• Coping with Covid-19. Dugnad: A case of the moral premise of the Norwegian welfare state 

  Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Skarpenes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Purpose This paper provides an analysis of the notion of dugnad (collective effort) in the context of the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Norway. By appealing to people's sense of collective effort (dugnadsånd) ...

• Gården som alternativ læringsarena for elever på ungdomstrinnet 

  Kjenes Arnesen, Siv Merete (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 497, Doctoral thesis, 2024)

  Den overordnede problemstillingen som jeg svarer på i mitt avhandlingsarbeid er: Hvordan erfarer elever på 9. og 10. trinn, skoleansatte og gårdbrukere, gård– skole-tilbud? Enkelte elever som har utfordringer med ...

• Menneskerettigheter som begynneropplæring i samfunnsfag – forenklet eller for enkelt? 

  Hidle, Kari-Mette Walmann; Rosenberg, Anette Ringen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Menneskerettighetene har en sentral rolle i skolefaget samfunnsfag, og kapitlet diskuterer det faglige innholdet i tre læreverks behandling av menneskerettigheter på første og andre trinn. Analysen tar utgangspunkt i seks ...

• Forenkling og kompleksitet: Bærekraft og samfunnsfagene i norsk skole 

  Sæther, Elin; Hidle, Kari-Mette Walmann (Journal article, 2022)

  Samfunnsfagene i norsk skole har fått nye læreplaner gjennom Kunnskapsløftet 2020 (LK20). I dette læreplanverket har bærekraftig utvikling blitt sentralt, både som et tverrfaglig tema og som et kjerneelement ...

• Mothering Practices in Cambodia: Making Sense of Physical Disciplining 

  Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Dulieu, Nicole; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian ...

• Barnets beste: Barnevernets formål i spenningen mellom individuelle og relasjonelle hensyn. 

  Eide, Solveig Botnen (Chapter, 2020)

  Barnets beste er et sentralt prinsipp i barnevernets verdigrunnlag, et prinsipp som ligger tett opptil barnevernets mandat om å verne barn. Målgruppe er barn i utsatte posisjoner. Vi skal se at barnets beste er retningsgivende ...

• Kjønnede hverdagsliv og likestillingsutfordringer på Agder. Regionale særtrekk og variasjoner i landsdelen 

  Magnussen, May-Linda (Chapter, 2020)

  Helt siden Statistisk sentralbyrå (heretter SSB) lanserte sin likestillingsindeks i 1999, har Agder kommet dårlig ut på statistikk som har som formål å måle grad av kjønnslikestilling på ulike områder, sammenlignet med ...

• Hva, hvordan, hvorfor? En studie av norske lærere og elevers erfaringer med lekser i samfunnsfag 

  Trysnes, Irene; Skjølberg, Katja Haaversen-Westhassel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The issue of homework is highly debated in both Norwegian and international context. The effect of homework is disputed among researchers. Some argue that students achieve increased learning outcomes from spending time on ...

• The clash of cultures: Individualization and standardization in education 

  Skarpenes, Ove; Hidle, Kari-Mette Walmann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  In this essay, we argue that pupils in compulsory school education seem to be exposed to conflicting pressures from an (internal) tendency towards individualisation and an (external) tendency towards standardisation. Drawing ...

• Parallax Theology: Reframing Compensation Theodicy 

  Shammas, Victor Lund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The reality of suffering and the existence of natural and moral evils appear to present significant obstacles to the doctrine of God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence. Theodicy is an attempt to resolve the ...

• “Hot Case-workers and Squint-eyed Whores” - Sexual Harassment of Norwegian Social- and Health Care Students in Practical Training 

  Trysnes, Irene; Furrebøe, Elise Frølich; Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Einstabland, Åsta Louise; Klostergaard, Claudia; Jørstad, Hanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Sexual harassment is a societal challenge. Youth, women, students, and health care professionals are some of the groups most at risk for experiencing sexual harassment. In this study, we examine how higher education ...

• Knowledge Transfer 

  Alhassan, Alhassan Yakubu; Ruser, Alexander (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)

  In modern “knowledge societies” (Stehr 1994), knowledge is increasingly depicted as essential for economic growth and social and political inclusion. Consequentially, training and research facilities such as schools and ...

• From Subordinates to Superheroes? Comics in Christian Magazines for Children and Youth in Norway 

  Trysnes, Irene (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 

  Bertelsen, Bård; Lund, Janne (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 

  Asenbaum, Hans; Machin, Amanda Margaret; Gagnon, Jean-Paul; Leong, Diana; Orlie, Melissa; Smith, James Louis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

• Problemer, taushet og tiltak. Om hvordan fastleger og regjeringen fremstiller problemene med fastlegeordningen for eldre pasienter med rusproblemer og psykiske lidelser 

  Briseid, Kristin Margrete; Madsen, Linda (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 

  Menning, Soern Finn; Murris, Karin (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 

  Machin, Amanda Margaret (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 

  Schojan, Fabio; Machin, Amanda Margaret; Silberberger, Magdalene (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 

  Synnes, Katrine Mayora (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 ...

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