About the network

The NNPL holds annual scientific meetings at which PhD students and senior scholars within the field of psychology and law come together to present and discuss their research.

The aims of the NNPL can be summarized as follows:

  • To stimulate and strengthen research on psychology and law within the Nordic and Baltic region
  • To provide opportunities for PhD students and senior researchers to present their scientific work to Nordic and Baltic colleagues
  • To initiate and stimulate collaboration between research groups, as well as individual researchers, within the network
  • To stimulate exchange between research teams, in terms of PhD candidates, post-doc positions and visiting professors
  • To enable co-funding for the hosting of international scholars
  • To pool resources in order to initiate joint PhD and Master course

Research groups

Finland

Legal Psychology Research Group (LEPÅ)
Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University
Head of unit: Professor Pekka Santtila

Forensic Psychology Research Group
Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki
Head of unit: Professor Helinä Häkkänen

Iceland

Forensic Psychology Research Team
University of Iceland and Reykjavik University
Head of unit: Dr. Jon Fridrik Sigurdsson, Senior Lecturer

Norway

Cognitive developmental Unit (EKUP)
University of Oslo
Head of Unit: Professor Annika Melinder

The use of Expert Reports as evidence in Child Protection Decision-Making
University of Oslo

Sweden

Research unit for Criminal, Legal, & Investigative Psychology (CLIP)
Department of Psychology, Göteborg University
Head of unit: Professor Pär Anders Granhag

Research unit for Forensic Psychology
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
Head of unit: Professor Sven Å Christianson

The network for research in forensic psychology
Department of Psychology, Lund University
Head of unit: Assistant professor Martin Dahl

Centre for Research on Criminology and Forensic Psychology (CFCR)
Department of Behavioural Sciences, Kristianstad University
Head of unit: Dr Ulf Holmberg