Tore_Bjørgo
Tore Bjørgo (born May 25, 1958) is a Norwegian social anthropologist and expert on the extreme right, and is professor at the University of Oslo[1] and Director of the university's Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C‑REX).[1][2] He is also professor at the Norwegian Police University College.[1] He is a specialist in political extremism and terrorism, racist and right-wing violence, delinquent youth gangs, and international crime.[3]
Tore Bjørgo | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1958-05-25) May 25, 1958 (age 65) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Title | Professor and Director of the Center for Extremism Research |
| Awards | Fulbright Scholar (2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden, University of Oslo |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | Terrorism, political science, criminology, sociology, police science |
| Institutions | University of Oslo; Norwegian Police University College |
| Website | https://www.phs.no/en/Researchers/tore-bjorgo/; https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/personer/vit/torebjo/ |
A social anthropologist by training, he received his cand.polit. graduate degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo in 1987. In 1997 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Social Science from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he was a research associate from 1991 to 1997.[2][4][3] His doctoral dissertation, Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, Perpetrators, and Responses, was published by Tano Aschehoug.[5] A major thesis in his dissertation is that individuals become radicalized and racized after entering a racist environment (i.e., people do not enter a racist environment because they were racists in the first place).[6]
From 1983 to 2004, Dr. Bjørgo worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI); initially a Scientific Assistant, he was later promoted to Senior Researcher (1998–2004) and Research Professor (2004–2015).[7][1] Since 2002, he has been the Coordinator of NUPI's Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime (Official Site).[2] Dr. Bjørgo joined the Norwegian Police University College in 2004, where he served as a professor of Police Science (May 2004 to February 2016) as well as Research Director (February 2005 to June 2007).[1][2] He was a visiting Fulbright scholar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, in the fall of 2014.[2][8]
Dr. Bjørgo is currently a professor at the University of Oslo, where he is the director of the Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C-REX Official Site).[1][2]
Dr. Bjørgo has authored or edited nine books as well as hundreds journal articles and reports; a list of all works can be found in Cristin. The following is a selection of monographs and edited volumes.
Selected bibliography
- 1993: Bjørgo, T., and Heradstveit, D. Politisk terrorisme [Political Terrorism]. Oslo, Norway: Norges forskningsråd. ISBN 8251831024
- 1995: Bjørgo, T. (ed.) Terror from the Extreme Right. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 9780714646633 link
- 1997: Bjørgo, T. Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, Perpetrators, and Responses. (Doctoral Dissertation). Oslo, Norway: Tano Aschehoug. ISBN 8251836654
- 1998: Kaplan, J., and Bjørgo, T. (ed.) Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1555533310 link
- 1999: Bjørgo, T., and Carlsson, Y. Vold, rasisme og ungdomsgjenger: Forebygging og bekjempelse [Violence, Racism and Youth: Prevention and Combat]. Oslo, Norway: Tano Aschehoug. ISBN 9788251837323
- 2005: Bjørgo, T. (ed.) Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 0415351499 link
- 2009: Bjørgo, T., and Horgan, J. (eds.) Leaving Terrorism Behind: Individual and Collective Disengagement. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 9780415776677 link
- 2013: Bjørgo, T. Strategies for Preventing Terrorism. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137355072 link
- Norwegian Police University College. "Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C‑REX). "Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Bjørgo, Tore, ed. (2005). Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward (PDF). New York, NY: Routledge. p. xi. ISBN 0415351499.
- Norwegian Police University College. "CV for Tore Bjørgo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Bjørgo, Tore (1997). Racist and right-wing violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, perpetrators and responses. Oslo: Tano Aschehoug. ISBN 8251836654.
- Bjørgo, Tore (2005). "Conclusions". In Bjørgo, Tore (ed.). Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward (PDF). New York, NY: Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 0415351499.
- International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague. "Prof. Tore Bjørgo". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Calendar of Events, Event Description: "Strategies for Preventing Terrorism" with Tore Bjørjo, Center on Terrorism Friday Seminars". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 15 April 2023.