{"id":20212,"date":"2026-09-22T20:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sociology.kpi.ua\/?page_id=20212"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:52:07","slug":"nicolay-b-johansen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sociology.kpi.ua\/en\/faculty-members\/nicolay-b-johansen","title":{"rendered":"Nicolay B. Johansen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAdditional affiliation:<\/b> Chief advisor, ModusA (Norway)<\/p>\n

Academic degree:<\/strong> PhD.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Education: <\/b>PhD, University of Oslo, 2008.<\/p>\n

ORCID:<\/strong> https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3404-2965<\/a><\/p>\n

Research (topical) interests:<\/b>
\n\uf0a7 Democracy and transition
\n\uf0a7 Rule of Law\/Corruption
\n\uf0a7 Crime and crime control
\n\uf0a7 Social control and social theory
\n\uf0a7 Sociology of knowledge
\n\uf0a7 Marginalization and deviance<\/p>\n

Current projects:<\/b>
\n\u2022 ModusA (Norwegian foundation dedicated to providing analytical
\ncommentary on social-, penal- and drug-related issues, embedded in the
\nvalues of democracy, the rule of law and the republic of science).
\n\u2022 LovUrett \u2013 academic consulting (lovurett.no<\/a>)
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Book about the Shadow Committee.\u201d Book manuscript on the failed
\n\u201cdrug reform (2018-2021)\u201d described as \u201cthe largest social policy
\nreform of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Selected publications:<\/b>
\n2025: \u201cWho Will Watch Over the Rule of Law?\u201d. Fagbokforlaget, open
\naccess https:\/\/oa.fagbokforlaget.no\/index.php\/vboa\/catalog\/book\/79.
\nSocio-legal<\/a> reflections on \u201cthe largest rule-of-law scandal in
\nNorwegian history\u201d in a Western European perspective, with parallels
\nfrom Denmark, the Netherlands, and England.
\n2024: T\u00e5lt brutalitet? Om hva vi vet og ikke vet om mennesker med
\nnarkotikarelaterte problemer. (Accepted brutality \u2013 on what we know
\nand don\u2019t know about people suffering from drug related problems).
\nNordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2025;42(1):6-17.
\ndoi:10.1177\/14550725241288328
\n2022: Den kriminalpolitiske orden. Om forvaltningens \u00e5pne autonomi.
\n(On the penal policy complex). Retfaerd, nr. 3(173).
\n2021: Street Users in Drug Policy: On the Underestimated Role of
\nWelfare Institutions. In, Tham, H. (ed.) Retreat or entrenchment \u2013
\nDrug policies in the Nordic countries at a crossroads. Stockholm
\nUniversity press.
\n2021: The legacy of Nils Christie: Glimpses into the authorship of a
\ngiant. Nordisk tidsskrift for kriminalvidenskab.
\n2020: Editor (with Kjersti R\u00f8svik). Special issue on Durkheim. Norsk
\nsosiologisk tidsskrift. With an introduction.
\n2020: Hva er kriminalitet? (What is crime? Book in a series of \u00abshort
\nintroductions\u00bb). Universitetsforlaget.
\n2019: Skj\u00f8nn i barnevernet \u2013 mellom idealer og realiteter (Discretion
\nin child care as a prism for understanding welfare politics on the
\n\u201cstreet level\u201d.). In Aamodt, H., E. Dahl, E. Gubrium, M. Haldar og \u00c5.
\nHermansen (red.), Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. Et
\nsvar p\u00e5 velferdsstatens utfordringer? Oslo, Fagbokforlaget.
\n2018: Knowledge\/recognition: Counting and the predicament of the
\npermeable biopolitical state. Theoretical Criminology.
\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F1362480618779402<\/a>
\n2015: Det Nyliberale Janusansikt. (Punishment in the age of freedom –
\nThe janus-faced neoliberalism). Oslo, Novus Forlag.
\n2015: Controlling Roma in Norway: Governing by an administration of
\ndistance. In Eriksson, Anna (ed), Punishing the Other. Routledge.
\n2013 (Editor, with Katja Franko Aas and Thomas Ugelvik):
\nKrimmigrasjon? Den nye kontrollen av de fremmede. Oslo,
\nUniversitetsforlaget.
\n2011 (with May-Len Skilbrei): Chicagoskolens virkelige konsekvenser
\n(The real consequences of the Chicago School of Sociology \u2013
\nintroduction to special issue). Sosiologi i dag, 41(2), s 3-13.
\n2008: Sosial kontroll i byer . To tradisjoner etter Durkheim og
\nT\u00f6nnies (\u201cSocial control in cities \u2013 two traditions stemming from
\nDurkheim and T\u00f6nnies\u201d). Universitetet i Oslo, juridisk fakultet, PhD
\nthesis no. 10 2008.<\/p>\n

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