Scientific Publications in Sociology and Social Work
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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 ... -
Uniformity Dressed as Diversity? Reorienting female associate professors
(Chapter, 2022)The Norwegian Research Council has, via the research programme Balanse Programmet, funded research as well as practice-oriented initiatives for increasing the representation of women in research leadership positions (Lund, ... -
Professorkvalifiseringens affektive økonomi. Styring, følelser og motstand
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Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study investigates how far the nuclear family—in terms of entering cohabitation and marriage and having a first and second child—affects religious salience, religious attendance, and activity in religious organizations. ... -
Exploring the Local Context from Multiple Perspectives
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Comparing deep-end confinement in England & Wales and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Extreme forms of custody represent the boundary points of state power. The configuration of the most restrictive corners of prison systems, and what goes on within them, is highly instructive in exposing the objectives, ...
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