Ralf Kölbel


Ralf Koelbel is professor of criminology, criminal law and criminal proceedings law at Bielefeld University.

Academia

Koelbel heads the Chair of Criminology, Criminal Law, and Criminal Proceedings Law at the Faculty of Law. His main research aims are in the fields of white-collar crime, law of criminal procedure, basic issues of criminal law, sociology of criminal law. From 2008-2009 he heads the Chair of Criminal Law, Law of Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Policy at the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei. He is member of the board of the Institute for interdisciplinary research on conflict and violence at Bielefeld University and also member of the board of the Association of Law and Society. He is a member of the interdisciplinary working group Signatures of Threat.

Research