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
