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How has government policies and local interventions adopted to curb the spread of Covid-19 affected prisoners in penal institutions and elderly residents of nursing homes across Sweden, Denmark and Norway?

Master in Criminology Anja Emilie Kruse will be defending the thesis The Why, the Who and the Wherefore. Explanations, self-change and social friction in men’s narratives of sexual violations for the degree of Ph.D. 

Environmental activism and the battle for the planet

- ativismo ambiental e luta pelo planeta

Activismo ambiental y la lucha por el planeta

Master in sociology of Law Solveig Laugerud will be defending the thesis The Legible Rape Victim: How Disciplinary Discourses in the Legal System Create a New Victim Identity for the degree of Ph.D.

Janne Henriette Ingarsdotter Helgesen will be defending the thesis Punishment and welfare in treatment of prisoners with substance use problems. A qualitative analysis of empowerment and collaboration in Norwegian Drug Counselling Units. for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Straff og velferd i fangebehandling av rusmiddelbrukere. En kvalitativ analyse av empowerment og samarbeid i norske rusmestringsenheter.

The disputaiton will be held in Norwegian

Janne Henriette Ingarsdotter Helgesen will be defending the thesis Punishment and welfare in treatment of prisoners with substance use problems. A qualitative analysis of empowerment and collaboration in Norwegian Drug Counselling Units. for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Straff og velferd i fangebehandling av rusmiddelbrukere. En kvalitativ analyse av empowerment og samarbeid i norske rusmestringsenheter.

The disputatiton will be held in Norwegian

Master in Criminology Jenny Maria Lundgaard will be defending the thesis Critical Knowledge. The Becoming of Meaning and Decision-making in the Police Control Room for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Kritisk kunnskap: Meningsdannelse og beslutningsprosesser ved politiets operasjonssentral

The disputation will be held in Norwegian

Cand. polit Lisbeth Fullu Skyberg will be defending the thesis Testimony and evaluations of credibility for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Rettslige forklaringers troverdighet. En teoretisk, historisk og empirisk undersøkelse av bevismuntlighetens betydning for vurdering av troverdighet i straffesaker.

The disputation will be held in Norwegian

- constructing new divisions and inequalities in the Anthropocene’

Master of Sociology of Law Rune Ellefsen at Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law will be defending the thesis Performing and policing transgressive protest: A relational approach to the SHAC-HLS conflict in Britain (1999–2014)for the degree of Ph.D.

David Rodriguez Goyes at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law will be defending the thesis; Biopiracy from a green criminological perspective for the degree of Ph.D.

Anette Bringedal Houge at Department of Criminology and Sosiology of Law will be defending the thesis “Thugs” on Trial. Narrating Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in and for International Criminal Justice  for the degree of Ph.D.           

Master in Criminology Siv Rebekka Runhovde will be defending the thesis Policing the Illegal Trade in Wildlife. A Study of Norway and Uganda for the degree of Ph.D.

La página del evento y el programa estarán publicadas en español e inglés (The programme web pages will be both in Spanish and English).

Confirmed Key Note speakers: Avi Brisman, Ragnhild Sollund, Nigel South and Reece Walters.

Monika Lindbekk at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law will be defending the thesis Inscribing Islamic shari‘a in Egyptian marriage and divorce law: continuity and rupture for the degree of Ph.D.

Professor em. Kjersti Ericsson has edited the book Women in War: Examples from Norway and Beyond.

Master in Criminology Kjersti Lohne at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law will be defending the thesis Advocates of Humanity: Human Rights NGOs and the International Criminal Court for the degree of Ph.D.

Moses Deyegbe Kuvoame at the departement of Criminology and Sociology of Law, will be defending the thesis "In Search of Care: How marginalised street-involved Black and minority ethnic youths tackle the psychoaffective injuries of multiple and prolonged marginality in a White workfare state" for the degree of Ph.D.

Doctoral candidate Moses Deyegbe Kuvoame at Department of criminology and sociology of law will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Why do feelings matter in criminology?

Christin Thea Wathne will be defending the thesis; Like being a stranger in your own home – Police perception of meaning and motivation in light of new management systems for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Som å bli fremmed i eget hus - Politiets opplevelse av mening og motivasjon i lys av nye styringssystemer

The disputation will be held in Norwegian

Sverre Flaatten will defend his thesis:

Høyesteretts lenker – Straffeutmåling i etterkrigstiden: en fortolkning med utgangspunkt i vinningslovbrudd (In English: Sentencing Theory in Post-war Norway: The Case of the Supreme Court) for the degree of Ph.d