Prof. S. Sandberg Online from University of Oslo

The Polish Sociological Association, Opole branch and the Interdisciplinary Lab for Social Space and Art, University of Opole invite you to an online seminar with Prof. Sveinung Sandberg of the University of Oslo entitled 'Narrative analysis of crime and deviance'

The event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 4pm on Zoom - link provided upon registration. You can register here: https://badania.uni.opole.pl/index.php/131997

Sveinung Sandberg is a sociologist and professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on processes of marginalisation, violence, masculinity, illegal drugs, radicalization and social movements, often using a narrative or discourse analytical approach.

Using insights from anthropology, psychology, literature studies and socio-linguistics, he has been central in paving the way for narrative theory and methods in sociological studies of crime and deviance. In his own empirical work, he uses narrative analysis to study different phenomenon, such as binge drinking, illegal drug use, drug dealing and trafficking, street culture, parenting in prison, right-wing and jihadi terrorism and recently the developments of crime in Latin America during the Covid-19 pandemic. Inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s theories, he attempts to synthesize them with narrative analysis in the study of crime.

The talk will cover a range of examples from Prof. Sandberg's work, including the case of Breivik, drug dealers, drinking stories, or coronavirus related crime in Latin America. The seminar, which will be moderated by Dr Michał Wanke (Chair of Cultural Studies, University of Opole), is held in connection with the coming publication of the Special Issue of Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy journal entitled ‘Cannabis Cultures and Cannabis Markets in Global Perspective’, and guest edited by Prof. Sandberg and Dr Wanke.