ABOUT

Ivar Fahsing
Detective and Forensic Pyschologist

Ivar A. Fahsing (PhD) is a former Detective Chief Superintendent and Associate Professor at the Norwegian Police University College. He is a visiting professor at the Norwegian Centre of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, and the University of Oslo. He has 15 years of experience as a senior detective in the Oslo Police Department and at the National Criminal Investigation Service of Norway. He is also Vice-President of the Law Division of the Global Listening Centre. Twenty years ago, he was a central figure behind the reform of the Norwegian Police's interview and interrogation methods - now he is involved in doing the same on the global stage.  His doctoral research, "The Making of an Expert Detective," contributed to an entirely new mindset among Norwegian detectives - this work has also taken on a global scale. Currently, he is co-authoring the UNPOL manual on investigative interviewing and the new UNODC e-learning programme on investigative interviewing. He was also a member of the Advisory Council for the Principles on Effective Interviewing (also known as the Mendez principles). Dr Fahsing has published widely in the fields of investigative management and decision-making, investigative interviewing, detective expertise, knowledge management, and organised crime. He is utilised as an expert witness in courts. He has been involved in transformation work and training for many years, spanning Scandinavia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Brazil, and the United Nations.