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Dansk kontaktsekretær for Nordisk Samarbejdsråd for Kriminologi (NSfK) søges
Det drejer sig om en mindre deltidsstilling, der pt. honoreres med € 1440 årligt, hvorfor den godt kan passes ved siden af en fuld stilling. En nærmere beskrivelse af stillingens indhold følger nedenunder. Vi ønsker en person, som interesserer sig bredt for det kriminologiske område, og som er god til skriftlig kommunikation. Hvis dette kunne…
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Welcome to Stockholm Criminology Symposium, June 13-15
The three-day Symposium takes place in central Stockholm and features approximately 100 speakers who will present their research and share their experiences in over 40 sessions. The main theme of the Symposium this year is “Understanding the mechanisms that cause crime and promote desistance from crime”. By tradition the Stockholm Criminology Symposium also presents a…
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NSfK awards 3 000 000 NOK in research grants to Nordic projects in criminology
At its annual council meeting in March 2022, The Nordic Research Council for Criminology decided to award grants to five research projects. Their work is set to provide new insights into a variety of subjects: drug law enforcement, compensation schemes for victims, court-imposed care orders, hate speech on social media and desistance. This year, we…
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Sébastien Tutenges is the new Editor-in-Chief of NJC
On January 1st, Sébastien Tutenges took over as Editor-in-Chief of the Nordic Journal of Criminology (NJC). Tutenges is based at the Department of Sociology at Lund University and will hold the position for the next three years. Nordic Journal of Criminology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research relating to criminology and crime prevention. The journal…
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Interview: Winners of NJC Best Article Prize 2021
Maria Hansen, Kari Stefansen and May-Len Skilbrei are the authors of the award winning article “Non-reporting of sexual violence as action: acts, selves, futures in the making” published (OA) in Nordic Journal of Criminology, Volume 22, 2021, pp 42-57. Congratulations, Maria Hansen! How does it feel to win this award? Great! Very surprising. It’s my…
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KeyNotes at the ResearchSeminar 2022
Theme for the ResearchSeminar: Crime and Crisis in the North Past, present and future 9-12 May 2022 Venue: Hotel Örk, Hveragerði Iceland Application DL: January 5th 2022 Click here for the Call for papers Delighted to introduce the KeyNotes and their themes. More information on the KeyNotes will follow. Already now you can get to know the…
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NSfK welcomes new Norwegian Contact Secretary
Marina Hiller Foshaugen is NSfK new Contact Secretary for Norway – a warm welcome, Marina! Marina holds a master’s degree in Criminology and is currently a PhD candidate at the department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at University of Oslo. She has a broad interest in (plural) policing and crime prevention, and her PhD…
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Two PhD defences in Criminology at Stockholm University
At the NSfK host organization Stockholm University two PhD defences in Criminology will be held in October. The information below copied from Department´s of Criminology website. Tea Fredriksson will defend the thesis The Horror-Storied Prison: A Narrative Study of Prison as an Abject and Uncanny Institution Friday October 22nd at 1 pm CET. External reviewer…
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Q&A on NSfK Researchgrants 2022
We are delighted to note that researchers get in touch with the NSfK Secretariat with questions regarding NSfK research support 2022. We gathered some of the questions we have received and share them here int his short Q&A – as well as important general information about the research support that we would like to raise.…
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Nordic sexual violence research seminar online
This spring the Nordic Research Council for Criminology hosted a research seminar on sexual violence in the Nordic countries. It was a seminar long in the making, as it was originally planned to be held in Halden, Norway, in 2020. However, due to the pandemic, the seminar was postponed and held in a digital format…