluencies in autistic young adults and controls' with flying colors in Oulu. Congratulations to Dr. Pirinen! Thanks to Soile Loukusa for co-supervising and Kathleen

The May 2024 WSCO Congress in Austin provided an excellent opportunity for all SRG lab members to reconnect, share their research with fellow researchers, speech-language pathologists, and people who stutter, and revisit the Arthur M.

As part of her training for the European Stuttering Specialization, Gizem Aslan was fortunate to be selected as one of the trainees at the Michael Palin Center. She gained many valuable insights in working with