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Ingrid Boone serves as Professor at KU Leuven's Faculty of Law and Criminological Sciences, Campus Kulak Kortrijk, where she heads the Institute for Family Law and Juvenile Law. She is also a member of LC&Y - KU Leuven Institute for Child and Youth and holds multiple governance positions including membership in the Evaluation Committee of the Special Faculty of Canon Law and the Faculty Council of Law and Criminological Sciences.
Her research focuses on evolving legal frameworks surrounding family structures, with particular emphasis on legal parenthood recalibration, medical decision-making for minors, and child protection mechanisms. Current projects examine digital-era parental responsibilities, complex family structures in child support, and adolescent autonomy in healthcare. Her work integrates comparative legal analysis with empirical social science methodologies to address gaps in Belgian family law.
Boone's publication trends reveal deep engagement with contemporary challenges in family law, particularly regarding non-traditional family formations, reproductive technologies, and the evolving balance between child autonomy and protection. Her recent outputs span doctrinal legal analysis, interdisciplinary healthcare studies, and policy-oriented critiques of Belgian legislation.
As an active research supervisor, Boone leads multiple long-term projects through 2029 including the sabbatical-funded 'Recalibration of Legal Parenthood' initiative. Her teaching portfolio encompasses core family law courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, covering personal status law, family property, and child-related legal frameworks.
Boone directs the Institute for Family Law and Juvenile Law while contributing to KU Leuven's Child & Youth Institute, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations across legal, medical, and social science domains to address complex family law challenges in modern society.