Rik Torfs#


Rik Torfs
Membership Number:4142
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:LAW
Elected:2015
Main Country of Residence:BELGIUM
Homepage(s):http://www.riktorfs.be




Present and Previous Positions

  • Since 1996 Full Professor of the KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven)
  • Since 2013 Rector of the KU Leuven
  • 1988 - 1996 Assistant and Associate Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium)
  • 1987 - 1988 Research Assistant Canon Law
  • 1982 - 1987 Ph.D. Fellowship (F.W.O.) Canon Law
  • 1981 - 1982 Research Assistant Civil Law
  • 1987 - 1988 Visiting Professor at Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
  • Since 2000 Visiting Professor at the University of Strasbourg (France)
  • Since 2000 Visiting Professor at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
  • 2003 - 2007 Visiting Professor at the University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Canon law and civil law
  • Interface issues between Church and Society

Honours and Awards


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