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Thomas Jacobs

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thomas.jacobs@uclouvain.be

SSH/ESPB Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de la communication Saint-Louis (ESPO-SaintLouis)

SSH/IRIS Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire Saint-Louis (IRIS-L)

SSH/SPLE Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE)

Thomas Jacobs est Chargé de Cours en Information et Communication à l’UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, et co-directeur d’Engage — Research Center for Publicness in Contemporary Communication. Thomas s’intéresse à la dimension discursive et stratégique de la communication politique. Il travaille sur la théorie de l’hégémonie, le post-structuralisme, le post-Marxisme, la stratégie politique, et l’école d’Essex en analyse de discours. Du point de vue empirique, il se concentre sur les dynamiques politiques et les politiques économiques externes de l’Union européenne. Ses recherches ont été publiées dans des journaux comme Contemporary Political Theory, Critical Discourse Studies, Critical Review, Journal of Language and Politics, Rethinking Marxism, et International Journal for Social Research Methodology, et il a contribué au Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies et au Handbook of Political Discourse. Sa première monographie, Hegemony, Discourse, and Political Strategy, est parue chez John Benjamins en 2022. Auparavant, il faisait partie du Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (Ghent University) et du Centre for Ideology and Discourse Analysis (University of Essex). Sa thèse doctorale, intitulée Winning Hegemony, a gagné le Prix Els Witte pour la meilleure thèse doctorale de Belgique et des Pays-Bas en 2021. Il fait partie du conseil d’administration de DiscourseNet. Il enseigne en anglais, français, et néerlandais.

Unités d'enseignement pour 2025

Libellé Code
Corporate communication and public relations BCOMU1211
Research Methods in Digital Communication BCOMU2212
Organisational Communication in a Multicultural Context BMHCI1000
Communication science BPOLS1114
Analyse van de media-instellingen BPOLS1115
2026
Papier de conférence

Vossen, K., & Jacobs, T. (2026). Temporal imaginaries in discourses on eco-citizenship. DN33. Discourse, Sustainability and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication, https://discourseanalysis.net/DN33.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/275535


2025
Papier de conférence

Vossen, K., Denis, L., & Jacobs, T. (2025). Rethinking (de)politicisation: the case for an anti-moralistic research agenda. DiscourseNet Congress (DNC6), Université Libre de Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/260219


Chapitre de livre

Kubra Bas, A., Jacobs, T., & Doveri Versterbye, S. (2025). Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization in Belgium. In Tsuladze, Lia; Lokot, Tetyana; Boulos, Sonia (ed.), Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions (p. p. 75-107). Aranzadi La Ley.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/245324


Article de journal

Jacobs, T. (2025). Discourse Theory and Strategic Communication: A long-expected party. Journal of Language and Politics, 24(1), 25-49. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24199.jac (Original work published 2025)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/260154


2024
Papier de conférence

Patriarche, G., Wiard, V., Chapellier, D., & Jacobs, T. (2024). Comment les citoyens théorisent-ils la mésinformation comme problème démocratique ? Journée COMMnet d’inspiration “Intégrité de l’information”, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/214553


Wiard, V., Patriarche, G., Jacobs, T., & Chapellier, D. (2024). Linking disinformation and democracy: results from a qualitative audience study. EDMO BELUX Lunch lecture, Brussels.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/31988


Wiard, V., Patriarche, G., Chapellier, D., & Jacobs, T. (2024). “It’s A Very Small Country After All!” A Qualitative Perspective On The Reception Of Dis-/Misinformation In Belgium And Luxembourg. EDMO Scientific Conference 2024, Amsterdam.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/31045


2023
Rapport

Wiard, V., Patriarche, G., Jacobs, T., & Chapellier, D. (2023). Deliverable 3.2.4. Folk theories of info-democratic disorders: an in-depth qualitative audience study in Belgium and Luxembourg. EDMO BELUX.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/274879


Papier de conférence

Jacobs, T. (2023). From sender-message-receiver to reception, discourse, and narrative. Les récits judiciaires de l’Europe, Brussels.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231999


Jacobs, T. (2023). Hasta la victoria siempre! A discourse-theoretical typology of left-wing political strategy. Discourse Theory: Ways Forward, Brussels.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232004


