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.
