Projects

Projects

This section presents the main projects I have contributed to or led, particularly in the areas of criminal justice, knowledge graphs, forensic data, and data governance.

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Each project sheet summarizes the context, my role, the period, the funder, and the main objective.

The projects gathered here connect research, data engineering, and institutional work. They notably concern recidivism, criminal careers, radicalization, DNA data, knowledge graphs, and the tooling of public institutions.

Total entries : 14

KG4J — Knowledge Graphs for Justice

2025 – 2029 · BELSPO · Principal Investigator

Ongoing Knowledge Graphs

Research project dedicated to the use of knowledge graphs in the field of justice.

justice · knowledge graphs · data · AI

FAR — Folks, Authorities and Radicalism

2017 – 2022 · BELSPO · Co-Principal Investigator

Completed Criminology

Research project on radicalization, public authorities, and polarization processes.

radicalization · terrorism · databases · criminology

IIHA — It Is Happening Again

2020 – 2023 · BELSPO · Co-Principal Investigator

Completed Criminal Justice

Project on the study of recidivism and criminal careers from digital criminal justice archives.

recidivism · digital archives · criminal record · criminal justice

REGUIDE

2020 – 2025 · BELSPO · Researcher

Ongoing Criminology

Project on the reintegration and support of returnees in Belgium.

returnees · reintegration · terrorism · Belgium

DOT — Database on Offender Trajectories

2023 – 2027 · BELSPO · Co-author of the proposal

Ongoing Criminology

Data infrastructure project dedicated to offender trajectories.

trajectories · infrastructure · databases · criminology

GovIntel

2025 – 2026 · NICC · Management

Ongoing Data Governance

Internal project centered on data governance and the analytical exploitation of judicial and forensic data.

data governance · forensic intelligence · NICC

MJ-ReD

2024 – 2028 · Wallonia-Brussels Federation · Co-promoter

Ongoing Criminology

Project on houses of justice and applied research in the French-speaking Belgian context.

houses of justice · criminology · French-speaking Belgium

SAFER-EU

2025 – 2027 · European Commission · Co-promoteur

Ongoing Criminology

European project on the prevention of terrorism, violent extremism, and radicalization.

terrorism · violent extremism · radicalization · cooperation

CReCC

2021 – Present · FPS Justice · Co-founder

Ongoing Criminology

Research unit dedicated to recidivism and criminal careers.

recidivism · criminal careers · research

BE Prüm DNA

2015 – 2018 · European Commission · Project preparation and support

Completed Forensic Genetics

Project related to the exchange of DNA data with European Union member states.

dna · prüm · European Union

Be-Gen

2014 – 2018 · BELSPO · Co-author of the proposal

Completed Forensic Genetics

Project on the operational, strategic, and political implications of the national genetic database.

dna · database · science policy

UBIMOL

2014 – 2020 · Tuscany Region · Postdoctoral researcher

Completed Computational Linguistics

Tuscan regional project that funded my postdoctoral work at the University of Pisa.

pise · computational linguistics · learning

PIES

2012 – 2015 · European Commission · Coordinator and PI

Completed Forensic Genetics

European project on the implementation, evaluation, and strengthening of forensic DNA data exchange.

prüm · dna · European cooperation · forensic

iMAP

2004 – 2008 · NSF · Doctoral researcher

Completed Cognitive Science

Doctoral project on multimodal communication in humans and agents.

multimodal communication · cognitive science · agents