Louis-Léon Christians has a Ph.D. in
Law and Ph.D. in Canon Law. He is an associate
professor at the UCL (Université Catholique de
Louvain) and visiting professor at the Catholic
Institute of Paris and the University of Paris
XI. He was appointed in 1999 by the Belgian
Parliament as one of eight expert members of the
board of the Belgian Federal Agency on Harmful
Cults (CIAOSN). His research interests,
publications (more than 150 papers), and
teaching cover the fields of "Law and religions"
and "Canon Law." He is also consulting for the
Council of Europe on religious affairs. He has
been collaborating with the Center for
Psychology of Religion (UCL) on
interdisciplinary research between psychology
and law focusing on the psychological
understanding and the legal and political
treatment of new religious realities (e.g.,
management of multiculturalism and religious
diversity) and groups (new, contested, or
cult-like religious movements).
