Prof. Dr. Henry Otgaar works as a professor at the Leuven Institute of Criminology (KU Leuven) and as a professor of Legal Psychology at the section Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University. Furthermore, he is an adjunct professor at the Universitas Indonesia.  

 

Prof. Dr. Otgaar’s research concentrates on psychological phenomena important for the courtroom, such as trauma and memory, legal decision making, and the reliability of memory.  He collaborates with different research groups such as in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Sweden, Indonesia, and North America.  

 

Prof. Otgaar has disseminated his work extensively and had presented his work to psychologists, students, and practitioners. His research often attracts national as international media attention. He has received awards and grants for his work. 

 

Also, he is frequently involved as an expert witness in legal cases concerning the reliability of eyewitness testimonies. He has often cooperated in legal cases involving child witnesses. Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Otgaar has been a member of the Dutch Expert Group about Sexual Abuse cases (Landelijke Expertisegroep Bijzondere Zedenzaken), member of the National Expert Database (Landelijke Deskundigheidsmakelaar), former member of the Committee of Exam and Advice of the National Expert Database.  

 

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