Tine Vertommen

Tine Vertommen is a Researcher in the Care and Well-being department at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium, and a criminology expert. She coordinates the Safeguarding Sport & Society research line and leads the International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport (IRNOVIS), funded by the Research Foundation Flanders.

Dr. Vertommen holds a MA in Ethics, MSc in Criminology, and PhD in Medicine and Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the prevalence and prevention of interpersonal violence against children and adolescents in sport, including developing the Interpersonal Violence in Sport Questionnaire and bystander intervention programs.

• Member, Council of Europe's Safe Sport Pool of International Experts
• Member, European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Gender Equality in Sport
• Academic Advisory Board, IOC Certificate course for Safeguarding Officer in Sport
• Lead author, IOC Consensus Statement on Safeguarding in Sport (2023)

Her recent work emphasizes bystander interventions and cross-national prevalence studies, with publications in British Journal of Sports Medicine, Child Abuse & Neglect, and Frontiers in Psychology. She collaborates with international bodies like the IOC and Flanders Research Foundation to advance athlete safety.

• Developed first large-scale study on interpersonal violence in Dutch/Belgian sports
• Co-developed global standard for violence assessment in sports
• Focus on mental health impacts and policy compliance