Academic interests
- life-course criminology
- legal and illegal drugs
- marginalization
- qualitative methods
- narrative criminology
- global criminology
Eirik Jerven Berger is a postdoctoral fellow on the CRIMLIFE project which is led by Professor Sveinung Sandberg. Its goal is to develop a globally comparative life-course criminology that highlights the distinct social, cultural, economic, and institutional factors influencing crime. Six countries are participating in the project: Norway, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Nigeria, India, and Colombia.
Courses taught
Background
Eirik Jerven Berger holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oslo (2025), a master's degree from the University of Chicago (2018), and a bachelor's degree from North Park University, Chicago (2016).
His doctoral research examined illicit drug markets on Oslo’s affluent west-end. A key focus was the various pathways into illicit drug use and sales among young people from middle- and upper-class backgrounds. The project was affiliated with the research institute PROMENTA (UiO) and the Drug Policy Reform research group led by Willy Pedersen.
Since completing his PhD, Berger has worked as a university lecturer and researcher at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography (UiO) and as an analyst at Proba Samfunnsanalyse.
Appointments
As an employee of the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, Berger served on the sociology programme board.