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Mikaela Magnusson
Senior Lecturer
Department of PsychologyAbout Mikaela Magnusson
Biography
- B.Sc. in Psychology, 2014
- M.Sc. in Psychology, 2016
- PhD in Psychology, 2020
- Member of the research group Criminal, Legal and Investigative Psychology (CLIP).
Teaching
Since 2018, I teach on different cognitive and legal psychology courses (undergraduate and graduate level) and supervise student theses at the Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg. My teaching areas include forensic interviewing with adult witnesses and complainants, child forensic interviewing, interrogation of suspects, false confessions, memory psychology, witness psychology, and witness identity parades. I am also responsible for different training seminars in forensic interviewing, including training in the cognitive interview technique and the strategic use of evidence technique.
Since 2022, I lecture about investigative interviewing with witnesses, complainants, and suspects and supervise student theses at the Police Program, University of Borås.
Research Area
Legal psychology, memory psychology, developmental psychology
My research mainly focus on investigative interviewing with children and adults, investigative psychology, sexual crimes against children, domestic abuse, and decision-making in legal contexts.
I have recieved several awards for my research on police interviews with preschool children, including "the PhD Award" by the European Association of Psychology and Law and "Dissertation of the Year" by the Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg.
Current research
2022-2024. Violation of children's integrity: Children's experiences and the legal handling of cases where children have witnessed crimes between relatives. Principle investigator: Mikaela Magnusson. Co-applicants: Malin Joleby, Johanna Thulin. Funded by the Crime Victim Support and Compensation Authority. The research is carried out at Barnafrid, Linköpings Universitet.
2023-2026. Child interviews with visual tools - for children in need of communicative support. Principle investigator: Sara Landström. Co-applicant: Mikaela Magnusson. Funded by the Crime Victim Support and Compensation Authority
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The violation of a child’s integrity – how to ensure the rights of
children.
Sandra Skoog, Anna Nelsson, Mikaela Magnusson, Malin Joleby
the World Congress of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN) - 2024 -
White paper on forensic child interviewing: research-based recommendations by the European Association of Psychology and
Law
Korkman, Otgaar, Geven, Bull, Cyr, Hershkowitz, Mäkelä, Mattison, Milne, Santtila, van Koppen, Memon, Danby, Filipovic, Garcia, Gewehr, Gomes Bell, Järvilehto, Kask, Körner, Lacey, Lavoie, Mikaela Magnusson, Miller, Pakkanen, Peixoto, Perez, Pompedda, Su, Sumampouw, van Golde, Waterhouse, Zappala, Volbert
Psychology, Crime and Law - 2024 -
Challenges, possibilities, and tensions when investigating child sexual abuse against
preschoolers
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg
Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children Institutional Tensions in Nordic and European Barnahus Models - 2024 -
Swedish interpreters' views and experiences of interpreting child forensic
interviews.
Linnea Koponen, Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg
Child abuse & neglect - 2024 -
Swedish Courts’ Evaluations of Interpreter-Mediated Child Investigative
Interviews
Emelie Ernberg, Charlotte Löfgren, Linnea Koponen, Mikaela Magnusson
Child Maltreatment - 2023 -
Swedish police officers' strategies when interviewing suspects who decline to answer
questions
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Pär-Anders Granhag, Lina Nyström, Timothy Luke
Legal and Criminological Psychology - 2023 -
Barnfridsbrottet – ett straffrättsligt skydd för barn som har bevittnat
våld
Mikaela Magnusson, Sandra Skoog
Barnläkaren - 2022 -
“It doesn't work at all, that's my experience”: Swedish forensic interviewers' views on interpreter-mediated child
interviews
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Linnea Koponen, Sara Landström
International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect - 2022 -
What Is a child-appropriate interview? Interaction between child witnesses and police
officers
Annika Melinder, Mikaela Magnusson, Livia Gilstrap
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice - 2021 -
Swedish and Norwegian Police Interviewers' Goals, Tactics, and Emotions When Interviewing Suspects of Child Sexual
Abuse
Mikaela Magnusson, Malin Joleby, Timothy Luke, Karl Ask, Marthe Lefsaker Sakrisvold
Frontiers in Psychology - 2021 -
The effects of drawing on preschoolers' statements about experienced and non‐experienced
events
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Malin Joleby, Lucy Akehurst, Julia Korkman, Karl Ask
Applied Cognitive Psychology - 2021 -
Preschoolers' true and false reports: Comparing effects of the Sequential Interview and NICHD
protocol
Mikaela Magnusson, Malin Joleby, Emelie Ernberg, Lucy Akehurst, Julia Korkman, Sara Landström
Legal and Criminological Psychology - 2021 -
When a different perspective and contextual knowledge change the conclusions: Commentary on Baugerud et al.
