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16.04.2012 News

Norway attacks: List of Experts

The main court trial of Anders Behring Breivik after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway began on 16 April 2012. The University of Bergen has experts who can comment on the trial and the attacks in international media.

Law

Professor Erling Johannes Husabø
Subjects: Norwegian and international Counter Terrorism Legislation, Comparative Law, Criminal Law and Procedure
Contact: +47 55 58 95 68 / + 47 907 89 431, e-mail Husabo@jur.uib.no
Languages: English, German, Norwegian

Associate Professor Ragna Aarli
Subjects: Norwegian Criminal Law Procedure, Transparency and Public Access to Criminal Cases
Contact: +47 55 58 95 52 / + 47 458 69 706, e-mail: Ragna.Aarli@jur.uib.no
Languages: English, Norwegian

Post Doctor Anneken Sperr
Subjects: Norway’s Judicial System, Comparative Law (especially Scandinavian /German Legal Culture), the Norwegian Sense of Justice
Contact: +47 55 58 95 87 / +47 976 97 919, e-mail Anneken.Sperr@jur.uib.no
Languages: English, German, Norwegian

Professor Henriette Sinding Aasen
Subjects: International, Constitutional and Human Rights Law, Democracy and Rule of Law
Contact: +47 55 58 95 85 / +47 924 50 607, e-mail: Henriette.Aasen@jur.uib.no
Languages: English, Norwegian


Mass Media and Rhetoric

Professor Jens Elmelund Kjeldsen, Rhetoric and Visual Communication
Professor of Rhetoric at Södertörn University (Stockholm, Sweden) and Visiting Professor at Northwestern University (Chicago, USA) in 2012-2013.
Subjects: The Rhetoric of A.B. Breivik, the National Eulogies, Press Photos in Norwegian Media.
Contact: + 47 55 58 91 27/ + 47 934 495 56, e-mail Jens.Kjeldsen@infomedia.uib.no
Languages: English, Scandinavian, German (would prefer to answer in English)

Associate Professor Ragna Aarli (listed under Law above) can also comment on media coverage and public access to criminal cases.

Politics, Ideology and the Society

Professor Per Lægreid, Administration and Organization Theory
Visiting Professor at Stanford University (California, USA), last year Visiting Professor at University of Oxford (Great Britain).
Subjects: Organizing and coordinating Internal Security and Crisis Management
Contact: + 1 650-725-7392 / + 47 958 26 815, e-mail: Per.Lagreid@aorg.uib.no
Languages: English, Norwegian

Post Doctor Lise Hellebø Rykkja, Administration and Organization Theory
Subjects: Governing, Attitudes and Trust after Major Crises and Disasters, Organization and Coordination for Internal Security in Norway, Crisis Management in the Public Sector
Contact: + 47 55 58 97 75 / + 47 481 41 344, e-mail: Lise.Rykkja@uni.no
Languages: English, Norwegian

Professor Lars Fredrik Svendsen, Philosophy
Subjects: Breivik's "Manifesto", Terrorism, Fear, Risk Society, Moral and Legal Accountability
Contact: + 47 55 58 31 47 / + 47 906 37 206, e-mail: Lars.Svendsen@fof.uib.no
Languages: English, Norwegian


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Last updated 30.4.2012

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