

Main research areas
- Intelligence services
- Security services
- Spies
Current research and teaching
At the moment, I am doing research on Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden and whistleblowing in security and intelligence sevices. I am both a sociologist and a scholar of Intelligence.
Currently, I am teaching mainly Criminology and have previously taught Intelligence Analysis.
Media Enquiries
(Areas of expertise for journalists)
- Security services
- Intelligence services
Research environment
- Crime, Control and Culture
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
The Hyper-Secret Danish Intelligence Culture – Making sense of the Recurring Intelligence Scandals in Denmark
Alexandra Franzén
(2024) Routledge New Intelligence Studies
Book chapterBig data, big problems: Why scientists should refrain from using Google Trends
Alexandra Franzén
(2023) Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom), 66
Journal articleBrottslingar av en mycket speciell sort. : Spionskandalen som en maktkamp mellan visselblåsare, grävande journalister och underrättelsetjänster.
Alexandra Franzén
(2021) Lund Dissertations in Sociology
Dissertation”Men ÖB Bengt Gustafsson tog mig i hand och tackade.” : En jämförelse mellan Jan Guillous och Peter Bratts rättfärdiganden av IB-avslöjandet 1973 respektive 2017
Alexandra Franzén
(2020) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 122 p.333-356
Journal article