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Presentation of the Research group iCrim – International Crime and Criminal Law Research, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen January 2018 History The research group was established in 2009 at the initiative of Professor Jørn Vestergaard together with a group of young scholars dedicated to research spanning across international criminal law, European criminal law, international human rights law, Danish criminal law and criminology. Staff The research group is presently managed by three tenured staff members: • Professor of Criminology Keith Hayward , • Associate Professor of Criminal Law Iryna Marchuk , and • Professor of Criminal Law Jørn Vestergaard . Professor Hayward joined the group after he was employed by the Faculty in spring of 2016, having previously worked at the University of Kent, UK. Postdoctoral researcher Artur Appazov is also part of iCRIM and is currently working on a two- year project entitled “Cybercrime: Criminal Law and the Challenges of the Digitalization Age” funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. In addition, Iryna Marchuk is currently supervising PhD scholar Aloka Wanigasuriya who is writing her PhD thesis on the local impact of the International Criminal Court by conducting empirical research in two selected countries, in which the ICC Prosecutor chose to get ahead with investigation. Also, a couple of scholars from some of the Faculty’s research centers are affiliated with the group and participate in its activities. Obviously, as a scholarly community the research group is a somewhat small entity. Despite its modest size it has a number of important functions as an organizational framework dealing with a range of important topics and issues which are not otherwise covered at the University of Copenhagen. Among the members, the group serves as an inspirational hub for sharing information and developing ideas for research and educational activities. The group is actively engaged in research and educational activities, including organizing seminars and major conferences and offering specifically tailored PhD courses. 1

Management functions at the Faculty of Law Working alongside the Dean, Keith Hayward serves as the Faculty of Law’s representative on the ‘Crime and Social Control group’ of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). Iryna Marchuk served as the Head of the Faculty’s PhD School and Research Education from July 2013 to January 2016. Currently, she is in charge of the Faculty’s undergraduate and graduate courses in the field of international criminal law. Jørn Vestergaard is in charge of the Faculty’s undergraduate and graduate courses within the field of criminal law and criminal procedure. Jørn Vestergaard served as the Faculty’s Vice Dean and as member of various boards and committees from 2006 to 2014. He previously served as Director of Studies and head of the Institute for Criminology and Criminal Law. Research topics Within the legal field , the research group is particularly active in the following research areas: • international and transnational crimes and their prosecution in international and national courts • international criminal procedure and evidence • domestic criminal law, criminal procedure and corrections • law of cybersecurity • interaction between international criminal law and international humanitarian law, public international law and human rights law • European criminal law, harmonization and mutual recognition, European Arrest Warrant, prevention of radicalization and terrorism • comparative criminal law • transitional justice Within the field of criminology , the research group is particularly active in the following research areas: • criminological theory • radicalization, extremism and the ‘terrorism-crime nexus’ • cultural criminology • spatial and environmental criminology • youth crime • urban crime, urban space, architecture and crime • documentary criminology and other forms of visual criminology 2

