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Sofie De Kimpe (12 aug 1975) is full time Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She has a Master degree in political science (administrative science), criminology and a PhD in criminology. She teaches subjects on policing, security policy and criminological methodology and theory. She started her criminological career at Ghent University with a PhD study on discourses of senior police officers: A sociological study of the discourses of the chief constables of the local police in Flanders. First as an academically assistant and afterwards as a post-doctoral researcher, she engages in the criminological research of the police, police organisation and police practices. In 2007 she became professor in criminology at the VUB, where she continued her research in the larger domain of police studies.
From 2009 to 2013 she worked as an academic expert for the Minister of Interior and the Belgian Federal police, managing a project ‘police, a learning organization’. The project intended to rethink the Belgian police education system and implement a bachelor and master program for police studies within the Belgian Police.
In 2013 she returned to the University of Brussels to withdraw her academic career as a full time member of the Crime & Society CRiS research group (https://cris.research.vub.be/en/home). Hence she is full professor at the faculty of law and criminology at the VUB. Since 2013 she teaches following subjects: ‘introduction in criminology’, ‘police studies’ and ‘methods of criminological research’ in the Bachelor of Criminology; ‘management in the criminal justice system’ and ‘policing & security’ in the Master of Criminology. She chaired the education board of the bachelor and master in criminology of the VUB between 2015-2018.
Research-related, together with Lucas Melgaço, she leads the research line ‘policing and surveillance’ within the CRiS research group. She was (2013-2017) co-promotor of the Strategic Research Program I (SRP) ‘Crossing Borders: crime, culture and control’. She is co-promotor of the SRP II program of the CRiS research group, ‘Crime and Society: new challenges’. She is member of different editorial boards of national and international police journals (ex. International Journal of Police Science and management).
She has supervised several PhD theses’ and research projects, all in the field of policing. Currently she supervises a PhD-project on police stop & search, a BRAIN-be project of Federal Science Department (Belspo), researching the impact of the counter-terrorism policy on policing activities and a project on diversity within the local police(funded by Open Society Foundation). She is chair of the EU COST ACTION network on POLICE STOPS (https://polstops.eu) together with Mike Rowe (Vice-chair). She is a founding member and member of the steering group of the ESC WORKING GROUP ON POLICING http://www.esc-eurocrim.org/workgroups.shtml#Policing
Important mentioning is her active role in the Flemish Centre of Security and policing and the editorial board of the CPS-Cahiers (http://www.policingandsecurity.be). The CPS-network is within Flanders the most important external policing network, consisting of representatives of universities, university colleges and police training institutes. The CPS plays a very important role in the validation of research knowledge in the police profession, the police organization and police education. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Scottish Institute for Policing (http://www.sipr.ac.uk/about-us/advisory-committee), the Scottish counterpart of the CPS.
Externe posities
Raad van bestuur, Centrum voor Politiestudies
1999 → …Vingerafdruk
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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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OZR3899: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UGent, DEBBAUT Steven
20/10/21 → 19/10/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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EU599: Police Stops
De Kimpe, S., Verfaillie, K., Christiaens, J., Saudelli, I. & Rowe, M.
1/10/18 → 18/03/23
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
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Defining terrorism down. Stratégies d’adaptation de la police locale dans la lutte contre le terrorisme
Hanard, E., Verfaillie, K. & De Kimpe, S., 30 nov 2022, Communauté suspecte et sécurité préventive. La radicalisation, une invention stratégique?. Brussel: Politeia, blz. 131-143 13 blz. (GEPS).Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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Impact Assessment of Belgian De-„Radicalisation“ Policies Upon Social Cohesion and Liberties. Final Report.
Kervyn de Meerendré, L., Varga, R., BRION, F., Crahay, C., Verfaillie, K., Hanard, E., De Kimpe, S., Coline, R., Vanneste, C. & Van Praet, S., 30 nov 2022, Belgian Science Policy Office. 158 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Commissioned report
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Local counterterrorism policing
Verfaillie, K., Hanard, E. & De Kimpe, S., 30 sep 2022, Belgian Science Policy. 50 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Commissioned report
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Policing in Smart Societies: Reflection on the abstract police
Verhaeghe, A., Easton, M. & De Kimpe, S., 2022, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 133 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Book › Research
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Themanummer 20 jaar Geïntegreerde politie in België (deel 1)
De Kimpe, S. (redactie), Verhage, A. (redactie), Easton, M. (redactie) & De Pauw, E. (redactie), 2022, In: Panopticon: Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht, Criminologie en Forensisch Welzijnswerk. 43, 1, blz. 1-140 140 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Special issue › peer review
Activiteiten
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Voices of young people experiencing stop and search in Belgium.
Yana Jaspers (Speaker), Jenneke Christiaens (Contributor) & Sofie De Kimpe (Contributor)
22 sep 2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Staten-generaal van de politie 2021-2023 (Externe Organisatie)
Sofie De Kimpe (Member)
2021 → 2023Activiteit: Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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PhD Defense Toon Meurs (Evenement)
Sofie De Kimpe (Member)
24 sep 2021Activiteit: Member of PhD committee
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PHD defense: Henk Huisjes (Evenement)
Sofie De Kimpe (Member)
22 nov 2021Activiteit: Member of PhD committee
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PhD Defense Inès Saudelli (Evenement)
Sofie De Kimpe (Supervisor) & Jenneke Christiaens (Supervisor)
23 nov 2021Activiteit: Member of PhD committee
Knipsels
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'Waren we geen immigranten, dan was ons een dergelijk lot bespaard'
13/01/21
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Professor Criminologie (VUB): “Er is te weinig diversiteit binnen het politiekorps dat nog steeds te wit is”
2/07/20
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
Scriptie
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Al-Qaeda-Linked Islamist Violent Non-State Actors in Pakistan and their Relationship with Islamist Political Parties
Auteur: De Kimpe, S. & Zahid, F., 5 dec 2013Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis
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De rol van de politie zoals gezien door de bevolking.Een Keleidoskoop aan verwachtingen en betekenissen.
Auteur: De Kimpe, S. & VERWEE, I., 8 dec 2011Begeleider: Enhus, E. (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis
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Discoursen van korpschefs. Een onderzoek naar het profiel en het discours van de korpschef van de lokale politie.
Auteur: De Kimpe, S. & Ponsaers, P., 23 aug 2005Begeleider: Ponsaers, P. (Externe persoon) (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis
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Vertrouwen in de Belgische strafrechtsketen: Een kwalitatief empirisch onderzoek naar de vertrouwensrelatie tussen de lokale recherche, de federale recherche, het parket en de onderzoeksrechters.
Auteur: De Kimpe, S. & Van Schoenwinkel, J., 1 feb 2018Begeleider: Hondeghem, A. (Externe persoon) (Promotor) & Maesschalck, J. (Externe persoon) (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis