On 16-17 April 2025, the Criminology working group of the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at Utrecht University organizes an International Conference on Culture, Crime, and Global Challenges.

In recent decades cultural perspectives have become a central concern in the study of crime. Cultural differences (and according to some ‘clashes of culture’) interfere with Global North/South contestations over space, the environment, and mediated meanings. Moreover, cultural ‘meaning-making’ figures prominently in forms of resistance directed against neoliberal capitalism, corporate and state crimes, and other crimes of the elite. Such crimes, harms, and transgressions are ‘culture-in-the-making’, and in the same way our methods of tackling them are ultimately cultural projects. Acknowledging the role of culture is therefore crucial when developing global perspectives of contemporary crimes, harms, and social injustices.

Keynote speakers:
· Jennifer Fleetwood, Senior Lecturer Criminology - Greenwich University
· Paul Ponsaers, Prof. Em. Criminologie – University Gent.

Scholars from all disciplines are invited to contribute to the shared understanding of cultural, criminological issues. Submissions should be received before February 1, 2025.