Laura Keesman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She researches violent interactions, policing and police culture, violence against first-responders, and the policing of protests/demonstrations and public (dis)order. In her research, she uses ethnographic, ethnomethodological and video methods. She completed her PhD at the University of Amsterdam, was an Assistant Professor at University of Groningen, and previously worked as a social worker in homeless shelters (Netherlands) and a domestic violence shelter (U.S.A.). For her research she received various grants and awards, including the Early Career Prize (European Society of Criminology), and Best Paper Prize (European Society of Criminology, and has held several international fellowships, including at University of Alberta (Canada), Ghent University (Belgium), and SciencesPo (Paris, France).