An Moons graduated in 2000 at the department of Communication Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) with a thesis entitled: ‘Shining in the Shade. A sociological research on the meaning of Belgian designer fashion: the Handsome-case’. Between 2001 and 2008 she worked as a teaching assistant within the field of media and culture at the same department. She is a member of the research institute IBBT/SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication) and the cluster Cultuurlab and she is associated to the research center CEMESO (Centre for studies on Media and Culture). Her research interests include topics such as of cultural industries, cultural entrepreneurship and management, cultural policy and (fashion) design. She now prepares a PhD entitled: ‘Cultural industries undressed. Towards a qualitative cultural economic evaluation and policy framework concerning cultural industries in Flanders: a critical and prospective analysis by means of the constituting processes and impact indicators of the Flemish designer fashion industry.’ Since September 2008 she also works as a lecturer at the department of Cultural Studies (pre-master program ‘The Business of Culture’) of the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) where she teaches the course ‘Cultural industries: trends and strategies’. Besides she is working as a part-time advisor of the provincial governor of culture in Limburg, in particular with regard to policy concerning visual and applied arts, audiovisual arts and performing arts.

Publications

• An Moons. De Vlaamse designermode-industrie ont(k)leed. Naar een analysemodel inzake de constituerende processen en impactindicatoren van cultuurindustrieën, Working Paper CEMESO, 2007.
• An Moons. The Flemish designer fashion industry (un)dressed. Capital, cultural management and networking: the golden triangle of success?, MoMu Symposium ‘Modus Operandi: Stand van zaken in het hedendaags Belgisch modeonderzoek - Modus Operandi: State of Affairs in Current Research on Belgian Fashion’, Antwerp, 17 october 2007.
• An Moons. Can we create creative industries? A theoretical and historical analysis of the economic and cultural performance of creative industries: the case of the Flemish designer fashion industry, The 4th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, EDUCULT Vienna & International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vienna (Austria), 12-16 juli 2006.
• Katia Segers, An Moons. "Culturele sector: 'Risky Business'", Boekmancahier, vol. 68, 2006.
• An Moons. Fashion this is Belgian. The representation of Belgian fashion in the Flemish fashion magazine ‘Mode dit is Belgisch’ in the eighties., The 4th International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens (Greece), 22-24 mei 2006.
• An Moons. Lessons from the past? Towards an analytical framework for the economic and cultural performance of creative industries through insights from the analysis of the Flemish designer fashion, Network on Cultural Industries, Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), Amsterdam, 26 en 27 januari 2006.
• An Moons. Towards an analytical framework for the analysis of the constituting processes of cultural industries: the case of the Flemish designer fashion industry, The Conference 'Media change and social theory', CRESC, Oxford, 6-8 september 2006.
• An Moons. Can we create creative industries? Towards an analytical framework for the economic and cultural performance of creative industries through insights from the analysis of the Flemish designer fashion, First European Communication Conference paper, Amsterdam, Nederland, 25 en 26 november 2005.
• An Moons. Lessen uit het verleden? De analyse van de economische en culturele performantie van creatieve industrieën a.h.v. de case van de Vlaamse designermode, Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam, 24 november 2005.
• Caroline Pauwels, Renate Bauwens Jo, Kristel Vandenbrande, Ariane Carlier, Katia Segers, An Moons. Een vergelijkende analyse van de 19 uur-journaals van TV1 en VTM & van het 19 uur-journaal op TV1 en het 20 uur-journaal op Canvas, (onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de VRT), Brussel, CMSO, 2003.
• Caroline Pauwels, Renate Bauwens Jo, An Moons, Tom Peeters, Jan Teurlings, Kristel Vandenbrande. Een vergelijkende analyse van de VRT- en VTM- avondjournaals naar inhoud en vormgeving, (onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de VRT). Brussel CMSO, 2001.
• Naar een geïntegreerd mediabeleid in Brussel: een doorlichting van de Vlaams-Brusselse media. Onderzoek in opdracht van de VGC. Brussel, SMIT, 2001, 145 p.