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Published Jan. 31, 2024 12:05 PM

The University of Oslo has received funding from the Research Council of Norway to identify and understand scenarios for a less connected future where nation-states increasingly protect their borders and fight international institutions and their legal standards.
– This will support and strengthen Socio-legal research in Norway, according to Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Peter Scharff Smith, the leaders of the project.

Published Dec. 20, 2023 4:20 PM

When Anders Behring Breivik was imprisoned a few days after the terrorist attacks on 22 July 2011, it was a completely new situation for the Norwegian correctional service. Staff had to adapt to an “extraordinary critical situation” in which the core values of the correctional service were also threatened.

Published Mar. 8, 2023 10:59 AM

Sveinung Sandberg and his colleagues are conducting a research project on the role that family, employment, culture and the state play in criminal life-courses. 20 researchers have been conducting 1200 interviews involving prison inmates in Mexico, Brazil, Honduras, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Colombia.

Published Dec. 22, 2020 4:24 PM

There were 2,363 applications submitted to the Research Council of Norway before the deadline of 25 May, of which 541 were submitted to the Young Research Talent programme. Only about 8% of applications received an offer. One of the successful projects was developed by Kjersti Lohne.

Published Sep. 3, 2020 12:48 PM

DNA analysis has become a standard procedure in most police forces. Not only that - the techniques for producing forensic evidence have moved from test tubes, gel and dots on the screen to complex algorithms and biotechnologies that process biological information digitally. What happened during this shift? Mareile Kaufmann received a grant from the European Research Council to find answers.

Published Dec. 10, 2018 10:26 AM

In reality many of the relatives of prisoners are also subjected to harsh penalties by the State. Innocent people, who do not deserve to be punished, but who nevertheless live in the shadow of a prison. Why have we chosen a penal system which impacts so harshly on families?

Published Oct. 17, 2017 10:07 AM

Life-changing events happen to migrants on the road to Europe. Some migrants die trying to enter, whereas others are born migrants. How do migrants - and their researchers - account for such experiences?