Katja Eman

Katja Eman is Associate Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Her scholarship connects green and rural criminology, victimology, crime prevention and the study of local safety, with attention to environmental harms and their human consequences.

Her research examines environmental crime, water crime, farm victimisation, organised crime and crime mapping. She has contributed to national and European projects on community security, water crimes and sexual harassment in nightlife settings, including leadership within the SHINE project. She co-edited Water, Governance, and Crime Issues (2020), bringing criminological analysis into debates on resource protection, regulation and sustainable development.

Eman contributes to the criminological community through teaching, research collaboration, editorial service and the organisation of national and international conferences. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology. Her achievements have been recognised through the Pomurje research award for her doctoral dissertation and a University of Maribor recognition for research and educational work. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Essex, the University of Tasmania, the University of Belgrade and Eastern Kentucky University.

As Co-chair of the WCC 2027 Organising Committee, Eman combines expertise with experience in academic coordination and practitioner engagement. Her contribution strengthens the congress’s focus on environmental justice, rural security, victimisation, and cooperation among researchers, communities, and institutions.