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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
The construction industry in India is one of the largest sources of employment in the country, but it is weakly regulated by labour legislation. As a consequence, construction workers are hired informally, their employment ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)
Hva skjer med høyt utdannede kvinners og menns karriere- og familietilpasning når de får barn? Og hvordan kan tilpasningene forklares?<br><br>
Avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt i tre samfunnsmessige utviklingstrekk som peker ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2012)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
Den «dobbelt likestilte» arbeid-familiemodellen, der foreldre deltar likt i yrkesarbeid og familiearbeid, har høy oppslutning i Norge, og understøttes av velferdsordninger. Generelt blir fordeling av tid til yrkesarbeid ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Aims: Low socioeconomic status (SES) characterizes smoking and nicotine dependence in adult samples. However, less is known about how parental SES is linked to smoking in offspring and potential mechanisms at work.
Methods: ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Introduction: International drug policy has traditionally been based on the premise that illegal drugs are more harmful than legal substances. Here, we investigate how students in the UK and Norway now perceive possible ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
After decades of research documenting the various processes of marginalisation and exclusion immigrants experience in their European countries of residence, recent efforts have been made to explore the extent to which these ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
Research on norms regulating drunken behaviour has tended to focus on differences between different countries and cultures rather than variations within them. Here, we examine whether there are: (i) situation-specific ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
Statistics show a gap in employment rate for people with and without disabilities despite decades of disability policy promoting equal opportunities for societal participation. This thesis provides insight into what may ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
The dissertation «Defensive accountings – An ethnomethodological study of clients’ resistance practices in vocational rehabilitation practices» utilizes the methodology of ethnomethodological conversation analysis to do a ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Cities are increasingly organised according to socio-spatial divisions in which groups with similar characteristics live in the same areas. This social polarisation is associated with differences in living conditions, ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2012)
Pure idyll? The importance of consumption for rural development exemplified with local food and cabin life. Rural areas are presently facing new challenges and opportunities for development. These changes are significantly ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
Hva kjennetegner den offentlige debatten om allmennkringkasting i Norge og Sverige? Hvordan legitimerer NRK og SVT sin rolle som lisensfinansiert allmennkringkaster? Og hvilken rolle tillegges allmennkringkasting fra ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Aims: Recent research suggests that early onset of intoxication (EOI) may be of greater importance for a wide range of subsequent adverse outcomes than early drinking experiences without intoxication. However, research on ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Five institutional fields were pinpointed as the main components of a public sphere in the introductory chapter (Engelstad, Larsen, Rogstad & Steen-Johnsen, this volume). They vary significantly in their institutional ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The last two decades have seen far-reaching structural transformations in the public sphere. Few topics have attracted more attention, wild guesses, and misinterpretation, than the prospective effects of ongoing changes ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)
This dissertation assesses current patterns of socioeconomic inequalities in marriage and cohabitation along the dimensions of socioeconomic background, individual socioeconomic resources, and gender. Three broad groups ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
This thesis presents a critical assessment of community adaptation, and identifies the need to broaden the understanding of the concept of adaptation to include subjective dimensions, such as place attachment and identity. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Aktive vilkår for mottak av velferdsytelser er en felleseuropeisk trend. Dette innebærer at retten til velferdsytelser betinges av at mottaker deltar i en form for aktivitet, for eksempel arbeid for trygd (workfare), aktiv ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
Working time regulation in a comparative perspective<br><br>
Working time issues have been at the heart of political and social debates since the Industrial Revolution. This thesis examines the development of working ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2007)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
The core question of this dissertation is how conflicts between people about wildlife or nature are related to the representations they have of the natural environment. Negotiations over wolf conservation and the meaning ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This paper expands the model of rational action by introducing a new concept. rational laziness, to better understand actors’ decision making. In addition to rational information processing, human beings often rely on ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
Mediene sies å ha endret vilkårene for religion i offentligheten, fordi de former og formidler religion ut fra egne, og ikke religiøse institusjoners, formål og kriterier. Gjennom tre artikler utforsker denne avhandlingen ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Solar photovoltaic (PV) will play the leading role in addressing off‐grid electricity access; it can be applied almost anywhere and used in a wide range of applications for households, businesses, institutions and communities. ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
This thesis presents transdisciplinary research in climate change adaptation in Guatemalan coffee-producing communities, within the larger calls for transformation to sustainability. Through action research with actors in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Ecstasy pills with MDMA as the main ingredient were introduced in many European countries in the 1980s, and were often linked to the rave and club scenes. However, use gradually levelled off, in part as a ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2015)
