My research primarily concerns crime victims rights and especially victims of hate crime and how the legal actors are working with these issues.
Background
LL.M. 1990, LL.D. 2002, Associate Professor 2009. I have been working at the Department of Law since 2000.
Teaching
I am course director for the course Legal History, Theory and Method, 20 hp which is part of the sixth semester of the Law Programme. I am also course director for the course Criminology and Victimology for Law Students, 15 hp and the course Gender and Law, 7,5 hp. I teach legal history, gender theory and victimology.
Research
I did my dissertation in legal history on conscientious objections in Sweden 1898-1925. Since then, I have done research on victims of homophobic hate crimes and their contacts with the judicial system. I have also been part of the EU-financed research project The Lifecycle of a Hate Crime where the legislation and practice concerning hate crimes were analysed in five different EU-member states. My current research project concerns how the police may work to better investigate hate crimes. This research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and is led by Mika Hagerlid, Malmö University.
I am a member of the International Network of Hate Studies (INHS).