Sven Gellens works as a researcher on the philosophy of Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty and themes in 19th century and contemporary biological and cultural evolution at Ghent University (Belgium). He studied philosophy in Ghent, Louvain and Nijmegen (Netherlands). He currently works on the reconstruction of embodiment – Einverleibung in German – in Nietzsche’s genealogical writings: a model of evolution that integrates biological and cultural information. He had worked for years as a secondary school teacher, lector and researcher in different teacher educations. At the moment, he is a program and project manager at the Pedagogical Guidance Service of GO! education of the Flemish Community where he works on active citizenship and teacher induction training.