Assia Bert studied Theatre, Film and Literature at the University of Antwerp and Acting at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. For several years she was associated with the Conservatory as lecturer in Acting Theory and researcher for the project 'The actor today and tomorrow'.
She is staff member of the artistic research coordination of the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and joins the editorial secretariat of FORUM+, the magazine for artistic research in the Low Countries.