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NSfK Research Seminar 2025

25 years into the millennium: New challenges for crime control and prevention

Dates: May 7–9, 2025
Venue: Severin Conference Center, Fyn, Denmark

What are the challenges represented by new trends in crime, crime policy, and crime prevention? We are interested in contributions related to for instance organized, economic, digital, or ecological crime and the challenges these represent for control and prevention.

NSfK’s 63rd research seminar will explore Nordic research into new trends, what is happening now and what may be future challenges and opportunities.

In addition to the general theme, presentations concerning other topics are also welcome, and both Nordic researchers and practitioners are encouraged to participate and present their research.

Keynote speakers

  • Rasmus Munksgaard (DK) Innovation and Control: Lessons from a Decade of Research in Online Drug Markets.
  • Anne Alvesalo-Kuusi (FI) Trends and challenges related to corporate crime.
  • Margrét Lilja Guðmundsdóttir (IS) New Challenges, same Methods – improving Children’s Lives with Evidence-Based Practices.
  • Heidi Mork Lomell (NO) “How could our society let this happen?” On retrospective predictability and its consequences in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.
  • Alberto Chrysoulakis (SE) Organized crime groups and criminal economy: lessons from encrypted chats.

Application

Please note that it is only possible to submit individual papers for presentation and not panels.

The application deadline is November 29th (23:59 CET), 2024.

Open application portal.

Reporting

After the seminar, participants are requested to share their research and papers in form of a report.

Reporting deadline: June 15, 2025.

Option 1: Submit an article

Submit an article – based on the paper presented at the seminar – for publication, preferably in one of the Nordic journals NSfK supports:

  • Nordic Journal of Criminology
  • Nordisk Tidskrift for Kriminalvidenskap

The submitted articles will be handled according to the journals’ ordinary review and publication processes. Those who choose this option must inform the Secretariat about your chosen journal, title and an abstract within the deadline.

Option 2: Submit a blog post

Submit a blog post at the Nordic Criminology Blog (in co-operation with Nordic Journal of Criminology).

Blog submission guidelines.

Velkommen til Danmark! Welcome to Denmark!