Solveig Vatnar

Solveig Vatnar
Born1968
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
AwardsRights Prize
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsOslo University Hospital
Thesis An Interactional Perspective on Help-Seeking Women Subject to intimate Partner Violence  (2009)

Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar (born 1968) is a Norwegian psychologist and violence researcher. She is a principal scientist and professor at Oslo University Hospital's center for security, prison and forensic psychiatry, and researches homicide perpetrated by intimate partners and family members. She has been a member of several royal commissions, i.e. government-appointed expert commissions.

Education and career

Vatnar earned the cand.psychol. degree (1995), is a licensed clinical psychologist and specialist in clinical psychology, and holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Oslo. Her doctoral dissertation was titled An Interactional Perspective on Help-Seeking Women Subject to intimate Partner Violence.[1]

Vatnar has been a member of several government-appointed expert commissions. In 2001 she was appointed by the King-in-Council as a member of the Royal Commission on Violence against Women that presented Norwegian Official Report NOU 2003: 31: Retten til et liv uten vold – Menns vold mot kvinner i nære relasjoner in 2003.[2] She was a member of the Royal Commission on Gun Control, appointed by the King-in-Council in 2010.[3] In 2018 she was appointed by the King-in-Council as a member of the Royal Commission on Intimate Partner Homicide.[4]

Research

Vatnar has particularly researched homicide perpetrated by intimate partners or other family members, and has been the lead researcher of several national studies on intimate partner homicides.[5] Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, she carried out a survey of all intimate partner homicides in Norway from 1990 to 2012.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Recognition

Vatnar received the Rights Prize (Rettighetsprisen) in 2022.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Disputas: Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar". University of Oslo. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ "NOU 2003: 31". Norwegian Official Report. Government of Norway.
  3. ^ "Våpenlovutvalget" [Royal Commission on Gun Control]. Government of Norway. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Partnerdrapsutvalget" [Royal Commission on Intimate Partner Homicide]. Government of Norway. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Could have foreseen many intimate partner homicides". SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Ny forskning: Nedgang i partnerdrap de siste årene". NRK. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ^ "150 partnerdrap siden 2000: – Mange drap er varslet". Verdens Gang. September 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Ingen drap hittil i 2021: – Bedre enn en kunne håpe på". Verdens Gang. March 30, 2021.
  9. ^ Wessel-Holst, Silje Førsund og Benedicte (April 28, 2020). "Når ektemenn dreper: - Jeg har møtt kvinner som har endt med å bli drept". KK.
  10. ^ "Syv kvinner drept hittil i år". Verdens Gang. April 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Adresseavisen/Politiken, Charlotte Branner (March 20, 2021). "Hver time blir seks kvinner drept av menn". Adresseavisen.
  12. ^ "Vold fortsetter etter brudd". forskning.no. July 14, 2009.
  13. ^ "To av tre på krisesenter er innvandrere". Aftenposten. August 25, 2014.
  14. ^ "Mødre mer utsatt for partnervold". TV2. July 14, 2009.
  15. ^ "Rettighetsprisen til Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar". Retrieved 7 February 2023.