Newsletter – May 2023

16 May 2023

Content News from the secretariat Seminar, conferences, podcast, etc. News from the Nordic countries Publications Reports Statistics Contact Secretaries Denmark: Helena Birk Oxlund Faroe Islands: Daisy J Iversen Finland: Emma Villman Greenland: Sara Kirstine Jakobsen Iceland: Jónas Orri Jónasson Norway: Marina Hiller Foshaugen Sweden: Lisa Flower If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please contact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact…

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Welcome to our new contact secretary

09 May 2023

Emeli Lönnqvist is a PhD fellow at the Department of Criminology, Stockholm University. She has a master’s degree in criminology and has previously worked at the research unit at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. In her dissertation, Lönnqvist studies the Swedish remand prison institution with a particular focus on the treatment of remand prisoners…

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Newsletter – April 2023

18 April 2023

Content News from the secretariat Seminar, conferences, podcast, etc. News from the Nordic countries Publications Reports Statistics Contact Secretaries Denmark: Helena Birk Oxlund Faroe Islands: Daisy J Iversen Finland: Emma Villman Greenland: Sara Kirstine Jakobsen Iceland: Jónas Orri Jónasson Norway: Marina Hiller Foshaugen Sweden: Lisa Flower If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please contact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact…

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Awards 4 000 000 NOK to Nordic projects in criminology

11 April 2023

The Nordic Research Council for Criminology (NSfK) has awarded grants for criminological research to provide new insights into a variety of topics: street crime, crime statistics, citizenship, Nordic penal practice, punishment, sexual violence and more. This year NSfK received 3 applications for a joint Nordic project, 10 applications for individual research projects, 6 applications for…

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New issue of Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab

28 March 2023

The first issue of Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (NTfK) in 2023 is now available at tidsskrift.dk. It is the journal’s 110th volume! Here is the editor’s editorial (in Danish): Kære læser NTfK ønsker godt nytår med tre artikler og to essays, der tilsammen demonstrerer tidsskriftets enorme bredde. Den første artikel er skrevet af Ragnheidur Bragadottir.…

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Nationell kontaktsekreterare i Sverige för Nordiskt samarbetsråd i kriminologi (NSfK)

27 March 2023

NSfK behöver en ny nationell kontaktsekreterare och söker dig som är insatt i – och brett intresserad av – kriminologi, samt bra på att hitta praktiska lösningar och på att kommunicera skriftligt. Uppdraget påbörjas i juni 2023 och varar till september 2025. Kontaktsekreterarna har i uppdrag att upprätthålla kontakten mellan NSfK och de nationella kriminologiska…

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Newsletter – March 2023

17 March 2023

Content News from the secretariat Seminar, conferences, podcast, etc. News from the Nordic countries Publications Reports Statistics Contact Secretaries Denmark: Helena Birk Oxlund Faroe Islands: Daisy J Iversen Finland: Emma Villman Greenland: Sara Kirstine Jakobsen Iceland: Jónas Orri Jónasson Norway: Marina Hiller Foshaugen Sweden: Lisa Flower If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please contact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact…

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Call for papers – Nordic Journal of Criminology

16 March 2023

The exploitation of migrant workers in the Nordics While the Nordic countries are well-known for their equality, welfare systems, and good working conditions based on collective agreements, migrant workers are nonetheless exploited in these countries in fields that include construction, hospitality service, logistics, transportation, horticulture, agriculture and more. Researchers have studied labour exploitation as different…

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Interview: Thomas Ugelvik winner of NJC Best Article Prize 2022

14 March 2023

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the NJC Best Article Prize 2022 is Thomas Ugelvik with his article “Three burglars, a friendly police inspector, and a vegetarian fox: Scandinavian exceptionalism, children’s literature, and desistance-conducive cultures”. The article was published in Nordic Journal of Criminology last year. The prize recognises excellent research and…

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Newsletter – February 2023

20 February 2023

Content News from the secretariat Seminar, conferences, podcast, etc. News from the Nordic countries Publications Reports Statistics Contact Secretaries Denmark: Helena Birk Oxlund Faroe Islands: Daisy J Iversen Finland: Emma Villman Greenland: Sara Kirstine Jakobsen Iceland: Jónas Orri Jónasson Norway: Marina Hiller Foshaugen Sweden: Lisa Flower If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please contact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact…

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