Tore Bjørgo

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Tore Bjørgo
University of Leiden, University of Oslo
Academic work
Sub-disciplineTerrorism, political science, criminology, sociology, police science
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo; Norwegian Police University College
Websitehttps://www.phs.no/en/Researchers/tore-bjorgo/; https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/personer/vit/torebjo/

Tore Bjørgo (born May 25, 1958) is a Norwegian

extreme right, and is professor at the University of Oslo[1] and Director of the university's Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C‑REX).[1][2] He is also professor at the Norwegian Police University College.[1] He is a specialist in political extremism and terrorism, racist and right-wing violence, delinquent youth gangs, and international crime.[3]

Background

A social anthropologist by training, he received his

University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he was a research associate from 1991 to 1997.[2][4][3] His doctoral dissertation, Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, Perpetrators, and Responses, was published by Tano Aschehoug.[5] A major thesis in his dissertation is that individuals become radicalized and racized after entering a racist environment (i.e., people do not enter a racist environment because they were racists in the first place).[6]

From 1983 to 2004, Dr. Bjørgo worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI); initially a Scientific Assistant, he was later promoted to Senior Researcher (1998–2004) and Research Professor (2004–2015).[7][1] Since 2002, he has been the Coordinator of NUPI's Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime (Official Site).

Police Science (May 2004 to February 2016) as well as Research Director (February 2005 to June 2007).[1][2] He was a visiting Fulbright scholar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, in the fall of 2014.[2][8]

Dr. Bjørgo is currently a professor at the University of Oslo, where he is the director of the Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C-REX Official Site).[1][2]

Publications

Dr. Bjørgo has authored or edited nine books as well as hundreds journal articles and reports; a list of all works can be found in Cristin. The following is a selection of monographs and edited volumes.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Norwegian Police University College. "Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C‑REX). "Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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  4. ^ Norwegian Police University College. "CV for Tore Bjørgo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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  7. ^ International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague. "Prof. Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ^ John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Calendar of Events, Event Description: "Strategies for Preventing Terrorism" with Tore Bjørjo, Center on Terrorism Friday Seminars". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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