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Mit arbejde bidrager til to overordnede diskussioner:
- Gennem min forskning og mine interesseaktiviteter arbejder jeg for at få menneskerettigheds- og udviklingslærde til at forstå, at de er nødsaget til at tage daglig vold i urbane områder alvorligt og se det som signifikant i sig selv. Det er i stedet for at se menneskerettighedskrænkelser som ekstraordinære former for vold mod for eksempel menneskerettighedsforkæmpere eller blot som en funktion af dårlig udvikling eller mangel på regeringsapparat.
- Gennem min forskning om bander, radikalisering og politisk beslutningstagning vil jeg bidrage til en anden tilgang i kriminel retfærdighed væk fra straf. Den nuværende quasi-dominerende tilgang er destruktiv for vores samfund og ikke blot en krænkelse af menneskerettigheds-lovovertrædere.
Research profile
My work contributes to two overarching discussions:
1. Through my research and advocacy activities I want human rights and development scholars and practitioners to understand that they need to take serious every-day, urban violence as significant in itself. That is rather rather than seeing human rights violations as extra-ordinary violations against for instance human rights defenders or as a mere function of bad development or lack of governance.
2. Through my research on gangs, radicalization and policing I want to contribute to a different approach in criminal justice away from punishment. The current, quasi-dominant approach is destructive of our society and not only a violation of the human rights offenders.
Keywords
- Sociology and Social Conditions
- Police violence
- Human rights
- Security
- gangs
- corruption
- radicalization
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Collaborations from the last five years
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RUV: Rethinking Urban Violence
Jensen, S. B. (Project Participant) & Rodgers, D. (PI)
01/07/2025 → 30/06/2028
Project: Research
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ENVIU: Environmental change and everyday violence in Uganda
Jensen, S. B. (CoI) & Martin, T. (PI)
01/04/2025 → 31/03/2029
Project: Research
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Systems, relationships and structures - making home in the margins of Freetown and London
Coetzee, N. T. (PI), Jensen, S. B. (Supervisor) & Schneider, L. (Supervisor)
01/03/2025 → 29/02/2028
Project: PhD Project
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Unpacking confined lives: Generating a global research agenda on the intersection of urban marginality, displacement, and incarceration
Jensen, S. B. (PI), Coetzee, N. T. (Project Participant), Chahabi, A. (Project Participant), Fakhoury, T. (Project Participant) & Chemlali, A. (Project Participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2029
Project: Research
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Gangs, Drug Dealing, and Criminal Governance in Marseille, France
Jensen, S. B. & Rodgers, D., 1 Aug 2025, In: European Journal of Sociology. 66, 2, p. 139-168 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Surviving in Overcome Heights: Living In and Alongside Crisis in Cape Town
Jensen, S. B. & Schneidermann, N., 18 Sept 2025, CRITICAL EXPLORATIONS OF CRISIS: Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities. Rydstrom, H., Hamza, M., Gammeltoft-Hansen, T. & Berggren, V. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 152-173 22 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication
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Violent exchange: Towards a global criminology of exchange relations in criminal justice practices
Jensen, S. B. & Johansen, M. L., 2025, In: Theoretical Criminology. p. 1-19 19 p., 13624806251380692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Comparison through Collaboration: Dilemmas and Opportunities of Joint Ethnographic Research on Gangs in Nicaragua and South Africa
Jensen, S. B. & Rodgers, D., Feb 2024, In: Current Anthropology. 65, 1, p. 49-71 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Gangs'stories: Marwan, or how to find redemption in Cape Town
Jensen, S., 2024, In: The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Open Access
Activities
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Book launch of the anthology 'Situating Displacement. Explorations of Global (Im)Mobility
Schröder, R. (Organizer), Jensen, S. B. (Organizer), Oliva, A. S. (Organizer) & Turner, S. (Participant)
23 Sept 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Department of Sociology and Social Work (Organisational unit)
Vitus, K. (Chairperson), Skovdal, M. (Vice chairperson), Dånge, L. (Member), Rytter, M. (Member), Grünenberg, K. (Member), Poulsen, S. Ø. (Member), Kohl, K. S. (Member), Shapiro, D. K. (Member), Jensen, S. B. (Member), Whyte, Z. (Member), Barghadouch, A. (Member) & Larsen, C. A. (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Memberships › Board duties in companies, associations, or public organisations
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Torture and Protection in Nairobi Workshops
Jensen, S. B. (Participant)
25 Nov 2019 → 26 Nov 2019Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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GENEALOGIES AND POSITIONALITIES OF THINKING THE STATE
Jensen, S. B. (Participant)
30 Oct 2019 → 1 Nov 2019Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Prevention of Urban Violence in Tunisia
Jensen, S. B. (Consultant)
1 Sept 2019 → 17 Oct 2019Activity: Public/private sector consultancy and other employment › Consultancy
Press/Media
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Tyfon hærger Filippinerne efter demonstrationer mod manglende klimasikring
24/09/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Steffen gik næsten i panik da han fik millioner til forskning
20/04/2024 → 24/04/2024
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Det Europæiske Forskningsråd giver million-støtte til DIGNITY's forskning i vold og indespærring
11/04/2024 → 16/04/2024
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Dansk professor var på gaden blandt franske kriminelle: »Forlod stedet, lige før det sprang i luften«
11/07/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media