Paul van Soomeren is the founder of DSP-groep a research and consultancy bureau based in Amsterdam The Netherlands (https://www.dsp-groep.eu/). Paul participates in several European projects like https://www.cuttingcrimeimpact.eu/ and https://efus.eu/secu4all-en/. Paul is the Chair of the CEN working group on standardisation of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design that made the recent European standards on crime prevention CEN TS 14383-2:2022 and CEN EN 14383-1 (in progress).