Short bio
Halima Guelai holds a Master’s degree in Criminology (Ghent University, 2021, summa cum laude) and a Master of Teaching in Social Sciences (Ghent University, 2023, magna cum laude). Between 2023 and 2025, she worked on the EU-funded project POSEIDON (Ports United Against Corruption), under the supervision of Prof. dr. Jelle Janssens and Prof. dr. Charlotte Colman.
She is currently an academic assistant and PhD researcher at the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), within the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law at Ghent University. She supports Prof. dr. Jelle Janssens in courses, including Victimology, Criminology of War, Criminal Justice Management, Organized Crime, Financial and Economic Crime, and the International Master of Science in Advanced Research in Criminology (IMARC).
As of 2025, she is conducting a doctoral research on girl youth gangs, focusing on individual risk and protective factors, as well as the roles of family, school, and neighbourhood contexts.
Work details
- EMAIL: Halima.Guelai@ugent.be
- TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: + 32 9 264 69 30
- ADDRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
- ORCID: 0009-0009-4804-4276
Selected societal impact activities
Selected media
Selected events
25 March 2025 – CEPOL Research & Science Conference: panel session on finding mitigation measures for the prevention of corruption and money laundering. https://www.cepol.europa.eu/research-science-conference-2024-2025
Expertise
Corruption
Organized crime
Youth crime
Gangs
Human trafficking
Selected projects
POSEIDON-Project: https://poseidon.safe-europe.eu/
Publications
Guelai, H., Bellaert, W., & Vermeulen, G. (2021). De evolutie van een slachtoffer tot dader. Empirisch onderzoek bij tienerpooiers en de Nigeriaanse madams.