Nordic Research Council for Criminology

Summer holidays 2020

Peeking out from a tent, over a small grassfield, sun rising between trees

Summer vacations

As the NSfK secretariat closes for summer holidays, we are already looking forward to the autumn term and the challenges ahead. Read more about the Nordic activities and opportunities here at our front page. We hope you are planning to apply for NSfK Research Grants 2021 – please click here to reach the call.

We take off with some Nordic reading suggestions for the summer days. Why not get hold of one of the books by the nominees for the Nordic Council Literature Prize or for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize?

Wishing you a peaceful and rewarding summer vacation!

The Secretariat of NSfK is closed July 15th – August 19th.

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Exploitation of migrant workers

10.07.2020

Research project awarded NSfK grant 2020 One of the Nordic projects awarded NSfK research grant this year was the co-Nordic research project ”Law in action – Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migrant workers in the Nordic countries”. The Nordic research team is lead by Isabel Schoultz, Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology of Law, Lund University. For…

Three new study programs in criminology at Nordic universities

02.07.2020

This spring the Nordic countries have seen a general increase in number of applications to university studies, compared to eg last year. At some of the universities the various levels of criminology studies are at the top of the lists of most popular programs. Photo: NordForsk/Stefan Tell In addition, some Nordic universities offer new opportunities…

Nominate for European Crime Prevention Award

23.04.2020

The European Crime Prevention Award (ECPA) is a contest that rewards the best European crime prevention project. In 2019 the “Sofielund Approach” , Sweden, won the award. Nomination for the ECPA 2020 is now open and is made to the national contact organizations. DL for nomination varies among the EU-member states. For contact information to the Nordic EU-memberstates, please click…