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Solveig Laugerud is an active Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Law. She works within the EVIDENTLY RAPE convergence environment funded by UIO:Life Science and leads the research project 'Contesting matters of facts in rape trials.' Previously, she has been a guest researcher at Berkeley Law's Center for the Study of Law and Society and worked at both the Centre for Gender Research and the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies.
Dr. Laugerud's research focuses on knowledge production and use at the intersection of law, science, and technology in relation to institutional responses to crime victims, particularly victims of sexual violence, domestic violence, and terror. As a sociolegal scholar inspired by science and technology studies (STS) and the sociology of knowledge, she combines insights from sociolegal studies, criminology, law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, feminist theory, and gender research. Her work examines how disciplinary discourses in the legal system shape victim identity and agency, with particular attention to the increasing importance of expertise in sexual violence cases.
Analysis of her publication record from 2014-2025 reveals a consistent focus on rape cases, evidence interpretation, and victim experiences within legal systems. Her work demonstrates how physical evidence transforms as it travels through the legal chain from crime scene to courtroom, and how legal professionals stabilize or challenge the meaning of evidence. She examines how victims navigate legal processes, construct narratives about their experiences, and how courts interpret victim credibility and bodily evidence.
As an educator, Laugerud teaches multiple courses including KRIM2000 (Central Theoretical Perspectives), KFL2032/4032 (Sexuality Studies and Gender), KFL2060/4060 (Gender Equality in the Nordic Countries), and specialized courses on criminological perspectives regarding gender, sexuality and violence. She is actively involved in the Research group on the Sociology of Law and participates in research ethics discussions.
