Ivo Aertsen

Ivo Aertsen is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the University of Leuven (Belgium). He holds degrees in psychology, law and criminology, all from the same university.

At the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), he led the Research Line on 'Restorative Justice and Victimology' from 2001 to 2019. He was Chair of the European Forum for Restorative Justice from 2000 to 2004 and has coordinated various European research projects.

He has also worked as an expert in restorative justice for international institutions, including the Council of Europe, the European Union and the United Nations. He is currently researching the relevance of restorative justice to various contexts of institutional violence and environmental crime, as well as exploring the concept of restorative cities.

He is co-editor of The International Journal of Restorative Justice and general co-editor of The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice.