LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY

“IN OUR PURSUIT OF SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, WE MUST CONTINUALLY ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTIONS: WHY DO WE BELIEVE THIS WORKS? HOW DO WE MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK?

THIS IS WHERE ACADEMIA SUPPORTS US INDISPENSABLY - BY PROVIDING US WITH THE LATEST KNOWLEDGE, THE METHODS TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE OUR WORK AND THE HUMILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STATISTICS CAN AND CANNOT TELL US.”

CHIEF CONSTABLE, POLITIEZONE BRUSSEL NOORD

Proxima Sofie De Kimpe

Vub Fellows

Olivier Slosse is a VUB alumnus and a psychologist by training. In 1995 he joined the Brussels police, going on to become responsible for the Elsene police zone’s Documentation and Training Department. Since 2017 he has been managing director and a member of the management team of the largest police zone in the country.

As a spokesperson for the POLBRU police zone, Olivier has previously been involved with the faculty in research on topics such as diversity, racism and technology. The force has always been a coveted internship among criminology students. Olivier can play an important role in the further academisation of police training and regularly gives guest lectures at VUB. He could also work with the Hannah Arendt Institute.