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Sien holds a Master’s degree in Criminology (KU Leuven, 2023) and a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality Studies (KU Leuven, 2025). She is an academic assistant and PhD researcher at the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law of the Faculty of Law and Criminology at the University of Ghent.

Sien assists Prof. Dr. Lieven Pauwels in courses such as Statistics for Criminology and Crime Prevention. For her PhD research, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lieven Pauwels and Dr. Ann De Buck, she focuses on etiological theories concerning sexual violence.

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  • EMAIL: sien.voets@ugent.be
  • TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
  • ADDRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium

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  • Sexual violence research
  • Aetiology of crime
  • Quantitative research methods

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