PhD education Within the framework of the research group, a number of PhD scholars have successfully completed their doctoral dissertations under the academic supervision of Jørn Vestergaard: • Miriam Cullen: Competing Imperatives: The United Nations Security Council and International Justice. Completed 2017. • Sabba Mirza: Æresrelaterede forbrydelser (Honor related crimes). Completed 2017. • Artur Appazov, “Evidentiary Reliability in Admissibility of Expert Evidence in International Criminal Proceedings”, completed 2014. • Louise Victoria Johansen: Straffesagers forløb i lyset af tiltaltes sociale og personlige baggrund (Criminal processes in the light of pre-sentencing reports). Completed 2012. • Jakob Schiøler: Fuldbyrdelse af fængselsstraf (Execution of imprisonment). Completed 2011. • Iryna Marchuk, “Reconciliation of Major Legal Systems Under the Umbrella of International Criminal Law : A Study on the Law on Mens Rea”, completed in 2011. The members of the group have organized a number of PhD courses at the Faculty of Law: • JurForsk Conference “Doctoral Education in Law: Perspectives and Challenges”, Danish Legal Research Education Program, 9-10 November 2016 (organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “Introduction to Academic Legal Writing” in cooperation with JurForsk, Danish Legal Research Education Program, 29 March-2 April 2016 (organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “Introduction to Methodology and Research Methods in Law”, 9-10 November 2015 (organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “European Criminal Justice – Trends and Research Methodology”, 1-2 October 2015 (organized by Jørn Vestergaard). • Course in PhD Supervision in cooperation with the Faculty of Social Sciences, 22 May 2015 & 8 June 2015 (co-organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “Introduction to Academic Legal Writing”, 4-5 November 2014 (organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “Introduction to Methodology and Research Methods in Law”, 20-21 October 2014 (organized by Iryna Marchuk). • “Research Methods and trends in International Law and Justice”, 24-25 October 2013 (organized by Iryna Marchuk & Jørn Vestergaard). Seminars and roundtables The research group stages a number of lunch seminars for students, faculty members, and other interested parties. Among the subjects for recent seminars have been the following: • “Investigating and prosecuting International Crimes and Alternative Justice Mechanisms” (guest PhD fellow Jacopo Roberti di Sarsina, University of Trento) • “Etiology of International Terrorism” (Postdoc Marina Aksenova & Keith Hayward) • “Foreign Terrorist Fighters” (Jørn Vestergaard & Keith Hayward) • “Cybercrime” (Postdoc Artur Appazov) • “Conflict Resolution in Ukraine: Moving From a Dead Point” (Iryna Marchuk) 3

Major Conferences • “Terrorism, Crime, Culture”, 5-6 October 2017 (organized by Keith Hayward): http://jura.ku.dk/english/calendar/2017/terrorism-crime-culture/ • “European Criminal Law and Justice – Problems and Prospects”, 30 September 2015 (organized by Jørn Vestergaard): http://jura.ku.dk/icrim/english/calendar/european-criminal-law-and-justice/ These international conferences had papers presented by leading international researchers and were attended by scholars as well as state officials and civil society representatives, thereby bringing researchers and practitioners and other relevant parties in closer contact and heightening the knowledge level for both. Both conferences had more than 100 participants. External funding Artur Appazov: After submitting his PhD thesis in 2016 on Expert Evidence in International Criminal Justice, Artur Appazov moved on to the area of cybercrime and succeeded in obtaining a postdoctoral fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation. In 2016 he was nominated and became a runner up for a five year interdisciplinary Pro Futura Scientia Scholarship supported by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The focus of his research is currently on effective regulation and ordering of social behaviour in the digital environment. Selected publications 2016-2018 Keith Hayward: Hayward, K. J. (2018) Cultural Criminology , (Four volume edited collection) Critical Concepts in Criminology Series (London: Routledge). Ferrell, J and Hayward, K. J (2018) ‘Cultural criminology continued’, in P. Carlen and L. Ayres França (eds) Alternative Criminologies , London: Routledge. Hayward, K. J (2017) ‘Documentary criminology: a cultural criminological introduction’, in M. Brown and E. Carrabine (eds) Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology , Abingdon: Routledge. Hayward, K. J and Ilan, J (2017) ‘Cultural criminology’, in A. Brisman, E. Carrabine, and N. South (eds) The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts , London: Routledge. Ferrell, J and Hayward, K. J (2017) ‘Cultural criminologia continued’, in P. Carlen and L. Ayres França (eds) Criminologias Alternativas , Porto Alegre: Canal Cien Criminais. Ferrell, J and Hayward, K. J and Brown, M (2017) ‘Cultural Criminology’, in M. Brown (ed) The Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture , Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hayward, K. J and Smith, O (2017) ‘Crime and consumer culture’, in The Oxford Handbook of Criminology , A. Liebling, S. Maruna, and L. McAra (eds) Sixth Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 4