Katrien Vanlerberghe

Katrien Vanlerberghe holds a master's degree in Criminology, which she obtained from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2021. Shortly after, she started her academic career at the VUB as a teaching assistant and as a researcher on a project for the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency titled 'Anti-racism in Policing in the EU: Challenges and Promising Practices'.

Katrien recently started her career as a PhD Candidate. Her doctoral research focuses on conspiracy theories; more specifically, on why people believe them and how this belief influences human behaviour.

Research Projects

Violent extremism through the lens of neutralisation theory

KEYWORDS

#conspiracy_theories

#conspiracy_beliefs

#violence