Coline Rondiat is a graduate in Romance Studies and Political Science from the University of Louvain where she works as a teaching assistant in French linguistics. She specializes in political discourse analysis, especially in the study of democratic imaginaries and depoliticization processes of public discourse. Her doctoral research (UCLouvain - UAntwerp) delves into the issue of democratic decision-making in context of crisis by exploring the conceptions of politicians and experts on political legitimacy during the pandemic.