Dr. Van Roekel is assistant Professor Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Mobilities, Beliefs and Belonging: Confronting Global Inequalities and Insecurities (MOBB) at VU University Amsterdam. Her research interests vary from visual anthropology, military culture, morality, human rights, conflict, Latin America and phenomonolgy. She has done long-term fieldwork in Venezuela and Argentina. Her latest research focuses on the Venezuelan crisis and refugees in the neigboring countries.