Dr. Brenda Oude Breuil

Biography

Brenda Oude Breuil is an Assistant Professor at University College Utrecht, specializing in Criminology at the Willem Pompe Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University. As a Cluster Chair, Brenda leads a team of academic lecturers teaching interdisciplinary courses that encompass law, history, anthropology, media studies, performance studies, and religious studies. Since 2009, she has played a pivotal role in the Global Criminology MA Programme, focusing on Cultural Criminology. Brenda is an active participant in various research schools, including the Utrecht Centre for European Research on Family Law (UCERF) and Regulation Enforcement Europe (RENFORCE), and is a fellow of the Utrecht Centre for Global Challenges (UGlobe), contributing to significant projects such as Contesting Governance. Her research expertise revolves around the exploitation of power within the global economy, with a particular focus on human trafficking, sexual labor exploitation, and related criminal activities. She has published extensively on issues surrounding trafficking minors, transgender migrants in sex work, and the illegal tobacco trade. Brenda co-founded the Re-Imagining Sex Work group aimed at destigmatizing sex work in the Netherlands and is a member of the UU Commission on Interpersonal Integrity.

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