Vivian Geiran

Vivian Geiran
Registered Social Worker, International Criminal Justice Consultant and Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vivian is a registered social worker (CORU: SW 00319), international criminal justice consultant and an Adjunct Assistant Professor (in the School of Social Work & Social Policy) at Trinity College, Dublin. He is co-author, with Dr. Shane McCarthy, of the award-winning book Probation and Parole in Ireland: Law and Practice, (Dublin: Clarus Press [2022]).

A former probation officer, Vivian is an Irish representative on the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF), Chair of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, a member of the Board of Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency, and a member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee of the Irish Judicial Council. He was Director of the Irish Probation Service from 2012 to 2019 and has served as President of the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Cooperation [PC-CP] and as Chair of the Irish Association of Social Workers.