Jail Craft of Prison Officers in Post-Authoritarian Prisons: a Comparatieve Research between Belgium and the Netherlands Prof.dr. K. Beyens Prof.dr. M. Boone Prof.dr. A.-S. Vanhouche

📢 Public defence (28/5) Lorenz Pardon '𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴'

Find more information here:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2026/...

👉 Register before the 11th of May: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Research seminar - Digital Criminology Working Group - Prof Research seminarThe Digital Criminology Working Group is excited to announce the following lunch seminar with Professor Dr. Valerie Steeves (University of

📌 Save the date – CRiS Research Seminar on 20 April (12:00 – 14:00) at the VUB campus

👉 More information, including the abstract and registration, can be found here: cris.paddlecms.net/en/research-...

📌 Save the date – CRiS Research Seminar on 27 April (9:30 – 14:00) at the VUB campus (U-Residence)

👉 More information, including the full programme, abstracts, and registration, can be found here: cris.research.vub.be/en/research-...

DIGIPOL - Winter School Call | CRIS Doing research on Technology and Policing Call for applications: DIGIPOL Winter School Contemporary policing is undergoing profound transformations driven by

📢 Call for applications – Winter School on Technology & Policing

As part of the DIGIPOL project, we are organising a Winter School on 1–2 December 2026 in Brussels.

👇Find more information on our website.
cris.paddlecms.net/en/digipol-w...

👇 In de media:

CRiS-onderzoeker @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social geeft meer uitleg over hoe de inrichting van de publieke ruimte een belangrijke rol speelt in het veiligheidsgevoel van vrouwen.

www.nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/p...

📢 Extended deadline!

Seminar Doing research with Children and Young People

The application deadline has been extended for the international research seminar organized by VUB's Child Citizen Lab. You can submit your abstract until 22 March 2026 through this form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Onderzoeker in de kijker - Sofie De Kimpe | CRIS Sofie De Kimpe, professor politiestudies, heeft al een indrukwekkende carrière achter de rug en blijft een belangrijke stem in politieonderzoek.We spraken haar

🌟 CRiS-onderzoeker Sofie De Kimpe in de kijker🌟

👇 We spraken haar over haar favoriet onderzoeksproject en haar visie op de toekomst. cris.paddlecms.net/en/onderzoek...

VUB ‘Women shaping science’ VUB honours women scientists with an exhibition, article series and experts list

📸 Discover the photo exhibition featuring twenty portraits of women scientists, including our own CRIS researcher sofie De Kimpe, captured by photographer Lieve Blancquaert.

👇 Reserve your place for the opening of the exhibition on 11 february here:
www.vub.be/en/news/vub-...

Digitalisering verandert het gevangenisleven, maar niet alti Studie toont complexe effecten van digitaal platform ‘PrisonCloud’

"𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙯𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙩 𝙫𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙨”

👇Meer weten? Lees hier het persbericht over de open-access publicatie van de onderzoeksgroep Crime & Society. www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/di...

Forse stijging van aantal hongerstakers in gesloten terugkeercentra: “Vaak de enige manier om wanhoop uit te drukken” In 2024 gingen 166 mensen in gesloten terugkeercentra in hongerstaking, dat is een flinke stijging ten opzichte van de voorgaande twee jaar. Tegelijk is er nog altijd weinig zicht en controle op hoe het er in die centra precies aan toegaat.

CRIS-onderzoeker Lars Breuls werd geïnterviewd in De Standaard over de recente toename van hongerstakingen in gesloten terugkeercentra in België.

👇Lees het artikel hier: www.standaard.be/binnenland/f...

We proudly present the new open access issue of Criminological Encounters "Towards a global criminology of war", containing articles, opinion pieces, a forum on Palestine and Gaza, interviews and an art intervention.

👇Read the issue here
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

Postdoc researcher ERC project CAGED: Ageing in the Carceral Environment: The Existential Dimensions Postdoc researcher ERC project CAGED: Ageing in the Carceral Environment: The Existential Dimensions

📢 Job alert

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (quantitative research track) to join the ERC-funded project CAGED – Ageing in the Carceral Environment: The Existential Dimensions

📅 Application deadline: 1 February 2026

👇 More information & application:
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

Doctoraatsbeurs ERC-project CAGED Doctoraatsbeurs ERC-project CAGED

📢 Job alert

We are looking for a PhD candidate (qualitative research track) within the ERC-funded project CAGED – Ageing in the Carceral Environment: The Existential Dimensions

📅 Application deadline: 1 February 2026

👇 More information & application: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-D...

