I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen where I am researching sexual corruption, sex-buying behavior, and international police collaboration. In my research I use a variety of advanced methods, with a focus on experimental and survey research.

My research interest is focused on gender and politics, gender and corruption as well as gendered types of public policy.

In my dissertation, "Sex, crime and politics. How organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking" (Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg) I examine the interlinked relationship between prostitution policy, human trafficking and democratic development.

In my dissertation, "Sex, crime and politics. How organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking" (Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg) I examine the interlinked relationship between prostitution policy, human trafficking and democratic development.

I am currently debating the suggestion to decriminalize the purchase of sex in Norway in Norwegian media Klassekampen.

In collaboration with colleagues at the department I am developing the new course GOV217 Gender and Power in Contemporary Politics. I am the course convenor and I also teach at this course.

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Bjarnegård, Elin; Calvo, Dolores; Eldén, Åsa et al. (2024). Sex instead of money: Conceptualizing sexual corruption. (ekstern lenke)
• Jonsson, Maria Sofia (2023). Does criminalizing the purchase of sex reduce sex-buying? Evidence from a European survey on prostitution.. (ekstern lenke)
• Jonsson, Sofia (2018). The Complex Relationship between Police Corruption and Sex Trafficking in Origin Countries. (ekstern lenke)
• Jonsson, Sofia; Jakobsson, Niklas (2017). Is buying sex morally wrong? Comparing attitudes toward prostitution using individual-level data across eight Western European countries. (ekstern lenke)

Doktorgradsavhandling

• Jonsson, Sofia (2019). Sex, crime and politics. How organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking. (ekstern lenke)

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