Øyvind Bugge Solheim is a post-doc at C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo. He studies right-wing extremism on social media as part of the FREXO-project. Central questions concern the social networks of Scandinavian right-wing extremists, their ideology and their ability to mobilize followers and supporters. In his PhD he studied how terrorist attacks affect attitudes towards immigration and immigrants. He has also worked for the secretary to valglovutvalget, the Norwegian Election Act Commission, which presented it’s report (NOU:2020: 6 Frie og hemmelige valg — Ny valglov) on May 27, 2020.
PhD in Political Science, 2019
University of Oslo
MA in Political Science, 2013
University of Oslo
BA in History, 2011
University of Oslo
BA in International Studies, 2009
University of Oslo