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Vacancy full-time researcher -- Leuven, Belgium

The Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Catholic University of Leuven is looking for a full-time researcher with a social sciences background (for example, communication sciences, sociology, criminology) to work on the project on “Building social support for restorative justice” which has been subcontracted to it by the European Forum for Restorative Justice.

The researcher will focus on two aspects of the project: 1. How can interaction and cooperation with the media be set up in order to inform the public about restorative justice and in order to educate the public about crime and justice, and more specifically about restorative justice? 2. How can cooperation be developed with civil society organisations (including socio-cultural organisations, schools, religious communities, etc.) in order to inform and educate the public and to create broad support for restorative justice?

Period of employment: 1 March 2008 – 30 November 2009
Deadline for applications: 5 February 2008