Experience and background
I am a professor at the University of Oslo (UiO) and head there of the "Centre for Extremism Research" (C-REX). I have a part-time position as professor of police science at the Norwegian Police University College (main position from 2004 to 2016). I have a major in social anthropology from UiO and a PhD from Leiden University. Most important contribution to police science: Initiated and led the project "Recruitment, Education and Careers in the Police: A European Longitudinal Study". Development of a holistic model for crime prevention (two books published in Norwegian, English, Chinese and Georgian). Led a international comparative research and book project on "Vigilantism against Migrants and Minorities". Now I lead the project "Nordic Multiagency Approaches to Handling Extremism: Policies, Perceptions and Practices".Competence areas
- Violent extremism and terrorism
- Right-wing extremism
- Crime prevention
Researching
- Right-wing extremism
- Violent extremism and terrorism
- Interdepartmental cooperation
- Prevention of violent extremism
Teaches in
- Violent extremism and terrorism
- Right-wing extremism
- Crime prevention
Last Publications
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Artikkel
- Introduction to the Special Section on Anti-Government Extremism
- Mental Health, Well-Being, and Adolescent Extremism: A Machine Learning Study on Risk and Protective Factors
- “Being a Risk” or “Being at Risk”: Factors Shaping Negotiation of Concerns of Radicalization within Multiagency Collaboration in the Nordic Countries
- The Same, But Different: Policies, Perceptions and Practices of Multiagency PVE work in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
- Trust in interagency collaboration: The role of institutional logics and hybrid professionals
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Rapport/avhandling
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Kapittel