Jacobs, T. (2023). Triangulating and combining qualitative and quantitative methods in social science. Opening the black box of interpretation and coding: comment faire des choix epistemologiques et methodologiques en SIC, Brussels.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27964


Jacobs, T. (2023). Hegemony, Discourse, and Political Strategy. DNC5ALED congress: Discourses and their impacts on a world of multiple crises, Valencia.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232002


Jacobs, T. (2023). Hegemony, Discourse, and Political Strategy. IAMCR conference: Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, communication and beyond, Lyon.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232003


Jacobs, T. (2023). Populism and Political Strategy. Global Studies programme of Ghent University, Ghent.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28915


Chapitre de livre

Sjorre Couvreur, Ferdi De Ville, Jacobs, T., & Jan Orbie. (2023). The good geopolitical trade actor? The European Union’s discursive justification of the Anti-Coercion Instrument. In Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres (ed.), Globalization and EU Trade Policy at the Time of Crises : Governance and Sustainability Challenges (p. p. 189-212). Almedina.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219714


Jacobs, G., & Jacobs, T. (2023). Political Discourse as Institutional Communication. In Piotr Cap (ed.), Handbook of Political Discourse (p. p. 317-327). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373570.00030

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229621


Jacobs, T. (2023). From sender-message-receiver to reception, discourse, and narrative: an appreciation of the Récits judiciaires de l’Europe series from the perspective of communication science. In Antoine Bailleux, Elsa Bernard, Sophie Jacquot, Quentin Landenne (ed.), Les récits judiciaires de l’Europe - Diffusion, réception et coproduction (p. p. 23-39). Larcier.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219758


Article de journal

Jacobs, T. (2023). Capitalism, Institutions and Social Orders: The Case of Contemporary Spain. Science & Society, 87(3), 420-426. (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/29548


Jacobs, T., Gheyle, N., De Ville, F., & Orbie, J. (2023). The Hegemonic Politics of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and ‘Resilience’: COVID‐19 and the Dislocation of EU Trade Policy. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 19(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13348 (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/165163


2022
Article de journal

Jacobs, T. (2022). Review of Giuliana Elena Garzone, Mara Logaldo, and Francesca Santulli, eds, Investigating Conflict Discourses in the Periodical Press. Journal of European Periodical Studies, 7(2), 69-70. (Original work published 2022)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164171


Couvreur, S., De Ville, F., Jacobs, T., & Orbie, J. (2022). The good geopolitical trade actor? The European Union’s discursive justification of the Anti-Coercion Instrument. Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science, 27(1), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.21814/perspectivas.4489 (Original work published 2022)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25840


Papier de conférence

Jacobs, T. (2022). From sender-message-receiver to reception, discourse, and narrative. Les récits judiciaires de l’Europe, Lille.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232005


Monographie

Jacobs, T. (2022). Hegemony, Discourse, and Political Strategy : Towards a post-Marxist understanding of contestation and politicization. John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.97

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164172


2021
Chapitre de livre

Jacobs, T., & Jacobs, G. (2021). Chapter 3. “It is, perhaps more than ever before, a matter of participation” : Ontological tension and boundary work in a free trade blog. In Jana Declercq, Geert Jacobs, Felicitas Macgilchrist, Astrid Vandendaele (ed.), Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking : Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture (p. p. 43-66). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.94.c3

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229106


Article de journal

Jacobs, T. (2021). Institutions and Political Strategy in Post-Marxist Discourse Theory: A Reply to Pedro Rey-Araújo. Rethinking Marxism, 33(1), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2020.1847018 (Original work published 2021)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164169


Document de travail

Jacobs, T., & Tschötschel, R. (2021). Bringing agency back in: the missing link between identity, knowledge, and mediated discourse.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164167


Papier de conférence

Geert Jacobs, & Jacobs, T. (2021). On the discourse of free trade: engagement and conflict in an era of social media, populism, and fake news. English for Specific Purposes, Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/262377


Jacobs, T. (2021). Discourse Theory as a Framework for the Analysis of Political Strategy. Post-Marxism, Hegemony, and the Discursive Reproduction of Society. Hegemony, Crisis, and Intervention: New Perspectives on Emancipatory and Radical Democratic Discourse, Bremen.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/262375