Synnøve Ø. Jahnsen

Senior researcher

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Synnøve Ø. Jahnsen is a Senior Researcher at Fafo and holds a PhD in sociology from the Department of Sociology, at the University of Bergen.

Her research interests lies at the intersections between social, environmental and criminal justice, sociology of law and public administration and includes studies on prostitution, human trafficking, forced labor, work-related crimes, police reforms and coordination.

Jahnsen’s research includes ethnographic research on Norwegian and Australian police forces, and speaks to problems related to gender, migration and marginalisation.

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Education

PhD in sociology, University of Bergen

Area of work

Labour migration | Living conditions and poverty | Wage formation | Services and service development | Inclusive working life

Publications

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Research communication

Seminars and presentations

Arbeidslivskriminalitet stoppes ikke av landegrenser

Seminars and presentations | 10. September 2025

Fafo's Publications

Scientific publishing

År \| kategori \| utgiver	Publikasjonsnavn	Les mer
2024 \| Journal articles \| Nordic Journal of Criminology	Labour exploitation and work-related crime The reshaping of the Norwegian media discourse on human trafficking and social dumping
2024 \| Journal articles \| Nordic Journal of Criminology	Same-same or different? Nordic policy responses to the exploitation of migrant workers
2023 \| Journal articles \| International Review of Victimology	Constructions of migrant victims of labor exploitation in Nordic court cases
2023 \| Journal articles \| Nordisk välfärdsforskning \| Nordic Welfare	Hva skal vi med en kjønnsnøytral boligsosial politikk? Kjønn og vold som blindsoner for forskning og tiltaksutvikling mot bostedsløshet
2022 \| Journal articles \| Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift	Om fremveksten av en ny forståelsesramme for arbeidslivet og kampen mot arbeidslivskriminalitet
2022 \| Book chapters \| Trafficking and Sex Work Gender, Race and Public Order	Red lights for prostitution: Policing the Purchase of Sex in Norway
2022 \| External reports	Krisesenter – kommunenes arbeid og oppfølging i reetableringsfasen
2021 \| Journal articles \| Understanding The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs	Understanding Scandinavian approaches to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
2020 \| Journal articles	Coordinating against work-related Crime in Norway
2018 \| Books	Assessing Prostitution Policies in Europe
2018 \| Books	Criminal justice research in an era of mass mobility
2018 \| Journal articles \| Crimmigration statistics: numbers as evidence and problem	Crimmigration statistics: numbers as evidence and problem
2018 \| Journal articles \| Policing the Sex Industry: Protection, Paternalism and Politics	The condom as evidence and the condom as a crowbar
2018 \| Journal articles \| Moral issues in Intelligence-led policing.	In search of bad characters: Banning and banishing outlaw motorcycle gangs
2018 \| Journal articles \| British Journal of Criminology	Leaving no stone unturned: The borders and orders of transnational prostitution
2014 \| Journal articles \| Nordiques	Exposer la loi" In Culture, genre, sexualité: Nouveaux regards nordiques sur la citoyenneté
2014 \| External reports	Menneskehandel med tvangsarbeid En forstudie om gråsoneproblematikk innenfor tiltaksfeltet arbeidsmarkedskriminalitet
2014 \| Dissertations	Innestengt eller utestengt? Norsk prostitusjonspolitikk og kampen mot menneskehandel
2009 \| Books	Women who cross borders - Black Magic A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Norwegian newspaper coverage of Nigerian women in prostitution in Norway
2008 \| Journal articles \| Prostitusjon i Norden	«Norge er ikke en øy»: Mediedekningen av kriminaliseringsdebatten i Norge
2008 \| Journal articles \| Prostitusjon i Norden.	På nett med menn som kjøper sex Analyse av diskusjonsforumet på www.sexhandel.no
2007 \| Journal articles \| Det ideelle offer. Andre tekster om prostitusjon	Kvinner som krysser grensen - sort magi?
\| Forskernytt	Beskriver situasjonen for voldsutsatte kvinner som blir hjemløse

Ekstern formidling

Dato \| Kategori	Tittel	Fafo-side
10 September 2025 \| Seminars and presentations	Arbeidslivskriminalitet stoppes ikke av landegrenser \| Arbeidsliv i Norden

Completed projects

Evaluation of the Stine Sofie Centre

On behalf of the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Fafo will conduct an evaluation of the government grant to the Stine Sofie Center.

Synnøve Ø. Jahnsen

Senior researcher

Education

Area of work

Publications

Scientific publishing

Labour exploitation and work-related crime

Same-same or different? Nordic policy responses to the exploitation of migrant workers

Constructions of migrant victims of labor exploitation in Nordic court cases

Hva skal vi med en kjønnsnøytral boligsosial politikk?

Om fremveksten av en ny forståelsesramme for arbeidslivet og kampen mot arbeidslivskriminalitet

Red lights for prostitution: Policing the Purchase of Sex in Norway

Understanding Scandinavian approaches to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Coordinating against work-related Crime in Norway

Assessing Prostitution Policies in Europe

Criminal justice research in an era of mass mobility

Crimmigration statistics: numbers as evidence and problem

The condom as evidence and the condom as a crowbar

In search of bad characters: Banning and banishing outlaw motorcycle gangs

Leaving no stone unturned: The borders and orders of transnational prostitution

Exposer la loi" In Culture, genre, sexualité: Nouveaux regards nordiques sur la citoyenneté

Innestengt eller utestengt? Norsk prostitusjonspolitikk og kampen mot menneskehandel

Women who cross borders - Black Magic

«Norge er ikke en øy»: Mediedekningen av kriminaliseringsdebatten i Norge

På nett med menn som kjøper sex

Kvinner som krysser grensen - sort magi?

Research communication

Arbeidslivskriminalitet stoppes ikke av landegrenser

Fafo's Publications

Scientific publishing

Ekstern formidling

Completed projects