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Lars Breuls is a Professor of Penology at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He holds a Ph.D. from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), focusing on ethnographic research in immigration detention in Belgium and the Netherlands. His expertise includes immigration control practices, penal decision-making, and prison sentence implementation.
Education: Ph.D. Fellowship (FWO, 2016–2020), successfully defended his Ph.D. on immigration detention practices in 2020. Master's thesis on early release procedures in correctional institutions (2015).
Research Interests
His work centers on administrative and penal decision-making processes, immigration detention, deportation practices, and the intersection of migration policy with criminal justice systems. He emphasizes ethnographic methodologies to study bureaucratic practices and institutional dynamics.
Awards & Grants
- Aspirant van het FWO - Vlaanderen Fellowship (2016)
- Best Paper Award (2016)
- Active in funded projects like 'Soft Deportations?' and 'Network for Innovative Detention Policies.'
Advising & Grants
Supervised a master’s thesis on voluntary return programs (2023). Collaborated on commissioned reports for the Flemish Justice Agency, focusing on risk management and behavioral training in correctional settings.
Labs & Teams
Affiliated with the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM), and leads projects on migration control and penal policies within the Faculty of Law and Criminology.
