Leen Vandevelde

Education: Master Adult Educational Sciences

Research topics: reintegration, prisons, community assistance and services to incarcerated persons

Leen Vandevelde began her PhD research in January 2022 at the Department of Educational Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Department of Sociology at the University of Antwerp. In her research, she examines needs and concerns of individuals in Flemish and Brussels prisons as they prepare for life after release from an holistic and longitudinal point of view. This research is part of the BRuG-research (2022-2024), a research on needs for reintegration and reduction of recidivism among incarcerated persons, commissioned by the Agency of Justice and Enforcement.