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Dr. Dirk Lafaut is affiliated to the faculty of Ethics and Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is a member of RHEA, the Center of Expertise Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality and a member of EtHu, the Center for Ethics and Humanism. His fields of interest and expertise are migration, care ethics and medical humanitarianism. Dirk is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher, amongst others on decolonisation and develepment in the framework of a Global Minds scholarship. He is also appointed as guest-lecturer Contemporary Humanism till September 2022.
Dirk obtained his PhD in Philosophy and Ethics in 2021 with his doctoral thesis: ‘The ethics of bordering healthcare: A study on healthcare access of undocumented migrants in Brussels (Belgium). He worked as a PhD fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). In his research Dirk uses both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, with a focus on the latter.
Dirk obtained a MA in Ethics and Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Brussels in 2013. Before becoming a researcher he worked as a physician in different humanitarian organizations settings, and as a GP in a community health center in Gent. Dirk obtained his medical degree at Universiteit Gent (Belgium) in 2004.
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Projects
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FWOTM775: Who deserves (our) care? A critical enquiry of moral understanding and normative frameworks on health care for undocumented migrants
1/10/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Fundamental
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OZR2526: Centre of Expertise Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality
Coene, G., Celis, K., Withaeckx, S., Lechkar, I., Adam, I., Severs, E., Woodward, A., Lafaut, D., Schandevyl, E., De Proost, M., Dierickx, S., Erzeel, S., Leye, E. M., Akachar, S., Halimi, M., Bracke, S., Huysentruyt, H. K., Rahbari, L., D'Agostino, S., Akachar, S., Janssen, C., Lang, F., Bekers, E., Arteel, I., Consuegra, E., Vergaert, E., Landberg, J., Jung, M., Berdai Chaouni, S., Koelet, S., Spanouli, A., Dóci, E., Dumortier, E., Vantieghem, W., De Bus, S., Mullens, F., Westerveen, L., Saberi Zafarghandi, P., Tuley, M., Andre, G., Capurchande, R., Cuinhane, C. E., Chipenembe Ngale, M. J. M., Wouters, B., Ninsiima, A. B., Zhang, S., Shan, J., Zhang, B., Amara-Hammou, K. & De Backer, M. L.
4/10/13 → 30/09/19
Project: Fundamental
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‘If he dies with the papers of his brother, his brother will be considered dead’. Moral understandings of health professionals about the use of deception to overcome restrictions in access to healthcare
Lafaut, D., 1 Jun 2020, In : Clinical Ethics. 15, 2, p. 84-93 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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“I was trying to speak to their human side” Coping responses of Belgium’s undocumented migrants to barriers in health-care access
Lafaut, D. & Coene, G., 23 Jun 2020, In : International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. 16, 3, p. 253-267 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Counting the non-existing: causes of death of undocumented migrants in Brussels- Capital Region (Belgium), 2005-2010
Lafaut, D., Vandenheede, H., Surkyn, J. & Coene, G., 1 Oct 2019, In : Archives of Public Health. 77, p. 42 42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Een gebrek aan zin? Ethisch-filosofische reflecties over levensmoeheid bij ouderen.
Coene, G. & Lafaut, D., 2019, Levensmoeheid bij ouderen. Een praktische handleiding . Politeia, p. 201-212Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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“Let them in!” Humanitarian work as political activism? The case of the Maximiliaan refugee camp in Brussels.
Lafaut, D. & Coene, G., 3 Apr 2019, In : Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 17, 2, p. 185-203 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
6 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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“I was trying to speak to them to their human side” Moral understandings of undocumented migrants regarding access to healthcare in urban settings in Belgium.
Dirk Lafaut (Speaker)11 Jul 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Municipal territoriality vs. Hypermobility: power struggles surrounding healthcare access of precarious status immigranTS in Belgium
Dirk Lafaut (Speaker)18 Sep 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Converting care to politics. An ethnographic inquiry about health rights for precarious status immigrants in Belgium. By Dirk Lafaut, PhD Candidate (FWO) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sophie Withaeckx (Organiser), Dirk Lafaut (Host)7 May 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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Care in Crisis
Dirk Lafaut (Participant)23 Feb 2018 → 24 Feb 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Primary care workers’ moral understanding on access to healthcare for undocumented migrants in Belgium
Dirk Lafaut (Speaker)1 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Thesis
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The ethics of bordering healthcare: A study on healthcare access of undocumented migrants in Brussels (Belgium)
Author: Lafaut, D., Coene, G., DIKOMITIS, L., Gadeyne, S., Mortier, F., SAHARSO, S. & Stuy, J., 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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De maatschappelijke gevangenis. Kritiek op de postmoderne samenleving
Author: Van Stichel, W. & Lavaert, S., 2017Supervisor: Lavaert, S. (Promotor), Van Den Bossche, M. (Jury) & Lafaut, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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De waarde van de antihumanistische positie: een polemiek tussen Althusser, Foucault en het institutioneel humanisme
Author: Groenen, S. & Lavaert, S., 2016Supervisor: Lavaert, S. (Promotor), Van Den Bossche, M. (Jury) & Lafaut, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Geestelijke gezondheidszorg voor mensen zonder wettig verblijf te Gent: Masterproef Master Gender en Diversiteit
Author: Coene, G., Aberkane, L., Lafaut, D. & Draulans, V., 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis