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Dr. Rosamunde Van Brakel is a criminologist who works as an Assistant Professor and postdoctoral researcher at the Law, Science, Technology and Society Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She teaches and coordinates the course Legal, Ethical and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence and coordinates the VUB Research Chair in Surveillance Studies. She is currently co-PI of the FWO project: FWO Smart Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Deconstructing Security and Surveillance Discourses and IBOF Project Future-proofing Human Rights. Developing thicker forms of accountability. She is also co-director of the Surveillance Studies Network and board member of Privacy Salon and the Ministry of Privacy.
She has been studying the social, ethical and legal consequences of (algorithmic) surveillance technologies in the public sector since 2006. Since finishing her PhD in 2018 she has been conducting research on the democratic governance of surveillance, crime control and risk assessments and AI. She has been involved as an expert for the Belgian government in 2020 (Expert working group Coronalert app) and was an expert witness for the UK House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry on new technologies and law enforcement in 2021.
She studied educational sciences and criminology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the University of Ottawa. Previous experiences include working as a policy assistant for the Representative of the Flemish Government in the UK and as a researcher for the Belgian Ministry of Justice. In the past at the VUB she has conducted research on freedom infringements of transport security technologies and evaluation and certification schemes for security products in the context of the EU FP7 projects SIAM and CRISP. From 2014-2015 she was seconded to work as a research fellow for the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy on the project: Big Data, Privacy and Security. In addition, she has been managing director of the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference from 2013-2021 and executive director of the non-profit organization Privacy Salon 2014-2022).
Externe posities
Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network
1 jan 2019 → …Vingerafdruk
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Netwerk
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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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iBOF/21/031: Toekomstbestendige mensenrechten door een meer robuuste rekenschapsplichtigheid
De Hert, P., Destrooper, T., Smet, S., Dembour, M., Vandenhole, W. & Van Brakel, R. E.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamenteel
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OZR3674: Observatorium voor politieke teksten in Europese democratieën: een Europese onderzoeksinfrastructuur (OZR EU BONUS)
1/10/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Fundamenteel
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Article 43 General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority
Hijmans, H. & Van Brakel, R. E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Law Enforcement Directive - A Commentary. Kosta, E. & Boehm, F. (redactie). Oxford University PressOnderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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Article 44 Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority
Hijmans, H. & Van Brakel, R. E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Law Enforcement Directive - A Commentary. Kosta, E. & Boehm, F. (redactie). Oxford University PressOnderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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Big Data Policing, Cahiers Politiestudies
Snaphaan, T. (redactie), Hardyns, W. (redactie), van Dijk, A. (redactie), Spithoven, R. (redactie) & Van Brakel, R. E. (redactie), 15 feb 2023, Gompel&Svacina. 216 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Book › Research
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Editoriaal. Big data policing
Snaphaan, T., Hardyns, W., van Dijk, A., Spithoven, R. & Van Brakel, R. E., 2023, In: Cahiers Politiestudies = Journal of Police Studies.Onderzoeksoutput: Editorial
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Setting the scene: Big data policing als multidimensionaal thema voor de praktijk, beleid en onderzoek
Snaphaan, T., Hardyns, W., van Dijk, A., Spithoven, R. & Van Brakel, R. E., 15 feb 2023, In: Cahiers Politiestudies = Journal of Police Studies. 66Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
Prijzen
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Surveillance & Society Best Paper prize
Van Brakel, Rosamunde Elise (Recipient), 2010
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activiteiten
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Seminar VIII : Police-use of Facial Recognition Technology in India with Shivangi Narayan
Bram Visser (Chair), Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Organiser) & Shivangi Narayan (Participant)
21 apr 2022Activiteit: Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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Seminar IX : Artificial Intelligence and Policing: Challenges in the United States with Elizabeth Joh
Bram Visser (Organiser), Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Chair) & Elizabeth Joh (Participant)
11 mei 2022Activiteit: Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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CPDP2022
Bram Visser (Organiser), Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Chair), Lilian Edwards (Participant), Bryce Newell (Participant), Fanny Coudert (Participant) & Ola Svenonius (Participant)
23 mei 2022Activiteit: Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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Bluetooth surveillance: A socio-technical analysis of the use of Bluetooth in smart cities to prevent crime
Ana Fernandez Inguanzo (Speaker) & Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Contributor)
23 sep 2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Reflectiedag Food for Thought (invited speaker)
Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Speaker)
2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Knipsels
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Telewerk: houdt uw baas u in de gaten?
27/09/22
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Ethische hacker legt privacylek in parkeerapps bloot: ‘Een ramp voor onze privacy’
26/09/22
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Hoe gezichtsherkenning door politie sluipend dichterbij komt
9/05/22
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Big brother weet straks ook hoeveel u sport, willen we dat wel?
30/09/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Les conséquences de la guerre contre le terrorisme sur la vie privée
10/09/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
Scriptie
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De invloed van G. Stanley Hall op de pedagogisering van het discours over onanie
Auteur: Van Brakel, R. E., 2004Begeleider: Depaepe, M. (Externe persoon) (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Master's Thesis
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Surveillance as Social Sorting: Passenger Profiling
Auteur: Van Brakel, R. E., 2008Begeleider: Verbruggen, F. (Externe persoon) (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Master's Thesis
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Taming the future? A rhizomatic analysis of preemptive surveillance of children and its consequences
Auteur: Van Brakel, R. E., De Hert, P. & Beyens, K., 23 apr 2018Begeleider: Christiaens, J. (Jury), De Melo Melgaço, L. (Jury), Norris, C. (Externe persoon) (Jury), Fussey, P. (Externe persoon) (Jury) & Webster, W. (Externe persoon) (Jury)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis