I am a PhD student in anthropology and geography at the KU Leuven, under the supervision of prof. dr. Nadia Fadil and prof. dr. Maarten Loopmans. I work on the topics of in/security, radicalization, gentrification, in/justice, and repair. Adopting a historical-anthropological lens, I aim to write a socio-political history of everyday life in Brussels. To do so, a first line of research aims to map and understand the impact of radicalization and terrorism policies and public discourses on civil society organizations and residents. It also aims to understand how they have experienced and theorized such impact, and if they connect it to the ongoing gentrification. A second line of research aims to contextualize the development and implementation of in/security and deradicalization policies and their entanglements with urban development policies. In the framework of the BELSPO-project Folk, Authority, Radicalism, I have also examined how professionals interpret and practice professional secrecy, confidentiality, and violent radicalization in their own organization and in local partnerships between local administration, police, and social work. A third line of research aims to add a methodological-epistemological contribution to anthropological and human geographical debates. What can studying sensitive topics such as surveillance tell us about the normative models undergirding research? Can we explore research as a form of reparation?