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Randi Hjalmarsson received her PhD in Economics from Yale University in 2005. She was an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy from 2005 to 2009, and then a lecturer and Professor at Queen Mary University of London from 2010 to 2013. Now, she is a full Professor in Economics at the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on economics related to crime and the criminal justice system, emphasizing determinants of crime including education, military service, family, and neighborhood influences. She has studied jury composition and its impact on trial verdicts and sentencing, as well as racial biases within the criminal justice system. Her work, extensively published in leading academic journals, has been funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Swedish Research Council's Distinguished Young Researchers Program.
Administered by the Department of Political Science; focus on International Administration and Global Governance (IAGG).