(2020)
Annika Melinder, Mikaela Magnusson, Karl Ask, Livia Gilstrap, Sara Landström
Applied Cognitive Psychology - 2021 -
Förhör med
barn
Sara Landström, Julia Korkman, Mikaela Magnusson
Handbok i rättspsykologi (andra upplagan) - 2021 -
Förhör med vittnen och
målsägande
Sara Landström, Mikaela Magnusson
Handbok i rättspsykologi (andra upplagan) - 2021 -
Förhör med
misstänkt
Pär-Anders Granhag, Mikaela Magnusson
Handbok i Rättspsykologi - 2021 -
Forensic interviewers' experiences of interviewing children of different
ages
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Lucy Akehurst
Psychology, Crime and Law - 2020 -
Can rapport building strategies, age, and question type influence preschoolers’ disclosures of adult
wrongdoing?
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Malin Joleby, Lucy Akehurst
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology - 2020 -
Interviewing preschoolers: Facilitators and barriers for young children's legal
testimony
Mikaela Magnusson
2020 -
Prosecutors’ experiences investigating alleged sexual abuse against
preschoolers
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Psychology, Crime and Law - 2020 -
Maybe you can draw it? The effects of using drawings during investigative interviews with
preschoolers
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Malin Joleby, Lucy Akehurst, Julia Korkman
The 15th Meeting of the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law, Tallinn, Estonia, September 27-28, 2019 - 2019 -
Is a friendly interview always a friendly
one?
Annika Melinder, Mikaela Magnusson, Livia L Gilstrap
19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology in Athens, Greece (29/8 - 1/9 -19) - 2019 -
Does a longer rapport-building phase improve preschoolers’ witness capabilities during investigative
interviews?
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Malin Joleby, Lucy Akehurst, Julia Korkman
2019 Annual conference of the European association of psychology and law abstract book - 2019 -
Criminal investigations involving preschoolers: Children’s disclosures during the preschool
years
Mikaela Magnusson
2019 -
Taking the stand: Defendant statements in court cases of alleged sexual abuse against infants, toddlers and
preschoolers
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Pär-Anders Granhag
Psychology, Crime and Law - 2018 -
Prosecutors’ experiences investigating alleged sexual abuse against
preschoolers
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law 26-29 juni 2018 - 2018 -
Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse Cases Involving Preschool-Aged Children: A Study of Swedish Cases from 2010 to
2014
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse - 2018 -
Court evaluations of young children's testimony in child sexual abuse
cases
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Inga Tidefors
Legal and Criminological Psychology - 2018 -
Do you remember the smell? Examining odour cues on witness
memory
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Oral presentation at the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) conference. Turku, Finland: 27 June - 2018 -
Förskolebarn som målsäganden: Utmaningar och nya
verktyg
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg
Barnrättsdagarna 2018 Tema: Alla barns rätt till jämnlika uppväxtvilkor. Örebro, Sverige: 24-25 April 2018 - 2018 -
Preschoolers’ disclosures of child sexual abuse: Examining corroborated cases from Swedish
courts
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect - 2017 -
Smell and tell: Strategically using odours to facilitate communication during witness
interviews
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Nordic Psychology - 2017 -
Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer
Skills?
