Department of Criminology

Criminology is multidisciplinary as well as transdisciplinary. This means that we collect and integrate theoretical and methodological thinking and approaches from different scientific fields, such as sociology, psychology, psychiatry and law, in order to be able to understand the individual, contextual and societal processes underlying criminality and related problems.

At the Criminology Department, we try to answer questions such as: Why do some individuals commit crimes? What makes some people commit crimes throughout their lives, while others “abandon” their criminal activities? Why are some individuals and places more associated with criminality? Why are some areas regarded as unsafe, and others as safe? Is overall criminality on the rise or decreasing, and why?

We are specialists in welfare law, a field which primarily includes the part of public law where individuals have the state and municipality as their opposing parties. The social services, national insurance, the health system and human rights are such areas. The field of welfare law also includes what used to be known as social civil law, i.e. the legal area affecting people in everyday situations as lenders, employees, tenants or consumers.

Contact Lotti Ryberg Welander for more information

Head of Department

Anna-Karin Ivert

Deputy Head of Department

Marie Väfors Fritz

Director of Studies, primary level

Eva-Lotta Nilsson

Program Director, primary level  

Klara Svalin

Director of Studies and Program Director, advanced level

Zoran Vasiljevic

Student Administration

Maria O´Driscoll