Jenny Skrifvars is a postdoctoral researcher within the network. She defended her doctoral thesis on investigating and improving the quality of Finnish asylum interviewing and decision-making practices in October 2024. As part of her doctoral research, she and her team developed and evaluated a novel training program in investigative interviewing and legal psychology for asylum officials in Finland. Jenny’s current research interests include improving interviewing strategies in asylum interviews, focusing specifically on rapport- and trust building, as well as efficient instructing of the applicant. Other research interests include interviewer training, cross-cultural decision-making, and credibility assessments in the asylum context. Jenny is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a specialist in Forensic Psychology.
