Soline Ballet
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy , Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Migration Law Research Group , Faculty of Law and Criminology
Phone: +32 9 264 91 27
Email: Soline.Ballet@UGent.be
Research themes: Civil society, social work and solidarity || Borders, migration governance and people on the move || Migration law, migrants’ rights and legal Identity || Housing, home-making and urban mobilities
Soline Ballet (they/she) is a PhD researcher at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy and is also affiliated to the Migration Law Research Group. Soline obtained a Master in Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University. Their research interests include processes of illegalisation of migrants, solidarity, activism and other forms of support. Soline has also been involved in grassroots initiatives for migrants in both Brussels and Athens. Their current research project, supervised by Prof. Dr. Robin Vandevoordt, Prof. Dr. Ellen Desmet and Prof. Dr. Ine Lietaert, focuses on practices of structural, future-oriented socio-legal and psycho-social support for illegalised migrants in Belgium.
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