
Ernst van den Hemel is projectleider van MAKEBELIEF. Daarnaast is hij senior onderzoeker bij NL-LAB/Meertens Instituut en bijzonder hoogleraar Religie in Erfgoed en Populaire Cultuur aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Tevens is hij voorzitter van Nederlands Genootschap voor Godsdienstwetenschap
see www.vandenhemel.net for more information

Rachèl Blokhuis-Koopman is Phd researcher in MAKEBELIEF. She researches religion and theme parks in the United States, with an emphasis on the Creation Museum and Dollywood.

Aysenur Korkmaz is postdoctoral researcher in MAKEBELIEF. She focuses on religion, heritage and theme parks in Turkey.

Kai Shmushko is postdoctoral researcher within the MAKEBELIEF project. Her research focuses on the interplay between religion, nationalism, heritage, and immersive media in China, including Buddhism and Chinese folk religion.
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Welmoed Wagenaar is postdoctoral researcher in MAKEBELIEF. She focuses on religion, heritage and immersive media in the Netherlands.

Ezra Hilbrands works as an intern for MAKEBELIEF. He researches immersive media and authencitiy as well as in the design and use of scent and olfactory media.

Gülce Zeynep Bektaş is an intern at MAKEBELIEF. She researches the representation of the Ottoman past in contemporary Turkey.

Aurelia Devrient works as an intern for MAKEBELIEF. She researchs immersive and participatory media and Jewish heritage in the Netherlands.

Lukas Vonhout studies Religious Studies at Utrecht University. He works as intern for MAKEBELIEF. He researches Islam and immersive media in the Netherlands.
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