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Lucas Melgaço is a Professor at the Department of Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, and is a former post-doctoral researcher at the same institution. He is also a former post-doctoral researcher at the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s University, Canada and at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has a doctorate degree in Geography from a partnership between the University of São Paulo and the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne. His main scientific interests are in the domains of urban criminology, surveillance, policing, social movements and protests, and in the relationships between information and communication technologies, space and security. He has also worked on translating and introducing the theories of the Brazilian geographer Milton Santos to the English-speaking community. Lucas is co-editor of the books "Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance" (Routledge, 2018), "Milton Santos: A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South"(Springer, 2017) and "Order and Conflict in Public Space" (Routledge, 2016). He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Criminological Encounters.
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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NSIS4: Brussels Centrum voor Stadsstudies
van Heur, B., Ryckbosch, W., Gonzalez Fuster, G., Keserü, I., Sepp, A., De Melo Melgaço, L., Gadeyne, S., Van de Voorde, S. & De Donder, L.
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamenteel
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OZR4202: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - PUCPR (Brazil), ABADE Victor
23/10/23 → 22/10/27
Project: Fundamenteel
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EUAR155: GATHERINGS : GEMEENSCHAPPELIJKE NORMEN VOOR VEILIGHEID, PRIVACY EN KOSTEN VAN HET TOEZICHT OP OPENBARE BIJEENKOMSTEN
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Toegepast
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GATHERINGS: balancing security, privacy & cost
Caluwaerts, J. & Melgaço, L., 2024, (Unpublished).Onderzoeksoutput: Poster
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Irracionalidade acadêmica: a universidade e as tiranias do tempo, da métrica e da competitividade
Melgaço, L., 2024, In: PatryTer. 8, 15, blz. 1-11 11 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance
Rafi Arefin, M., Prouse, C., Wittmer, J., Amin, N., Assunção, M., Benezra, A., Chaudhuri, A., Diamond, M., Harshe, S., Hill-Tout, K., Koetz, V., Larsen, D., Mansfeldt, C., Melgaço, L., Nainani, D., V. Nair, A., C. Naughton, C., O’Donnell, M., Reimer, C., Robinson, P. & 2 anderen, , 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Water Research. 268, blz. 1-19 19 blz., 122747.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Milton Santos
Melgaço, L., 2024, Key Thinkers on Space and Place. Gilmartin, M., Hubbard, P., Kitchin, R. & Roberts, S. (redactie). 3 redactie SAGE Publications Ltd, blz. 359-366 9 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › peer review
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The long road to Municipality 2.0: mobile city apps as catalyst for change?
Steenhout, I., Volinz, L., Beyens, K. & Melgaço, L., apr 2024, In: Social Science Computer Review. 42, 2, blz. 594-613 20 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Prijzen
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Best poster of XIII Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing, INPE, Florianópolis. 2007.
De Melo Melgaço, Lucas (Recipient), 2007
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Student Article of XI Brazilian Symposium of Remote. Belo Horizonte.
De Melo Melgaço, Lucas (Recipient), 2003
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activiteiten
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Digitalizing the police: the use of digital devices within police organizations and the impact of them on police legitimacy and police-public relations
Lies Vande Meulebroucke (Speaker), Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Contributor) & Sofie De Kimpe (Contributor)
14 sep 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Curating and Deleting: A Transdisciplinary Study of Archival Frictions in the Data Infrastructures of European Law Enforcement
Megan Hadasa Leal Causton (Speaker), Rocco Bellanova (Speaker) & Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Speaker)
30 aug 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Smart video surveillance for safety and security: Unraveling discourses in Brussels, Antwerp, and Ghent
Stephanie Garaglia (Speaker), Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Speaker) & Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Contributor)
10 okt 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Surveillance or safeguard? Police officers' perceptions and expectations on the use of bodycams in Belgium
Julie Caluwaerts (Speaker) & Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Contributor)
13 sep 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Smart video surveillance in safety and security discourses: Unraveling drivers, promises, and sociotechnical imaginaries in Brussels, Antwerp, and Ghent
Stephanie Garaglia (Speaker), Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Contributor) & Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Contributor)
13 sep 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
Knipsels
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De burgemeester heeft de plicht de burger te beschermen. En ja, protesterende studenten zijn óók burgers
Katrien Vanlerberghe, Marijke Caroline Van Buggenhout, Jenneke Christiaens, Bram Visser, Steven Debbaut, Sofie De Kimpe, Els Enhus, Julie Caluwaerts, Lucas De Melo Melgaço, Mattias Lucien De Backer, Els Dumortier, Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel & Floris Liekens
1/06/24
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Brussel kiest: ‘Het opkuisen van buurten blijft symptoombestrijding'
Steven Debbaut & Lucas De Melo Melgaço
14/05/24
1 item van Media-aandacht
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Headscarves: Can the Belgian police truly be diverse and neutral at the same time?
Stephanie Garaglia & Lucas De Melo Melgaço
27/07/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
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Scriptie
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Public privacy: A european fundamental rights analysis of the right to private life in an age of smartphones, drones and social media
Auteur: Vermeulen, M., Gutwirth, S., De Hert, P., Gonzalez Fuster, G., Melgaço, L., Hosein, G. & Scheinin, M., 11 sep 2017Begeleider: Gutwirth, S. (Promotor) & De Hert, P. (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis