Anna Luyten studied at the Unversity of Ghent and the Antwerp University and holds the masters in philosophy, master in applied Literature Science and master in Theatre studies.
She is a performative philosopher, writer, teacher, radio- and televisionmaker.
She is lecturer in Philosophy, Aesthetics, Dramaturgy and Artist Writing at the Toneelacademie Maastricht, Institute of Performative Arts and Guest professor at the University of the Arts London. At the School of Arts KASK, University College Ghent she is professor of the masterseminars "Wandering, walking and creative intelligence", a result of the artistic research group she co-founded in 2014 'Wandering as a discipline. An investigation into the function of attention and participation in performance art, art pedagogy, artists texts, writing and thinking practice.’