Within KAIROS research is conducted in the follow areas and associated areas
Communication
From classical rhetorical theories, to modern social psychological models, to postmodernism and journalism
Discourse
Pragmatics, Discourse analysis, Corpus linguistics and Sociolinguistics
Literature
Stylistics, Cognitive poetics and Creative writing
Cognition
Cognitive literary science (literature, reading and brain interfaces)
Education/Citizenship
Civic education and rhetorical citizenship: critical thinking and credible public speaking: historical and contemporary approaches
Culture/History
Heritage studies, the history of Dutch rhetorical culture, and the history of cultural/rhetorical citizenship