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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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Netwerk
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FOD144: Digitalisering van de politie: interne en externe uitdagingen voor de politieorganisatie in een inclusieve samenleving
De Kimpe, S. & De Melo Melgaço, L.
1/09/22 → 1/12/26
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOAL1004: Slim cameratoezicht in smart cities: de deconstructie van het surveillance- en veiligheidsdiscours
De Melo Melgaço, L. & Van Brakel, R. E.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamenteel
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IRP13: Interdisciplinair onderzoeksprogramma: steden en nieuwkomers: aankomstinfrastructuur, multi-scalaire statehood en professionele intermediairs
Winter, A., van Heur, B., De Melo Melgaço, L., Verhaeghe, P., Corijn, E., Deboosere, P., Enhus, E. & Schuermans, N.
1/04/18 → 31/03/23
Project: Fundamenteel
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SRP44: SRP: criminaliteit & maatschappij: nieuwe uitdagingen
De Melo Melgaço, L., Snacken, S., Snacken, S., De Melo Melgaço, L., Beyens, K., Christiaens, J., De Kimpe, S., Dumortier, E. & Enhus, E.
1/11/17 → 31/10/24
Project: Fundamenteel
Onderzoeksoutput
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Solidary Neighbors? The Involvement of Middle-Class Communities in the Governance of Security and Disorder in Brazil
Lopes, C., Silva Lima, F. & Melgaço, L., feb 2022, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 38, blz. 88-104 17 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › Specialist
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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., 3 jan 2022, (Submitted) In: Social Science Computer Review.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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The politics of journal publishing
Backer, M. D. & Melgaço, L., 8 jul 2022, In: Criminological Encounters . 5, 1, blz. 5-8 4 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article
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A esperança nas trincheiras da resistência: Entrevista com Talíria Petrone
Petrone, T., Carinhanha, A. M. & Melgaço, L., 2021, Criminological Encounters , 4, 1, blz. 158-171 14 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › Specialist
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Criminological encounters in a time of social distancing
De Backer, M. L. & Melgaço, L., 2021, In: Criminological Encounters . 4, 1, blz. 5-7 3 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article
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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Book launch: Hysteria - Crime, Media, and Politics
Bram Visser (Organiser), Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Chair), Jenneke Christiaens (Participant), Tom Daems (Participant), Marc Schuilenburg (Participant), Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Chair) & Brunhilda Pali (Participant)
1 okt 2021Activiteit: Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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Police in Latin American Films: Perspectives from Cultural Sociology and Popular Criminology
Maylen Villamanan Alba (Speaker) & Lucas Melgaço (Presenter)
15 mrt 2018Activiteit: Talk at a public lecture/debate
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The Fifth Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference "Watch This Space: Surveillance Futures".
Lucas DE MELO MELGAçO (Speaker)
2 apr 2012 → 4 apr 2012Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Visiting Scholar at the Surveillance Studies Centre, Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Lucas DE MELO MELGAçO (Member)
1 aug 2012 → 31 aug 2012Activiteit: Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
Lucas DE MELO MELGAçO (Speaker)
24 feb 2012 → 28 feb 2012Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
Knipsels
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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
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Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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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
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Securização Urbana: da psicoesfera do medo à tecnoesfera da segurança.
Auteur: De Melo Melgaço, L., Souza, M. A., Berger, M., Silva, F. L., Petsimeris, P. & Antas Jr., R., 6 dec 2010Begeleider: Souza, M. A. (Externe persoon) (Promotor), Silva, F. L. (Externe persoon) (Jury), Petsimeris, P. (Externe persoon) (Jury), Antas Jr., R. (Externe persoon) (Jury) & Berger, M. (Externe persoon) (Co-promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis