Tore Bjørgo (born May 25, 1958) is a Norwegian

social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...

and expert on the extreme right, and is

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at the

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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 The Norwegian Police University College (; PHS) is a public university college located in Oslo, Kongsvinger, Stavern and Bodø, Norway. It offers education for the police force of Norway, including a three-year basic education and four Master's ...

. He is a specialist in

political extremism Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". The term is primarily used in a political or religious sense to refer to an ideology that is considered (by the speaker or by some implied shar ...

and

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

, racist and right-wing

violence Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence a ...

, delinquent youth

gang A gang is a social group, group or secret society, society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over Wiktionary:territory#Noun, territory in a ...

s, and international crime.

Background

A social anthropologist by training, he received his cand.polit. graduate degree in

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from the

in 1987. In 1997 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Social Science from the

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in the

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, where he was a research associate from 1991 to 1997. His doctoral dissertation, ''Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, Perpetrators, and Responses'', was published by Tano Aschehoug. A major thesis in his dissertation is that individuals become radicalized and racized ''after'' entering a racist environment (i.e., people do not enter a racist environment ''because'' they were racists in the first place). From 1983 to 2004, Dr. Bjørgo worked as a researcher at the

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(NUPI); initially a Scientific Assistant, he was later promoted to Senior Researcher (1998–2004) and Research Professor (2004–2015). Since 2002, he has been the Coordinator of NUPI's ''Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime''
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. Dr. Bjørgo joined the

in 2004, where he served as a professor of

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(May 2004 to February 2016) as well as Research Director (February 2005 to June 2007). He was a visiting

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at the

John Jay College of Criminal Justice The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts col ...

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, in the fall of 2014. Dr. Bjørgo is currently a

at the

, where he is the director of the ''Center for Extremism Research: Right-Wing Extremism, Hate Crime and Political Violence'' (C-RE
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Publications

Dr. Bjørgo has authored or edited nine books as well as hundreds journal articles and reports; a list of all works can be found i
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The following is a selection of monographs and edited volumes.

Selected bibliography

* 1993: Bjørgo, T., and Heradstveit, D. ''Politisk terrorisme'' 'Political Terrorism'' Oslo, Norway: Norges forskningsråd. * 1995: Bjørgo, T. (ed.) ''Terror from the Extreme Right.'' New York, NY: Routledge.
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* 1997: Bjørgo, T. ''Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia: Patterns, Perpetrators, and Responses.'' (Doctoral Dissertation). Oslo, Norway: Tano Aschehoug. * 1998: Kaplan, J., and Bjørgo, T. (ed.) '' Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture.'' Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.
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* 1999: Bjørgo, T., and Carlsson, Y. ''Vold, rasisme og ungdomsgjenger: Forebygging og bekjempelse'' 'Violence, Racism and Youth: Prevention and Combat'' Oslo, Norway: Tano Aschehoug. * 2005: Bjørgo, T. (ed.) ''Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward.'' New York, NY: Routledge.
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* 2009: Bjørgo, T., and Horgan, J. (eds.) ''Leaving Terrorism Behind: Individual and Collective Disengagement.'' New York, NY: Routledge.
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* 2013: Bjørgo, T. ''Strategies for Preventing Terrorism.'' New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
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References

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