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Robin Gålnander is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University, where he conducts research and teaches courses related to criminological theory, victimology, and qualitative research methods. He is an active member of the Victimological Research Group, established in 2021, which focuses on victims of crime from various perspectives.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Stockholm University
- Member, Victimological Research Group (established 2021)
- Visiting Fellow, Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield (2018)
Dr. Gålnander's research primarily focuses on women's desistance from crime, examining the complex pathways women take when transitioning away from criminal behavior. His work applies a longitudinal qualitative approach, drawing on repeated interviews with desisting women to investigate the multifaceted process of leaving crime behind. His research interests span criminology, victimology, gender studies, and qualitative methodologies, with particular attention to how structural barriers, social relationships, and personal circumstances influence women's rehabilitation journeys.
His research has revealed important insights about the role of debt, loneliness, intimate partner violence, and social relationships in women's desistance processes. He has examined how punitive drug policies create unique challenges for women seeking to leave criminal lifestyles, and how future aspirations shape the desistance journey. His work consistently highlights the gendered nature of desistance, demonstrating how women's pathways out of crime differ significantly from men's experiences.
- Women's Desistance from Crime
- Victimology
- Gender and Criminal Justice
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Structural Barriers to Rehabilitation
- Debt and the Welfare State
Dr. Gålnander's publications reveal a consistent focus on understanding the complex, often non-linear pathways women take when leaving criminal lifestyles. His work demonstrates how financial challenges, social isolation, relationship dynamics, and structural barriers create unique obstacles for women in the desistance process. He has made significant contributions to understanding how intimate partner violence echoes through women's rehabilitation journeys, and how debt management intersects with criminal desistance in welfare state contexts.
Dr. Gålnander teaches several courses at Stockholm University including Theoretical Perspectives in Criminology, Victimology, and Qualitative Research Methods at both undergraduate and master's levels. He also supervises bachelor's theses in Criminology and teaches courses on Crime Across the Life Course in the Master's Program.
His current research projects include "Debt and Desistance in the Welfare State - Women's Experiences of Coping with Debt when Desisting from Crime," which extends his dissertation work "Maintaining Desistance," and "Young People in Criminal Networks within Compulsive Institutional Care: Challenges and Possibilities."
