Tore Bjørgo
Tore Bjørgo | |
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| Born | May 25, 1958 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Title | Professor and Director of the Center for Extremism Research |
| Awards | Fulbright Scholar (2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden, University of Oslo |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | Terrorism, political science, criminology, sociology, police science |
| Institutions | University of Oslo; Norwegian Police University College |
| Website | https://www.phs.no/en/Researchers/tore-bjorgo/; https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/personer/vit/torebjo/ |
Tore Bjørgo (born May 25, 1958) is a Norwegian social anthropologist and expert on the extreme right, and is professor at the University of Oslo and Director of the university's Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C‑REX). He is also professor at the Norwegian Police University College. He is a specialist in political extremism and terrorism, racist and right-wing violence, delinquent youth gangs, and international crime.