News
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New NSfK council members from Finland and Sweden
Helena Huhta from Finland replaces Natalia Ollus and Anna-Karin Ivert from Sweden replaces Caroline Mellgren. Helena Huhta is a Finnish sociologist and criminologist, who studied in her ethnographic PhD the changing meanings of ethnicity in the prison everyday life. Along with her thesis, Helena has studied various other topics using diverse qualitative methods while working…
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Travel grants for researchers in the field of criminology, based in the Nordic countries
The Nordic Research Council for Criminology (NSfK) provides financial support for conference related travel and study trips abroad. The activities NSfK support via the travel grants can include: Please consult the NSfK Guidelines for Grants in order to learn more about the travel grants and the maximum amounts that can be applied for. Deadlines for…
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New publisher of NJC
From next year the Nordic Journal of Criminology (NJC) will be published by Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) – Nordic Journal of Criminology is the flagship of NSfK, says Heidi Mork Lomell, NSfK Chair. The journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research articles in the field of criminology and crime prevention. The journal provides…
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PhD Network Seminar in Sweden
In November, Nordic PhD students in Criminology met in Lund for two days of networking and knowledge exchange. The NSfK funded seminar served as a meeting platform for early career researchers in the Nordic countries as well as an arena where criminological research could be further developed. The participating PhD students gave a presentation of…
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23 applications for research grants received
December 7th was the deadline for the 2023 call for research funding. – We are happy and excited that we have received 23 applications in total asking for more than 12,000,000 NOK in research funding. The applications involve criminological research environments from all the Nordic countries, and we see a blend of traditional and new…
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New issue of NTfK
It is a great pleasure hereby to inform you that Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab 3/2022 is published online. This issue contains of a substantial combination of criminal law and criminological contributions, that at the same time represents a big variety of research methods. This issue also represents a historic step forward since the Nordic Research…
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Welcome to our new contact secretaries
From Finland: Emma Villman Emma Villman works as a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy at the University of Helsinki. She has a master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Oslo from 2017. Her PhD project is a longitudinal qualitative study on release from prison and desistance from crime. Emma…
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Seminar for PhD students in Criminology November 9-10, 2022
A seminar for PhD students in criminology from the Nordic countries will be organized in conjunction with the Ulla Bondeson research seminar in Lund in November 2022. The PhD seminar will be held Wednesday noon to Thursday noon (November 9-10), and is followed by the Ulla Bondeson Research Seminar Thursday to Friday (November 10-11). PhD…
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Dansk kontaktsekretær for Nordisk Samarbejdsråd for Kriminologi (NSfK) søges
Det drejer sig om en mindre deltidsstilling, der pt. honoreres med € 1440 årligt, hvorfor den godt kan passes ved siden af en fuld stilling. En nærmere beskrivelse af stillingens indhold følger nedenunder. Vi ønsker en person, som interesserer sig bredt for det kriminologiske område, og som er god til skriftlig kommunikation. Hvis dette kunne…
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Welcome to Stockholm Criminology Symposium, June 13-15
The three-day Symposium takes place in central Stockholm and features approximately 100 speakers who will present their research and share their experiences in over 40 sessions. The main theme of the Symposium this year is “Understanding the mechanisms that cause crime and promote desistance from crime”. By tradition the Stockholm Criminology Symposium also presents a…