John Todd-Kvam
Publications
Bordered penal populism: When populism and Scandinavian exceptionalism meet
This article examines discourses of penality in Norway following the entry into government of the Progress Party. In a context where the penal welfare consensus remains relatively strong, it is easier to ‘do populism’ by focusing on non-citizens.
Talking Good: Analysing Narratives of Desistance in Norway
This article explores the lived experience of desistance as narrated by Norwegian desisters. We analyse ‘small stories’ that either opened up or frustrated the co-creation of change, showing how desistance develops (or is stymied) at a micro level.
Probation practice, desistance and the penal field in Norway
This article analyses how probation caseworkers describe their practice. Caseworkers have a relational, contextualised understanding of probation clients and the challenges they face.
Outreach
Should we be pining for the fjords? Probation, debt and desistance in Norway
An overview of my doctoral research which explored the ways in which people in Norway desist from offending, experience probation and cope with the consequences of what he terms ‘punishment debt’.
URIX Krig og Fred
Podcast om Brexit
2025
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Academic lecture(2025) Preventive detention: An international perspective. Universitetet i Oslo Kriminologikonferansen 2025 , Oslo 2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28
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Academic lecture(2025) The implementation and impact of ‘forvaring’, Norway’s ultimate penalty. Universitetet i Oslo Kriminologikonferansen 2025 2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28
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Lecture(2025) 'Parole is worse than doing time': Understanding the pains of post-release supervision following a forvaring sentence. Institutt for Kriminologi og Rettsosiologi Kriminologikonferansen , Oslo 2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28
2024
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Academic lecture(2024) Performing abolition: the ‘exceptional’ story of life imprisonment in Norway. British Society of Criminology British Society of Criminology Conference , Glasgow 2024-07-10 - 2024-07-12
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Academic lecture(2024) Indeterminate sentencing in Norway and England and Wales – two exceptional cases?. Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen Exceptional forms of coercive confinement: Pockets of punitiveness in the Welfare State , Copenhagen 2024-09-05 - 2024-09-06
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Academic lecture(2024) Indefinite preventive detention: The implementation and impact of Norway’s ULTimate PENalty (ULTPEN) . Dutch Advisory Board for Review of Leave from Detention under a Hospital Order Study Leave Trip Trondheim 2024-03-21 - 2024-03-24
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Academic lecture(2024) There and back again: Conceptualizing and calculating reconviction to imprisonment after preventive detention in Norway. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology , Christchurch 2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06
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Academic lecture(2024) ULTPEN - Endring av - forvaring og en selv. Læringspunkter fra samtaler i norske forvaringsavdelinger. Kriminalomsorgens Høgskole KRUS Forvaringssamling 2024 , Lillestrøm 2024-12-03 - 2024-12-03
2023
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Lecture(2023) ULTPEN - funding, outcome, preliminary analysis. . SIFER forskningsnettverk Forskersamling SIFER , digitalt 2023-12-06 - 2023-12-06
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Academic lecture(2023) Society must be protected: the logic and legitimation of preventive detention in Norway. European Society of Criminology Eurocrim 2023 , Florence 2023-09-06 - 2023-09-09
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Academic lecture(2023) Assessing the evolution of the forvaring system and the role of risk assessment. IKRS, UiO Kriminologikonferansen 2023 , Oslo 2023-05-23 - 2023-05-24
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Academic lecture(2023) Å sone forvaring: noen foreløpige funn fra ULTPEN-prosjektet. st.olavs hospital Fagkonferansen , Stjørdal 2023-11-08 - 2023-11-09
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Academic lecture(2023) Serving preventive detention - the impact of indeterminate sentencing in Norway. University of Cambridge Long term and life imprisonment , Cambridge 2023-06-21 - 2023-06-22
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Academic lecture(2023) ULTPEN: Contemporary implementation of forvaring. European Society of Criminology Eurocrim 2023 , Florence 2023-09-06 - 2023-09-09
2020
