@johntoddkvam
Postdoc at NTNU. Researching criminology (desistance from crime, indefinite preventive detention), politicking locally (for Miljøpartiet de Grønne in Nordre Follo). PhD in criminology, MSc in international relations. He/him.
PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
a chart showing norway's rising investments in fossil fuels
a chart showing norway's rising investments in fossil fuels
a chart showing norway's rising investments in fossil fuels
a chart showing norway's rising investments in fossil fuels
NORWAY UPDATE
- In the 2nd quarter of 2025, we spent more on fossil fuel extraction than we've ever spent before
- 2025 will probably end up with record-high investments in fossil fuels
- Spending is so high every prior projection wildly underestimates final $$ (this is worsening since 2021)
Milde måne! Vi har passert 3900 abonnenter – det begynner å gå opp for oss at hvis folk fortsetter å like, dele og tegne abonnement vil vi nå målet, redde Filter Nyheter og bli større enn Document!
Fri, undersøkende og ikke-klikkdrevet journalistikk har aldri vært viktigere enn nå. Det handler om demokratiets fremtid, intet mindre.
Har derfor to oppfordringer på lille pinseaften:
1) Tegn abo på @filternyheter.no NÅ
2) Spre ordet videre om alle du kjenner også skal gjøre det
Exceptionally long, but familiarly pompous and uniformed, puff piece on the “good” nativism of Mette Frederiksen in Denmark.
Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
❇️ New journal article ❇️
'Exploring relational and structuring skills among Norwegian probation officers during mandatory supervision sessions' by Karl Yngvar Dale, Bjørn Kjetil Larsen, Sarah Hean, and Atle Ødegård.
#Probation #SocialWork #Criminology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hello from the Editors at the European Journal of Probation! We are just getting started on BlueSky.
We welcome submissions on a range of topics across: #probation and community justice, sentencing, #parole, resettlement, desistance, and much more.
🔗 to our website:
journals.sagepub.com/home/EJP
Great postdoc opportunity! Join the Segregation of Opportunities (SEGOP) project led by Nicolai Borgen, with methods for causal inference using registry, survey, and genotyped data 📊 Located at CREATE (@uio.no), an exciting environment with many working on similar topics!
tinyurl.com/segop-postdoc
Excited to repost this call for papers on politics, harm and justice which we crims at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social are organising as part of our Brit Soc of Criminology Reg Group. Its on the 18th Sept, but Abstracts are needed by the 17th April. Please send those to Ed, not me! Please repost!
Abstract submission deadline: Feb 15th 2025 Selection notification: Mar 15th 2025 Full paper deadline: Aug 1st 2025
📢 Attention researchers and practitioners!
The International Review of the Red Cross calls for papers on 'upholding humanity in war'. Submit by February 15th, 2025, and contribute to this vital discussion.
Read more 👉🏽 international-review.icrc.org/call-for-pap...
Last week I chaired the Probation Journal editorial board for the first time in my new role as Editor.
If you're planning to write about probation please do get in touch! We're a suportive board, keen to publish pieces from people with diverse voices and backgrounds.
journals.sagepub.com/home/prb
Our new @probationres.bsky.social publication is out! 'A Fork in the Road' reports on probation practitioners' experiences of probation's post-nationalisation journey. We identify profound questions about the delivery of probation services now and in the future. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
In a post-peak public engagement world where mainstream papers have dropped outlets like the Monkey Cage, what avenues exist for academics to get their work and insights in front of a wider public audience or directly to policymakers? A thread of examples from my own experience. 1/
Pleased (and relieved) to have just submitted proofs for our volume "Governing Nature and the Making of World Order". Thanks to our contributors for their wonderful chapters & meeting our rather strict deadlines! Here's a sneak preview of the cover we settled on after extensive public polling...
it's worth noting exactly why helseplattformen is such a terrible fit for norway: it was developed by an american company, specifically for a for-profit health care system. it works pretty well in the states – specifically because there are countless for-profit admins, working for myriad companies
According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
Exciting news! At Swansea University we’re hosting the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium -‘Narrating harm, narrating hope’ - 15th-17th June 2025.
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
Check out this feed on #criminology created by @johntoddkvam.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...
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The number of released #IPP prisoners who had their licences automatically terminated on 1 November
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.)
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
Some big news this morning
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
In case you missed this over the weekend, I put together a University of Oslo starter pack ⬇️
Elon Musk har vært i regelmessig kontakt med Vladimir Putin siden slutten av 2022. De snakker sammen om både business og geopolitikk, hevder kilder i europeiske og amerikanske myndigheter overfor amerikansk storavis. filternyheter.no/elon-musk-ha...
Hey people, just letting you know that my book Comparative Criminal Justice is out (again! it's the 5th edition you see...). Loving the front cover if I'm honest!
Available at Routledge:
www.routledge.com/Comparative-...
Hi Emily, could you add me please? scholar.google.com/citations?us... Thanks, John
Thanks Hannah! I have started a criminology feed that gathers up everything with the following keywords: #criminology | #penology | #crimsky| criminology
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Two weeks left to apply to Leeds for an Associate Professor in Criminology/Criminal Justice position.
Reach out if you’d like to chat!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DIR386/a...
Our sexual violence research group at BU is organising a free in-person conference 28-29th October. Would be happy to see you in Bournemouth. If you are interested please let me know so I can send you the link for registration. #Criminology #CrimSky