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Dr Lore Roels

Senior Researcher

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  • Email Lore.Roels[@]UGent.be
  • Phone +32 (0)9 264 69 11 Secretariat HRC
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Dr Lore Roels' Bio

Dr. Lore Roels (she/her) obtained her PhD at the Migration Law Research Group and the International Centre for Reproductive Health at Ghent University (2021-2025). Currently, she works as a postdoctoral researcher and project manager on the UNPACK project: ‘Unpacking the asylum procedure in its intersecting linguistic, sociocultural, psychological and legal dimensions’ (2026-2030). She specialised in human rights, migration law, and gender studies at Ghent University (Bachelor and Master of Laws) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M.). Her research critically analyses asylum decision making on persons fleeing sexual, gender-based and other violence, adopting care-centred methods and integrating interdisciplinary expertise beyond a purely legal perspective.

Dr Lore Roels' Featured Research Projects

UNPACK. Unpacking the asylum procedure
By Ishita & Prof. Dr. Ellen Desmet
Migrant and refugee rights
Gender-(in)sensitivity in the European asylum procedure
By Dr Lore Roels & Prof. Dr. Ellen Desmet
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Dr Lore Roels' Publications

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Dr Lore Roels' Professional positions

Senior researcher (project UNPACK 2026 – 2030)

Doctoral researcher (FWO 2021 – 2026)

 

Dr Lore Roels' Education

University Degrees

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  • LLM in Human Rights (LSE (London School of Economics & Political Science), 2020-2021) – thesis: The application of rape mythology to credibility assessments in the European Court of Human Rights’ asylum case law related to sexual or gender-based persecution
  • Master of Laws (Ghent University, 2018-2020) – thesis: Social media and smartphone screenings against abuse in the Belgian asylum procedure: an end that does not justify the means
  • Bachelor of Laws (Ghent University, 2015-2018) – thesis: The case of Babiarz v. Poland and the right to divorce: a missed opportunity for the European Court of Human Rights?

Dr Lore Roels' Featured publication

Roels, L., Socialemedia- en smartphonescreenings tegen misbruik in Belgische verzoekprocedures om internationale bescherming: een doel dat de middelen niet wettigt, Tijdschrift voor Vreemdelingenrecht, 2020/4, p. 329-344.

Dr Lore Roels' work details
  • Contact Hours: On appointment
  • Visiting Address: Paddenhoek 5, 3rd Floor, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Postal Address: Ghent University, Campus Aula, Human Rights Centre, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Office Hours: 09.00 h – 17.00 h
  • Working Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Dr Lore Roels' expertise
  • Migrant and refugee rights

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