Scientific Publications in Sociology and Social Work: Recent submissions
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From Subordinates to Superheroes? Comics in Christian Magazines for Children and Youth in Norway
(Chapter, 2023)How do religious organizations use comics to communicate religion to children and youth? This chapter examines comics in two different Norwegian religious magazines for children: Blåveisen (Hepatica) and Barnas (The ... -
Bruddlinjer som utgangspunkt for analysearbeid i institusjonell- etnografisk utforsking
(Chapter, 2023)In this chapter, we use material from two research projects to show how institutional ethnography’s sensitivity toward disjunctures has put us as researchers on the trail of everyday life problematics. In institutional ... -
The nonhuman condition: Radical democracy through new materialist lenses
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Problemer, taushet og tiltak. Om hvordan fastleger og regjeringen fremstiller problemene med fastlegeordningen for eldre pasienter med rusproblemer og psykiske lidelser
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Fastlegeordningen er verdsatt og har bred oppslutning, men en anerkjent svakhet er at den ikke ivaretar personermed rusproblemer og psykiske lidelser godt nok. Dette gjelder særlig de eldre pasientene. Regjeringens ... -
Reconfiguring the use of video in qualitative research through practices of filmmaking: A post-qualitative cinematic analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The article shows how film can disrupt human-centred discourses about the use of video technology in qualitative research. Inspired in particular by Deleuze's film philosophy, a detailed analysis of an “ordinary” event in ... -
Performances of Death: Hunger Strikes, Discipline, and Democracy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Hunger striking is a form of protest that escapes conventional forms of political participation. I argue that as a spectacular performance of death, the hunger strike not only draws attention to a particular cause or exert ... -
Sustainable development discourse and development aid in Germany: tracking the changes from environmental protectionism towards private sector opportunities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)‘Sustainable Development’ can be understood as a widely used discourse that has become even more prominent since the publication of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in 2015. In this paper we analyze the way ... -
Guarding the borders of the Norwegian welfare state. How NAV employees decide on social assistance for unemployed Polish migrants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this article, I focus on social relations and institutional logics to explore how street-level bureaucrats in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) assess unemployed Polish migrants’ entitlement to social ... -
Economic composition and income volatility of Norwegian low-income families – a mixed method study of its implications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: There is a growing amount of research literature documenting increasing social inequality and an increase in the number of children growing up in families with persistently low income in all Scandinavian ... -
Hva med oss andre som bor her? Om fosterforeldres barn og deres erfaringer
(Book, 2023)This book sheds light on the foster carers’ own children and their perspectives on growing up with foster siblings. The complex and multifaceted relationship between foster children and biological children in foster families ... -
Not by the book: the teaching of history in Norwegian kindergartens
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article reports a local study of the presence of history as a subject in the kindergartens of Kristiansand, a municipality in southern Norway. There is no syllabus for history in the national curriculum; nevertheless, ... -
Forhandlinger Med Omkostninger. Muslimske Foregangskvinner i Den Norske Offentligheten.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The last few years an increasing number of Muslim women have found a clear voice in the public sphere in Norway. Research into Islam confirms that Muslims, especially Muslim women, are presented in media in a way ... -
Nethnography and Social Network Analysis for Studying Online Social Space
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)This chapter contributes to the current methodological debate on digital, internet-based studies in social research. Based upon an introductive analysis of the research's perspectives, trajectories, and stages that have ... -
The construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper explores how kindergarten teachers relate to the concept of safety in the integration of refugee children. My research findings reveal that the concept of safety, or trygghet in Norwegian, is understood as ... -
Written corrective feedback in the lower secondary EFL classroom: exploring questions of what, how and why in observed and self-reported teacher practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)For decades, scholarly debates have been concerned with the effect of corrective feedback (CF), both written and oral, on L2 language development. Much of the research that supports written corrective feedback (WCF) comes ... -
The development of sentence complexity in the writing of young learners of L3 Spanish in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article explores the development of sentence complexity in the writing of young learners of Spanish as the third language (L3) learned in Norwegian schools. Learning to write in a foreign language is a complex process, ... -
Mind the gap! rom traditional and instrumental approaches of source evaluation towards source consciousness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article gives a critical review and investigation of traditional generic ways of teaching source evaluation and source criticism. Furthermore, it aims to investigate a new approach to address this area of information ... -
Getting to Know You – Supporting Research Through Communication and Collaboration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background. Communication and collaboration are important skills for academic librarians offering research support. When everyday meetings are not possible, as during the Covid-19 pandemic, academic librarians are forced ... -
The New Patterns study: coordinated measures to combat child poverty
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Child poverty rates are rising in Norway with potential negative consequences for children. Services for families with low income are often fragmented and poorly integrated, and few coordinated initiatives have ... -
The construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper explores how kindergarten teachers relate to the concept of safety in the integration of refugee children. My research findings reveal that the concept of safety, or trygghet in Norwegian, is understood as ...