Birgit Kreykenbohm is a lecturer at the University of Aruba. She lectures on topics centered around (organizational) communication, research, and academic writing. Birgit is also a PhD candidate in Communication, Media- and Journalism-studies at the Institute for Media-studies at the KU Leuven in Belgium. Her research focuses on media and journalism in democracies, with a special interest in their role in small island developing states. Additionally, Birgit's research interests center around Communication, Media, Journalism, Leadership, Educational Policies, Non-Formal Education, Cultural Anthropology, and Sustainable Agriculture (Syntropic). Her research methods include quantitative research, qualitative research, focus groups, interviews, action research, mixed method research, survey's, and content and frame-analysis. Birgit holds Master's degrees in Communication Science and German Studies from the Radboud University of Nijmegen. After internships in Germany and South-Africa, she worked as a policy officer for different municipalities in the Netherlands. Since her migration in 2002 to Aruba, her main employment is as a policy advisor for the Department of Education. Birgit functioned as the media expert for the Comision Bon Boluntad, a committee monitoring political parties and the media during the 2009 and 2013 Aruban election campaigns and elections. In 2017 she co-organized the UNESCO Media Pressure Cooker Marathon to assess media development in Aruba. This successful three day training event brought together (inter)national journalists, academics, and young talents. Birgit also owns a Consultancy in Communication and Media Research.