Georgia Dimitropoulou, MSc,
Ms. Georgia Dimitropoulou is working, as of 2019, as a Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer at the UNODC HQ, Department of Treaty Affair, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section in Vienna.
In her current work, she promotes evidence-informed crime prevention with a focus on social developmental and community-based responses that are addressing root causes of youth violence and crime. Ms Dimitropoulou also coordinates UNODC work under its Global initiative on Youth Crime Prevention through Sport that promotes the use of sport as a tool for empowerment and social inclusion, in building youth and community resilience to minimise risk factors and strengthen positive factors for your violence and crime.
Prior to joining UNODC, Georgia Dimitropoulou worked for over 17 years in forced migration and asylum, human trafficking and juvenile justice holding various posts at the national and international level including with the Greek Ministry of Justice, local authorities, the European Union Agency on Fundamental Rights (FRA), and the NGO sector. In the course of her work, she also cooperated as an external expert among others with the Council of Europe, the UNODC and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) and has contributed substantially to several publications on her areas of expertise. She has an academic background in social work and holds Master’s Degrees in Comparative European Social Studies and on Children’s Rights.