Stephan Parmentier#
| Membership Number: | 5982 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | www.kuleuven.ac.be/cv/u0016825e.htm |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9286-4337 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Belgium
- Full Professor, teaching courses in the fields of Sociology of Crime, Law, and Human Rights in the first-second-third year of the Bachelor and Master in Criminology, and the Bachelor and Master in Law (October 1997-date; last promotion to current position in October 2013)
- Member of the Ethical Commission on Dual Use, Military Use & Misuse of Research, KU Leuven (February 2021-date)
- Vice Dean for International Relations (August 2020-date)
- Board Member, international Ius Commune Research School (August 2020-date) (https://www.iuscommune.eu/startpagina.aspx?language=English
)
- Member and Gender Coordinator, Faculty Evaluation Commission (for initial appointments and promotions) (October 2019-July 2020)
- Chairperson, Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation, KU Leuven (October 2017-date); Member (October 2010-September 2017) (https://admin.kuleuven.be/raden/en/development-cooperation#:~:text=The%20Interfaculty%20Council%20for%20Development%20Cooperation%20is%20an%20advisory%20council,research%2C%20education%20and%20societal%20service)
- Coordinator, Research Line on Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Leuven Institute of Criminology (January 2007-date) (https://www.law.kuleuven.be/linc)
- Chairperson, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology (October 2005-September 2009)
- Academic Secretary, Faculty of Law (August 2002-July 2005)
- Director, Law and Society Institute (October 2000-September 2005)
- Board Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (April 2007 - date) (https://www.globalgovernancestudies.eu)
- Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, Belgium:
- Law and Society Institute: Assistant Professor, research under the supervision of the then Director, Em. Prof. L. Huyse, on the reform of the Belgian judicial system, and comparative research on the protection of human rights in regional systems (October 1996-September 1997)
- Centre for Advanced Legal Studies: Assistant Director in charge of international relations to the then Director, Em. Prof. Frans Vanistendael (October 1990 -October 1996)
- Law and Society Institute: Researcher in project of the Research Council K.U.Leuven about "Deregulation as the Extension of Self-Regulation. A Sociological and Legal Analysis of the Tensions between 'Private Order' and 'Legal Order'", under the supervision of Em. Prof. L. Huyse (October 1988-October 1990)
- Standing Refugee Appeals Board, Brussels: Assessor and Representative of the United Nations High Commissi¬oner for Refugees (June 1992-May 1993)
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, U.S.A. (https://www.hhh.umn.edu): Research Assistant on "Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States" to the late Prof. J. Clark, then Director Centre for Conflict and Change (April-December 1986)
Fields of Scholarship
- Criminology
- Restorative justice
- Law
- Sociology
- Transitional justice
- Conflict resolution
- Human rights
- Political science
Honours and Awards
- Serbian Society of Victimology (Viktimolosko drustvo Srbije), Belgrade, Serbia: received Award “Third Way” granted to individuals or organizations who have contributed to the development of a non-conflict and comprehensive approach to dealing with the consequences of war and the promotion of peace in Serbia (one award per year granted), Belgrade, Serbia (29 November 2017) (http://www.vds.rs/NagradeVDS2017Eng.htm)
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia: appointment as Distinguished Visitor at the Centre for Legal Governance, Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (October 2013)
- International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati (Spain): awarded the title of “Fellow of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law”
