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Background and experience

Detective Chief Superintendent/Associate Professor

I am a serving policer, with experience working as investigator and SIO from the CID in the Oslo police and from the so-called Murder-squad at the National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos). I have a master's degree in forensic psychology from the University of Leicester and a PhD in decision psychology from the University of Gothenburg. I teach mostly in investigative management, - methodology, -interviewing, investigation of murder, grave violence and organised crime.

Teaching

  • Investigative management
  • Investigative methods and interviewing
  • Homicide investigations
  • Organised Crime

Research

  • Investigative management in murder cases
  • Investigative methods and interviewing
  • Expertise, judgments and decision-making

Publications

  • Walsh, Dave; Areh, Igor; Barela, Steve & Fahsing, Ivar André (2025). A Co-ordinated Global Initiative to Enhance Interview Practice. Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice. 15(1). doi: https:/www.researchgate.net/publication/393691396_A_co-ordinated_global_initiative_to_enhance_interview_practice#fullTextFileContent. Full text in Research Archive
  • May, Lennart; Fahsing, Ivar André; Kelly, Christopher; Barela, Steven; Milne, Rebecca & Bull, Ray (2025). What is investigative interviewing (and what is it not)? A primer on the ethos of suspect interviewing. Journal of Criminal Psychology (JCP). ISSN 2009-3829. doi: 10.1108/JCP-10-2024-0092. Full text in Research Archive
  • Boe, Ole; Fahsing, Ivar André & Bang, Henning (2024). Identifying important character strengths for investigative leaders in the Norwegian police: Implications for their future education. ICERI Proceedings. p. 4758–4765. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2024.1174. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gönültaş, Burak M.; Fahsing, Ivar; Zeyrek-Rios, Emek Yuce & Çetinöz, Esra (2023). The Qualitative Analysis of the Perceived Abilities, Skills and Characteristics of Turkish Crime Investigators. European Journal of Policing Studies. ISSN 2034-760X. doi: 10.5553/EJPS.000001. Full text in Research Archive
  • Albertella, Lucy; Kirkham, Rebecca; Adler, Amy; Crampton, John; Drummond, Sean P. A. & Fogarty, Gerard J. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675. Full text in Research Archive
  • May, Lennart; Fahsing, Ivar & Milne, Becky (2023). Die untersuchende Vernehmung von Zeug*innen und Beschuldigten – ein internationaler forschungsbasierter und praxiserprobter Vernehmungsansatz. In Staller, Mario S*; Zaiser, Benjamin & Koerner, Swen (Ed.), Handbuch Polizeipsychologie: Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven und praktische Anwendungen. Springer Gabler. ISSN 9783658401184. p. 717–734. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-40118-4_36. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fahsing, Ivar; Kallemyr, Tor & Lier, Frode (2023). Homicide investigations in Norway. In Allsop, Cheryl & Pike, Sophie (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation. Routledge. ISSN 9781003195283. Full text in Research Archive
  • Beek, Martijn van; Bull, Ray; Chen, Melissa; Fahsing, Ivar & Milne, Rebecca (2022). The Influence of Interview Style on SIOs’ Responsiveness to the Suspect’s Alibi. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. ISSN 0882-0783. doi: 10.1007/s11896-022-09551-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fahsing, Ivar (2021). Beyond reasonable doubt: how to think like an expert detective. In Marques, Paulo Barbosa & Paulino, Mauro (Ed.), Police Psychology: New Trends in Forensic Psychological Science. Academic Press. ISSN 9780128165447. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-816544-7.00013-9. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Fahsing, Ivar André & Larsson, Paul (2025). Svenske tilstander i Norge? Full text in Research Archive

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