I am working at The Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and I am an externally funded PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Oslo. I am currently working on crime prevention with a focus on human, socio-cultural and economic mechanisms and consequences linked to the phenomenon “grooming”, and social manipulation. In my PhD project, I investigate "online grooming" and the importance of social manipulation, vulnerability and trust related to online child sexual exploitation and abuse and online dating- and romance frauds and scams. I apply both qualitative and quantitative research methods in this project. The PhD project is funded by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (JD) / the National Police Directorate (POD).
Academic interests
- Crime prevention
- Grooming
- Social mechanisms
- Social inequality
- Diversity
- Discrimination
- Integration
- Education
- Qualitative methods
- Quantitative methods
Background
- PhD candidate, The Norwegian Police University College, Oct. 2022 – present
- Externally funded PhD candidate in sociology, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oct. 2022 – present
- Research Assistant, Mangfold på Universitetet i Oslo and BALANSE-innsikter, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, May 2021 – Oct. 2022
- MA in sociology, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Aug. 2019 – May 2021
- BA in Culture and communication, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Aug. 2016 – May 2019
Grants
- MA thesis grant, Osloforskning, 2020 – 2021
Positions held
- Representative for externally funded PhD candidates in sociology in the PhD panel, Department for Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, March 2024 – present
- Secretary, Norwegian Sociological Association, Feb. 2023 – present
- Board member (deputy board member), Norwegian Sociological Association, Feb. 2021 – Feb. 2023.
- Deputy head, Programutvalget in Sociology, University of Oslo, Sept. 2020 – Dec. 2020
- MA representative, Programrådet at the Department for Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Aug. 2019 – May 2020
- Head of Programutvalget at Culture and communication, University of Oslo, Sept. 2017 – Sept. 2018
- Buddy Coordinator for Culture and communication, University of Oslo, Jan. 2017 – Sept. 2017
- Board member in Programutvalget at Culture and communication, University of Oslo, Aug. 2016 – Jan. 2019