Prof. Dr. Kristien Michielsen is an Associate Professor in the Promotion of Sexual Wellbeing and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) at the Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies at the University of Leuven (Belgium). Being trained in social and political sciences (KU Leuven, 2001), Kristien has been conducting multidisciplinary research in the area of sexual and reproductive health since 2006, mainly focusing on the sexual health and wellbeing of young people. CSE has been a core research focus, had Kristien has done studies on this in amongst others Belgium, Uganda and Ecuador. She recently authored a report for the European Commission on the status of CSE in Europe.