Professional interests
Geir Heivolls research focus on legal history, with an emphasis on the history of administrative law, police history and history of criminal law. His research interests also include professional ethics, and he has published several books and articles on ethics in criminal prosecution and the police. He currently teaches ethics at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
Heivoll is currently writing the history of the Norwegian police for the period 1686-1940, under the project: The legal history of the Norwegian police 1686 - 2016 Norsk politirettshistorie 1686 - 2016 | Det juridiske fakultet | UiB. The work will result in two books, which will be published in 2025.
He is editor for Legal-Historical Commentaries on Karnov and Lovdata Pro: Rettshistoriske kommentarer (karnovgroup.no).
Teaching
Collaboration
Law, society and historical change – Faculty of law (uio.no)
Background
Geir Heivoll is professor at the Norwegian Police University College and professor II at the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. He has previously been employed at the Department of Public Law as associate professor (2017-2018) on the project, "Publicity and freedom of expression in the Nordic countries, 1815-1900" Offentlighet og ytringsfrihet i Norden, 1815-1900 (avsluttet) - UiO:Norden. In the beginning of the 2000s, he was employed as research assistant in legal history.