Ysaline is a PhD researcher at the University of Antwerp, specialising in EU environmental and trade governance, with a particular focus on the EU Deforestation-Free Products Regulation 2023/1115 (EUDR). Her research explores the transnational impacts of the EUDR, with a special emphasis on socio-legal changes in Brazil, especially in relation to agrarian and food security issues. She hold a LL.M. from the University of Antwerp, where she specialised in Sustainable Development and Global Justice. She also studied Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. At REID Consulting she has supported on a number of projects including the evaluation of Creative Wallonia