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
In-Mind - 2017 -
Förhör med
misstänkt
Pär-Anders Granhag, Mikaela Magnusson
Eriksson, Å. & Sturidsson, K (red.) Klinisk forensisk psykologi - 2017 -
Åtal vid misstänkta sexualbrott mot
förskolebarn
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Inga Tidefors
Brottsoffermyndighetens Viktimologiska Forskarkonferens 2017. Stockholm: 21 november - 2017 -
Sexualbrott mot förskolebarn - i
domstol
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström, Pär-Anders Granhag
Brottsoffermyndighetens viktimologiska forskarkonferens 2017. Stockholm: 21 november - 2017 -
Preschoolers’ disclosures of a secret: Examining effects of question type and rapport building
strategies
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Lucy Akehurst, Emelie Ernberg
13th Meeting of the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law. Katowice, Poland: 22-23 september - 2017 -
Child
disclosures
Mikaela Magnusson
Baker B., Minhas R., & Wilson L. (Eds.). Psychology & Law Factbook - 2017 -
Interviewing children using the Extended Forensic
Evaluation
Mikaela Magnusson
In, S. Landström (red.), Interviewing Child Witnesses: Proceedings of the 2016 theoretical course. - 2017 -
Children in the legal system:
Norway
Mikaela Magnusson
In, S. Landström (red.), Interviewing Child Witnesses: Proceedings of the 2016 theoretical course. - 2017 -
Minnepsykologi, ulike påvirkningsfaktorer og minnestimulerende
avhørstekniker
Mikaela Magnusson
KRIPOS (The National Criminal Investigation Service) Nasjonal Etterforskingskonferanse 2017 - 2017 -
Child sexual abuse investigations involving preschool-aged complainants: Which cases are
prosecuted?
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
The European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) conference - 2017 -
Admitting sexual abuse against infants and preschoolers: Defendant statements in Swedish court
cases
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
The European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) conference. Menchen, Belgium: 28-31 May - 2017 -
Preschoolers' disclosures of child sexual abuse: A multiple-case
study
Mikaela Magnusson
Brottsoffer i fokus: de vinnande bidragen i Brottsoffermyndighetens uppsatstävling 2017 - 2017 -
Preschoolers’ disclosures of child sexual abuse: Examining corroborated cases from Swedish
courts
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
12th Meeting of the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law, September 2016, Uppsala - 2016 -
Förhör med förskolebarn i
polisutredningar
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
Brottsoffermyndighetens viktimologiska forskarkonferens - 2016 -
Preschoolers' Disclosures of Sexual Abuse: A Multiple-Case
Study
Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
The 9th annual conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG), London, United Kingdom, June 22-24, 2016 - 2016 -
Sexual abuse cases in Swedish courts – what is required from preschoolers as
witnesses?
Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Inga Tidefors
The 9th annual conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG), London, United Kingdom, June 22 - 24 2016 - 2016 -
Looking Closer at the Emotional Child Victim Effect: Eye Tracking and Camera
Perspectives
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
The 11th meeting of the Nordic Network for Research on Psychology and Law (NNPL), Reykjavik (Iceland), October 30-31, 2015 - 2015 -
Looking Closer at the Emotional Child Victim Effect: Eye Tracking and Camera
Perspectives
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström
European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) + World Conference, August 4-7 2015, Nuremberg - 2015 -
Smell and Tell: Evoking Past Memories Using a Vanilla
Odor
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Emma Roos Af Hjelmsäter
The 10th meeting of the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law (NNPL), Oslo, Norway, November 7-8, 2014 - 2014 -
Smell and Tell: Evoking Past Memories Using a Vanilla
Odour
Mikaela Magnusson, Sara Landström, Emma Roos Af Hjelmsäter
The 7th annual conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG). Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 June 2014 - 2014