{"id":915,"date":"2017-01-01T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T11:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/?page_id=915"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:09:42","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 academic biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Martine Mussies is an artistic researcher and autistic academic based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Gender and Diversity at Maastricht University, where she is writing her dissertation on The Cyborg Mermaid. Martine is also part of <a href=\"https:\/\/nwa-scanner.nl\/\">SCANNER<\/a>, a research consortium aimed at closing the knowledge gap on sex differences in autistic traits. In her #KingAlfred project, she explores the online afterlives of King Alfred the Great. Martine is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/ceal-utrecht.nl\/\">CEAL<\/a> &#8211; the Centre for Enthusiasts of Asian Languages &#8211; in Utrecht, and the author of two books on neurodiversity: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/current-academic-research-projects\/inside-the-autside\/\">Inside the Autside<\/a><\/em> (2023) and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/the-pictorialist\/\">The Pictorialist<\/a><\/em> (2025). Beyond academia, Martine is a musician, budoka, and visual artist. Her interdisciplinary interests include Asia Studies, autism, cyborgs, fan art and fanfiction, gaming, medievalisms, mermaids, music(ology), neuropsychology, karate, King Alfred, and science fiction. 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