Katarzyna (Kasia) Uzieblo is Associate Professor at the Department of Criminology (VUB) where she teaches forensic and criminological psychology. She is also the Flemish coordinator of the helpline 1712 – a professional helpline for everyone (victims, bystanders, and perpetrators) who is confronted with violence.

Her main research interests are (1) the interpersonal behaviors in psychopathic individuals and the treatment of patients with higher levels of psychopathy, (2) the characteristics and underlying dynamics of sexual and domestic violence, (3) the prevention of sexual and domestic violence, and (3) the use(fulness) of assessment instruments for judicial purposes (e.g., risk assessment).

She has published various articles in scientific and professional journals, book chapters, and books on the aforementioned topics. As an ardent advocate of evidence-based work in forensic clinical field and justice, Kasia Uzieblo strives to create a wide range of training opportunities for practitioners. When she was employed as senior lecturer at the Thomas More University College in Antwerp, she founded the 2-year postgraduate course “Forensic psychological assessment and counseling”. Kasia Uzieblo has been organizing workshops and large-scale conferences on topics related to forensic psychology/psychiatry and investigative psychology ever since. She herself is affiliated with the training institute RINO (the Netherlands) as a trainer in the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and she is a certified trainer in the Static-Stable-Acute. She regularly gives lectures and trainings to practitioners, researchers, and students.

Kasia Uzieblo is involved in several (inter)national academic and professional societies. She is the founder and current chair of the division Forensic Psychology of the Flemish Society of Clinical Psychologists (VVKP) and has been a board member of NL-ATSA, a Dutch/Flemish association that is committed to the prevention of sexual violence, for several years.