Academic interests
- sexual violence
- digital platforms
- legalization
- legal optimism
Synnøve Aursand Pedersen’s ph.d-project examines how youth and young adults experience, interpret and respond to image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), and what this reveals about the relationship between law, digital platforms and justice. The doctorate is part of the research project 'Digitizing sexual violence' which investigates new forms of technology-facilitated sexual harms and their consequences.
Background
Pedersen holds a master’s degree in sociology of law from the University of Oslo. Previously, she earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology from NTNU Trondheim and criminology from the University of Oslo. In her master’s thesis, she studied the role of law in the fight against rape, through interviews with NGOs and focus group interviews with youth and young adults through the research project 'The Public Sense of Criminal Justice'.
After completing her education, Pedersen worked with research and analysis at the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training and the Ministry of Education and Research.