Katrine Fangen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, academic, and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | MA (Magister Artium) in Sociology PhD (Dr. Polit.) in Sociology |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo (UiO) |
| Thesis | Pride and Power: A Sociological Interpretation of Norwegian radical nationalist underground movement (2001) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) |
| Notable works | En bok om nynazister (2022) |
Katrine Fangen is a Norwegian sociologist, academic, and author. She is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo (UiO) in Norway,[1] and a Thematic Leader at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) for Ideology & Identity and Gender & Extremism research areas.[2]
Fangen's research centers on the intersections of nationalism, right-wing populism, migration and social movements. She has authored books including En bok om nynazisme, Deltagende observasjon, Identitet og praksis: etnisitet, klasse og kjønn blant somaliere i Norge, Inclusion and Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe: Barriers and Bridges, and Young Migrants: Exclusion and Belonging in Europe. For her doctoral thesis,[3] she received His Majesty the King's Gold Medal for Excellent Young Researchers from the UiO in 2000.[4]
Fangen was Chair of the Sociology Panel at the Independent Research Fund Denmark from 2022 until 2024.[5] She was a co-editor of the journal Social Inclusion from 2012 to 2016,[6] and also served as the editor of the Nordic Journal of Youth Research (YOUNG) from 2006 to 2019, with the role of main editor from 2014 to 2019.[citation needed]