Ivar A. Fahsing

Ivar A. Fahsing (PhD) is a Detective Chief Superintendent and Associate Professor at the Norwegian Police University College. He is also a visiting professor at the Norwegian Centre of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, the University of Oslo. He was on the Advisory Council for the Principles on Effective Interviewing (The Mendez principles). He also edited the newly validated UN manual on investigative interviewing. Dr. Fahsing has published widely in investigative management and decision-making, investigative interviewing, detective expertise, knowledge management and organised crime. He is used as an expert witness in Norwegian courts. He has been involved in transformation work and training in Scandinavia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America for many years. 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 and a Core management member of the ImpleMendez EU project.