Background
Ulf Stridbeck. Born 1949. Master of Laws (LL.M.) 1981 (Lund University, Sweden), Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology 1981 (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Juris doctor (Ph.D. in Law/LL.D.) 1992 (Lund University, Sweden). Qualified for a professorship in Sociology of Law, 1997. Since 1997 Professor of Law (University of Oslo).
Head of Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, 2014-2017.
Since 2020 Professor emeritus.
Stridbeck was a visiting fellow at King´s College, University of London in 1998.
Senior Public Prosecutor, The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Norway (2005 – 2006).
Visiting Professor (Fulbright Fellowship) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Department of Psychology at the City University of New York (CUNY). Worked primarily with forensic psychology. (2008-2009).
Field of research
Law & Psychology, Wrongful Convictions, Miscarriage of Justice, False Confessions, Criminal law, Criminal Procedure Law
Founder and past Editor in Chief of Tidsskrift for Strafferett (The Norwegian Criminal Law Review) from 2001 to 2025
Past Editor of Retfærd (Nordic Journal of Law & Society) from 1996 to 2003
Past Chairman of the Norwegian Society for Criminologists.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ulf_Stridbeck
Teaching
Stridbeck was previously a lecturer in criminal law, in criminal procedure and professional ethics. He is now academically responsible (together with Professor Tim Brennen, Institute for Psychology, University of Oslo) for PSY4315 Law & Psychology.