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Lecture(2020) Hindringer og utfordringer i desistance-prosesser. KRUS Lecture to KRUS bachelor students 2020-04-01 -
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Interview(2020) Valg i Irland - hva betyr det?. Radio Nova, Opplysningen 99.3 Radio Nova, Opplysningen 99.3 [Radio] 2020-03-14
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Programme participation(2020) Røverdebatt: Erstatning: Et hinder for rehabilitering?. Røverradion Røverradion [Radio] 2020-12-08
2019
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Academic lecture(2019) Understanding desistance in Norway: discourses, practices and experiences. Midway assessment of PhD project 2019-01-10 -
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2018
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Interview(2018) Trenger alternativer etter soning . Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for samtidig rusmisbruk og psyki Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for samtidig rusmisbruk og psyki [Internet] 2018-12-04
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Lecture(2018) Desistance-forskning i Norge. Røde Kors Nettverk etter Soning Røde Kors Tilbakeføringskonferanse 2018 , Oslo 2018-11-20 -
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Interview(2018) Ledende brexitforkjemper: – Ikke hva britene stemte for. Dagens Næringsliv Dagens Næringsliv [Newspaper] 2018-07-12
2017
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Interview(2017) Politisk stillstand før valg i Nord-Irland. Stavanger Aftenblad Stavanger Aftenblad [Newspaper] 2017-02-27
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Academic lecture(2017) Brexit narratives - what happened during the referendum and how are these narratives shaping the negotiations?. Høgskolen i Østfold Formes nasjonal identitet av språk og verdier? En diskusjon rundt “Language and Nation; Crossroads and Connections , Halden 2017-09-26 -
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Academic lecture(2017) Talking good: a psychosocial analysis of Norwegian desistance narratives. European Society of Criminology Eurocrim 2017 , Cardiff 2017-09-13 - 2017-09-16
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Popular scientific lecture(2017) Brexit, årsaker og konsekvensene. Debattgruppen ved Samfunnsvitenskapelig Fakultetsforening Debattkvalkade , Blindern, Universitet i Oslo 2017-01-25 -
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Academic lecture(2017) Talking good – A psychosocial analysis of Norwegian desistance narratives. UiO Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law The Second Narrative Criminology Symposium , Oslo 2017-06-15 - 2017-06-16
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Interview(2017) Norway continues to export prisoners despite free cells. Der Standard Der Standard [Newspaper] 2017-11-17
2016
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Interview(2016) Om under hundre dager avgjør britene EUs skjebne. Nedtellingen. Klassekampen Klassekampen [Newspaper] 2016-03-23
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Lecture(2016) Brexit: hvorfor og hvor går veien videre?. Finansdepartementet, Økonomiavdelingen Foredrag til Finansdepartementet 2016-09-12 -
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Lecture(2016) Brexit and the re-nationalisation of Europe. Guest lecture at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2016-10-11 -
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Academic lecture(2016) Levels of Narrative Analysis in Desistance Research. European Society of Criminology 16th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology , Münster 2016-09-21 - 2016-09-24
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Interview(2016) Riktig leder for skilsmissen. Ukeavisen Ledelse Ukeavisen Ledelse [Business/trade/industry journal] 2016-08-26
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Popular scientific lecture(2016) Brexit ahead?. ARENA Centre for European Studies/British Politics Society Seminar and panel discussion on Brexit , Gamla, Oslo 2016-05-10 - 2016-05-10
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Interview(2016) Flyttebilen er på plass, nå er Cameron på vei ut. Aftenposten Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2016-07-13
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Lecture(2016) Storbritannia og Europa – hvor skal de?. Foredrag til Stortingets Konstitusjonell Avdeling , Stortinget, Oslo 2016-05-20 -
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Popular scientific lecture(2016) Brexit? What are the consequences if they leave?. Deloitte/British-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Brexit? What are the consequences if they leave? 2016-06-13 -
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Interview(2016) Boris Johnson er ny utenriksminister i Theresa Mays regjering. NRK Urix NRK Urix [Internet] 2016-07-13
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