PUNI Jaarverslag (2025)

Het PUNI-jaarverslag is er!

In dit verslag brengen we een overzicht van onze lopende en afgeronde onderzoeksprojecten, publicaties en andere activiteiten waarmee penologie-onderzoekers het afgelopen jaar naar buiten traden.

👇Lees het hier
researchportal.vub.be/nl/publicati...

Decolonizing Criminology: Promoting South–South Dialogues Decolonizing Criminology: Promoting South–South Dialogues is a two-day international seminar that invites scholars, students, practitioners, and the wider public to critically examine how

📢 We’re excited to announce the upcoming two-day international seminar “𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵–𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀” on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 at the Learning & Innovation Center (VUB–ULB) in Brussels.

ℹ️Full programme and registration: cris.paddlecms.net/en/decoloniz...

👏 CRiS researcher Lucas Melgaço was awarded the academic title of Special Visiting Professor in Santa Clara (Cuba), in recognition of his longstanding collaboration with the Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas (UCLV).

Online first: Here is the new article of Rob White in Criminological Encounters.

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@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Lambros Fatsis in Criminological Encounters.

www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Online first: Here is the new article of Juneseo Hwang in Criminological Encounters.

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@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Mehrdad Emami and Paola Rivetti in Criminological Encounters.

www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Kunnen gevangenissen in het buitenland een (snelle) oplossing bieden voor de overbevolking in België? | VRT NWS: nieuws Een gevangenis in Kosovo of Albanië gebruiken om gedetineerden in op te sluiten, zoals onze regering onderzoekt, is een werk van lange adem. Dat zegt criminologieprofessor An-Sofie Vanhouche (VUB). Ze...

CRiS onderzoeker An-Sofie Vanhouche gaf gisteren duiding bij het voorstel om een gevangenis te huren in Albanië of Kosovo.

👇 Beluister het interview hier: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

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International Training School on Core Correctional School 2025 YouTube video by CEP Probation

Last week, two CRiS researchers participated in the CEP Probation International Training School on Core Correctional Skills to gain insights for their scientific follow-up of the RNR project in the lap of the Flemish Houses of Justice.

👇Watch the recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fSt...

Online first: Here is the new article of Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič in Criminological Encounters.

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@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Hacer Bahar and Halil Ibrahim Bahar in Criminological Encounters.

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@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Online first: Here is the new article of Brunilda Pali and Polly Pallister-Wilkins in Criminological Encounters.

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@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: ELIAS WOODBRIDGE We are pleased to invite you to the 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 of CRiS-researcher Elias Woodbridge's doctoral thesis in Social Sciences ‘𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯

We are pleased to invite you to the 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 of CRiS-researcher Elias Woodbridge's doctoral thesis in Social Sciences ‘𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘦𝘯'𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴'

👇More information can be found on our website

Van VUB naar veiligheidsbeleid: Alumnus Werner Van Herle “Wij zoeken naar oplossingen om de veiligheid in onze stad op lange termijn te garanderen”

In een recent interview reflecteert Werner Van Herle, alumnus van de opleiding Criminologie aan de VUB en afdelingshoofd veiligheid en preventie van Stad Mechelen, over zijn studententijd en professionele carrière.

👇Bekijk hier het interview: www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/va...

#crimsky

Last week, CRiS joined the #Eurocrim conference, sharing research on topics from palliative care in prisons to restorative justice, risk management, surveillance, and more. Special thanks to our researchers who helped draft and support a motion against complicity in Israeli atrocity crimes. #crimsky

PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: RANDY HAERS We are eager to announce that Randy Haers will be defending his doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences titled: ‘Van SAMEN werken naar impactvol werken: een actieonderzoek naar een evidence-based

We are eager to announce that CRiS researcher Randy Haers will be defending his doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences, titled: ‘𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘃𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻: 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗲𝗸 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗸 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁.' on the 27th of August.
Find more information below.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀?

👇 Read the latest article by CRiS researchers Lorenz Pardon, Emilie Gossye, Kristel Beyens and An-Sofie Vanhouche.

#crimsky #prisonresearch