Synnøve Ø. Jahnsen
Synnøve Økland Jahnsen
Researcher

    Academic background: PhD in sociology, University of Bergen

Research areas:

Decent Work | Responsible business | Labour migration | The Nordic model | Poverty and social security | Wage formation | Care services | Violence and Conflict | Forum for innovation in welfare services | Forum for innovation in welfare services


Synnøve Ø. Jahnsen is a Senior Researcher at Fafo and holds a PhD in sociology from the Department of Sociology, at the University of Bergen.

Her research interests lies at the intersections between social, environmental and criminal justice, sociology of law and public administration and includes studies on prostitution, human trafficking, forced labor, work-related crimes, police reforms and coordination.

Jahnsen’s research includes ethnographic research on Norwegian and Australian police forces, and speaks to problems related to gender, migration and marginalisation.

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Isabel Schoultz, Marlene Spanger, Anniina Jokinen, Synnøve Økland Jahnsen, Heraclitos Muhire & Anna-Greta Pekkarinen

Constructions of migrant victims of labor exploitation in Nordic court cases
International Review of Victimology 2023 | Open access

Synnøve Økland Jahnsen, Anje Müller Gjesdal og Gisle Andersen

Om fremveksten av en ny forståelsesramme for arbeidslivet og kampen mot arbeidslivskriminalitet
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift 2022 | Fri tilgang

Synnøve Jahnsen

Understanding Scandinavian approaches to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
2021 Understanding The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Synnøve Jahnsen & Kristin Slettevåg

Crimmigration statistics: numbers as evidence and problem
2018 Crimmigration statistics: numbers as evidence and problem

Synnøve Jahnsen

In search of bad characters: Banning and banishing outlaw motorcycle gangs
2018 Moral issues in Intelligence-led policing.

Synnøve Jahnsen

The condom as evidence and the condom as a crowbar
2018 Policing the Sex Industry: Protection, Paternalism and Politics

Synnøve Jahnsen

På nett med menn som kjøper sex
Analyse av diskusjonsforumet på www.sexhandel.no
2008 Prostitusjon i Norden.

Synnøve Jahnsen

Kvinner som krysser grensen - sort magi?
2007 Det ideelle offer. Andre tekster om prostitusjon

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