Sveinung Sandberg

“Trusting the Untrustworthy: Youth, Marginalization, Extremism and Crime”

Sveinung Sandberg is a sociologist and professor in Criminology at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on processes of marginalization, violence, masculinity, illegal drugs, radicalization and social movements. He has published several books including Street Capital, Cannabis Culture, Narrative Criminology and Young Muslim Voices. Sandberg just finalized a four-year research project studying life-stories and life-courses leading to crime in seven countries in Latin America. He is currently continuing this research on four continents, including in Norway.