A. (Jos) de Kock (1978) currently serves as Rector and Administrative Director of ETF Leuven, Professor and Department Chair of Practical Theology, coordinator of the Master of Teaching in Religion, and coordinator of ISREYM, the Institute for the Study of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. He obtained master’s degrees in education science (Radboud University Nijmegen) and religion and theology (Utrecht University). In 2005, he obtained his PhD (in social sciences) with a dissertation entitled, “Arranging learning environments for new learning. Educational theory, practical knowledge, and everyday practice” (Radboud University Nijmegen). In 2023, he obtained a master’s in business administration from Vlerick Business School (Brussel/Gent/Leuven). As a practical theologian, he previously worked as an assistant professor at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam, and its Research Center for Youth, Church and Culture. As an education expert, he worked as a teacher, consultant, and senior policy advisor in higher education and as a researcher for Radboud University in Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam. His specializations are in the areas of empirical practical theology, research methodology, higher education, religious education, youth ministry, religious identity development, youth and theology. and youth care.