CESSMIR

Ilse Derluyn

Ilse Derluyn

Centre for the Social Study for Migration and Refugees , Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Phone: +32 9 264 64 02
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Research themes: Health, health care and psychosocial well-being || Borders, migration governance and people on the move || Human smuggling, human trafficking and exploitation || Children, youth and families

Ilse Derluyn is full professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University (Belgium). Her main research topics concern the psychosocial wellbeing of young refugees and migrants, unaccompanied refugee minors, victims of trafficking and war-affected children, both in the Global North and South. She has widely published and is also active in trainings and support for practitioners and policymakers. Ilse also gives counselling to refugees.
Ilse is ERC-grant holder of the research project ChildMove (www.childmove.eu) and coordinates the H2020-project RefugeesWellSchool (www.refugeeswellschool.org). She is director of the Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) at Ghent University, and co-director of the Centre for Children in Vulnerable Situations (CCVS).

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