Kayra Maes

Kayra Maes holds a master's degree in Literary Studies: English and Spanish (Vrije Universiteit Brussel 2023) and an advanced master's degree in Literary Studies (KU Leuven 2025). She has gained research experience through her participation in the competitive, extracurricular "Talent for Research" programme (2021-2023) organised by the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) at VUB. She is preparing a funding application with the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) for a PhD project on the representation of care in contemporary Black British children's literature; a project for which she is currently receiving one-year funding from VUB's Research Council (2024-2025). Her research interests include children's and young adult literature, Black British literature, contemporary literature, ethics of care, childism, and community.