Guest lectures and seminars

The Research group on the Sociology of Law and the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law are pleased to host a public lecture with Professor Mark Fathi Massoud on the benefits and burdens of positionality practices in law and society research, highly relevant to social scientists and legal scholars alike.

The European, Inter-American and African regional human rights systems take different approaches to migration. The difference is also at work in the case law of the UN human rights bodies.

This seminar will explore border control practices — from the mountains and forests along the Swedish–Norwegian border, through the intra-Schengen apparatus to maritime border control along the Norwegian coast.

Join this panel discussion on a large-scale narrative study exploring stories that foster lethal violence against women in intimate relationships in Latin America. Experts from criminology and related fields will share insights and perspectives.

Almost a quarter of the Ukrainian population has been displaced since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. Their sustainable and dignified return will be central to Ukraine’s future, and to the response to the largest refugee situation in Norway and Europe since the Second World War.

In this seminar, Professor emeritus Jens Vedsted-Hansen shall examine recent developments in the Common European Asylum System, offering conceptual and terminological reflections on the governance of deterrence and containment in Europe.

In this talk Mary Bosworth will introduce her new book on British border control.

Heith Copes explores how men who use methamphetamine are often caught between the violent world of drug use and the traditional world of the working-class. Open lecture. 

Social movements are increasingly turning to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when national forums ignore their claims. This open seminar will discuss recent examples of such cases in the area of gender and sexuality, providing empirical and theoretical insights into the strategic use of the law.

Seven speakers from six continents present critical accounts of criminology’s history and their global impact. Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania have their (hi)stories told. The last speaker celebrates the Department’s contributions to the discipline with a focus on Scandinavia.

In this talk, Professor Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen outlines some core tenets for a more systematic research agenda on global mobility law, its possible theoretical foundations, and its necessary divestment from existing and dominant Global North perspectives. 

Pakistan has long been at the forefront of the global fight against terrorism and violent extremism. In this fight, the country has incurred significant human and financial costs. Join Pakistani human rights activists and academics for a discussion on national security and human rights. This seminar is hosted by the NCHR and supported by the BEYOND project.

This hybrid roundtable explores opportunities, challenges and pitfalls with respect to how AI will shape legal publishing. The event is open to everyone. 

In this talk, Marieke de Hoon, rethinks the theoretical underpinnings and fundamental principles of criminal procedural law and the role of the domestic prosecutor of international crimes in extraterritorial atrocity prosecutions.

The Research Group Sociology of Law welcomes you to a hybrid seminar on socio-legal formats. 

Nina Reiners and Kjersti Lohne discuss their work on international human rights and criminal law advocacy – and what political science and criminological perspectives bring to the table. 

The Department of Public International Law, The Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights invites you to this seminar with Judge Roberto Carlos Vidal López on the case law of JEP and its contribution to promoting a model of restorative justice after armed conflict in Colombia.

Free Movement of People Regimes have become integral to international law developments on migration. Considering their number and relevance, it is astonishing that they have so far been largely ignored by international and migration lawyers.

We welcome researchers, practitioners, and others interested in the legal regulation of animal husbandry and animal welfare to the launch of the Norwegian Forum for Animal Law. 

Looking at past and present collaboration between criminology and military entities, Ross McGarry explains why the notion of the ‘criminological enterprise’ deserves closer and more critical attention. 

In this workshop we will discuss different approaches on how to mobilize the law and achieve penal reform through litigation and legal aid. Examples from the USA and Norway will be presented and analyzed.

Olivier van Beemen presents his new book on structural corporate misbehavior in Africa.

In this event, we will meet J.C. Salyer, the author of Court of Injustice, published by Stanford University Press (2020). This important book investigates how immigration lawyers work to achieve just results for their clients in a system that has long denigrated the rights of those they serve.

Do Polish migrants engage in sex work while in Norway? If so, what is their situation? In this seminar we aim to shed light on that with presentations both about the conditions of sex workers in Poland, the current situation of sex workers in Norway and Polish migration to Norway.