Kjersti Lohne

Kjersti Lohne is a Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. She is an internationally recognized scholar specializing in international criminal justice, with particular expertise in the International Criminal Court (ICC), the war on terror, and Nordic approaches to global criminal justice.

Her research interests encompass:

• The role of legalization and punishment in creating global social order
• International criminal law and the International Criminal Court
• The war on terror and US military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay
• Nordic understandings of punishment in foreign policy
• Legal mobilization and rights perspectives in civil society
• Privacy, data storage, and ethics in digital contexts

Lohne's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on how criminal justice operates beyond national borders, examining the transnational dimensions of punishment and human rights. Her research combines perspectives from criminology, sociology of law, international law, and political sociology to analyze global justice mechanisms. She has conducted fieldwork at significant international sites including the International Criminal Court in The Hague and the US military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay.

Lohne has received numerous prestigious awards for her research, including the European Society for Criminology Young Criminologist Award in 2019 and His Majesty the King's Gold Medal in 2017 for her doctoral thesis. She has secured significant research funding, notably an 8 million NOK grant from the Research Council of Norway's Young Research Talents scheme for her project "Promoting Justice in a Time of Friction: Scandinavian Penal Exports."

Her academic leadership extends to various roles including membership on the Faculty Board, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters' Committee for Scientific Advice, and the Human Rights Committee. She is actively engaged in multiple research networks including the European Criminology Group on Atrocity Crimes and Transitional Justice, the Public International Law and Policy Group, and the Law and Society Association.

Lohne teaches and supervises students in courses including KRIM1100 – Introduction to Criminology and KRIM2956/KRIM4956 – International Criminal Justice and Mass Violence. Her educational background includes a PhD in Criminology from the University of Oslo (2015), and she has held visiting researcher positions at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Oxford, and the University of Copenhagen.