Open lecure with Katja Franko, dhc

Lecture

Date: Friday 27 September 2024

Time: 10.00 – 11.30

Location: Hörsal 8

"Who belongs here?: Immigration, criminal law and precarious membership" is the title of honorary doctor Katja Franko's lecture. Issues of immigration and belonging lie at the forefront of contemporary political and social debates. But how these discussions shape contemporary criminal law, and what role does criminal law play in them?

This talk will examine the intersections of criminal law and membership theory. It will ask what kind of consequences offenders’ membership status has for the state’s sanctioning practices, and in turn, how do state crime control practices impact the notions of belonging.

Katja Franko, honorary doctor at Stockholm University and Professor of Criminology at the University. Photo: Maud Hol

Katja Franko is professor of criminology at University of Oslo. Her work is both empirically groundbreaking and theoretically important, addressing issues of migration, border control, surveillance and international policing in a globalized world. In light of political changes in the Nordic region, professor Franko’s research has become increasingly relevant. Franko works at the University of Oslo and has published several influential books as well as articles in top criminological scientific journals.