Wim Hardyns – Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy

Short bio

Wim Hardyns is professor of criminology in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law at Ghent University, Belgium and member of the Institute of International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP). His current interests are crime mapping and statistics, environmental criminology, crime prevention, new security technologies, big data, radicalization and terrorism, and sports-related crime.

Work details

EMAIL: Wim.Hardyns@ugent.be
TELEPHONE: +32 9 264 84 78
TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
ADRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
ORCID: 0000-0002-7677-5094

Selected societal impact activities

Since 2015 – Development of predictive policing models for Belgian police forces
2018 – Development of a new Belgian safety monitor
2017 – Reform of the strategic security and prevention plans

Selected media

2018 – Freedom From Fear Magazine (UNICRI) – Preventing crime and violent extremism by strengthening youth resilience: Implementation of the BOUNCE resilience tools in 10 European cities.
2019 – Urgent.fm Mensentaal (radio interview) – Urban security and predictive policing.
2018 – De Morgen (Newspaper) – Topic security and advice for the election debate.

Selected events

15/11-18/11/2018 –Brussels – 4th international conference on nighttime economy, culture, urban development and health issues – Beyond the paradox, Nights conference 2018
14/03/2018 – Brussels – International conference – “Results of the BOUNCE evaluation & research”
31/05/2016 – Vilvoorde – National conference Centre for Policing and Security – “Radicalisation and terrorism”

Expertise

Crime and place
Big data and crime
New technologies and security