Dr Rosamunde van Brakel

Bio

I am associate professor at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society where I teach cybercrime. Previously, I was managing director of the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference and co-founder and executive director of the the non-profit organisation Privacy Salon from 2014-2021.  In 2019 I was elected as co-director of the Surveillance Studies Network and in the same year I started working as a research professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) coordinating the Chair in Surveillance Studies. 

I have been conducting research on the social, ethical and legal consequences of (algorithmic) surveillance technologies since 2006.  Recent research has focused on the governance of police use of algorithmic surveillance . I have degrees in educational sciences and criminology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and VUB.

Courses

• Cybercrime
• Privacy and Data Protection

Recent publications

1. Introduction to research handbook on privacy and data protection law

   Gonzalez Fuster, G., van Brakel, R., & de Hert, P. (2022). Introduction to research handbook on privacy and data protection law. In G. González Fuster, R. Van Brakel, & P. De Hert (Eds.), Research handbook on privacy and data protection law: Values, norms and global politics (pp. 1-8). (Research Handbooks in Information Law series). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786438508/9781786438508.00005.xml

2. Research handbook on privacy and data protection law - Values, norms …

   Gonzalez Fuster, G., van Brakel, R., & de Hert, P. (Eds.) (2022). Research handbook on privacy and data protection law: Values, norms and global politics. (Research Handbooks in Information Law series). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786438508/9781786438508.xml?rskey=jcvJ8O&result=3

3. Bridging values - Finding a balance between privacy and control. The …

   van Brakel, R., Kudina, O., Fonio, C., & Boersma, K. (2022). Bridging values: Finding a balance between privacy and control. The case of Corona apps in Belgium and the Netherlands. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 30(1), 50-58.

4. De controle op het gebruik van algoritmische surveillance- onder druk…

   van Brakel, R. (2022). De controle op het gebruik van algoritmische surveillance- onder druk? Een exploratie door de lens van de relationele ethiek. Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten, 2022(1).

5. Rethinking predictive policing - Towards a holistic framework of demo…

   Brakel, R. V. (2021). Rethinking predictive policing: Towards a holistic framework of democratic algorithmic surveillance. In Algorithmic societies: Power, knowledge and technology in the age of algorithms (pp. 104-118)