Avhandlingen tar fraspark i den tidlige norske sosiologiske kvinneforskningen. Denne forskningen påpekte at kvinners gjøren ble studert fra menns ståsted og med begreper som var skapt i og hørte til i menns verden. Dette ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Book / Bok / PublishedVersion, 2007)
I artikkelsamlingen kan du lese om pedagogiske endringer i krysningspunktet mellom teknologi, organisering og læring. Du finner artikler fra en rekke ulike fagmiljøer som beskriver prosjekter av mange ulike slag. Erfaringene ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
High rates of part-time work have been associated with high female employment rates in the Nordic countries, except for Finland. Part-time work has played a key role in the modification of the male breadwinner gender ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background
Nondaily smoking appears to have remained stable in Western countries in recent years, alongside a steep decline in daily smoking. Nondaily smoking increases the risk of several diseases and ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
In 2000, the Chinese government initiated a campaign to develop Western China and reduce local and regional inequality. Privatisation has been a central component of the campaign. This article studies the relationship ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background: Recent studies have challenged the idea that illegal substances are necessarily associated with more harm than those that are legal. This study investigates perceived drug harm among students at the University ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
Hvordan ble 22. juli-terroren og reaksjonene på denne tolket i den norske offentligheten? Terrorangrep kan brukes til å konstruere ulike typer kollektiv identitet og tolkes på måter som skaper svært forskjellige sosiale ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Aims: Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
For en politiker hjelper det lite å ha en indre overbevisning dersom den ikke kan formidles til andre, eksempelvis i språk, tekst eller bilder. I dette kapitlet drøftes sistnevnte formidlingsform, nærmere bestemt visuell ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Married cancer patients enjoy a survival advantage, potentially attributable to better health at diagnosis, earlier contact with health personnel, and/or access to resources to ensure more optimal treatment. These mechanisms ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
As in the rest of the industrialized world, organizational changes have been increasingly frequent in the Norwegian hospital sector in recent decades. Due to an ageing population, medical advances expanding treatment ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background: Most studies show that women have considerably higher rates of sickness absence than men, but little is known on how the gender gap has developed over time. Methods: Data are taken from the EU Labour Force ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Previous research indicates that women fare less well than men on a wide range of healthrelated measures, including sickness absence from work. Possible explanations are that women have—on average—less healthy jobs than ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Korttids sykefravær, her definert som sykefravær av mindre enn én ukes varighet, er relativt lite studert. Her benytter vi data fra Statistisk sentralbyrås Arbeidskraftundersøkelser (2006–2013) til å belyse om korttidsfraværet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Using a combination of descriptive and multivariate regression methods applied on a sample survey (n=4000) conducted in Luhansk (Ukraine) during Fall 2013, this paper investigates demographic, socio-economic, housing-specific ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this paper, we use geo-coded, individual-level register data on four European countries to compute comparative measures of segregation that are independent of existing geographical sub-divisions. The focus is on ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Increased migration has changed the sociodemographic landscape in Norway, and Norwegian youth today are more diverse in terms of ethnic origin and religious affiliation. At the same time, Norwegian society has become more ...
(Book / Bok / Published version; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Samfunnsgeografi er studiet av samfunnets romlighet. Som student i samfunnsgeografi utvikler du din geografiske forestillingsevne og blir i stand til å forstå betydningen av det geografiske i samfunnet rundt deg. Denne ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
Throughout history, the introduction of new technologies has influenced economic, social, cultural, and human development. Today, the rapid development of new information and communication technologies (ICT) is changing ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
National day speeches play an explicit part in defining national identities. In this article, we examine how mayors in Norwegian municipalities reflect on Norway's increased diversity in their 17 May speeches. National day ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Rural Alaskan youth are encouraged to pursue higher education in order to enhance individual and community resilience. However, the dwindling number of youth that return to their home communities after attending post-secondary ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Hirschman’s (1970) concepts of exit, voice and loyalty can be reworked to add further nuances to the understanding of labour agency. Agency by exit is of interest in demonstrating how agency is conditioned by structures ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Based on interviews with 104 young partygoers, this article examines sexual assaults that occur in the context of festive events. Focus is on how individuals describe their sexual victimization. Three experiential ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
Menneskehandel er en form for kriminalitet det kan være særlig utfordrende å arbeide med for politiet. Mange ofre er redde for å samarbeide med politiet. Sakene er ofte vanskelige å bevise, og de kan dermed også være ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
We address a largely neglected issue in contemporary research on cultural class divisions: economic capital and its associated lifestyles and symbolic expressions. Using qualitative interviews, we explore how adolescents ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Despite the recent planetary turn that has swept through gentrification research, the theoretical barycentre remains pegged to a few strongholds located in the global north-west. Against this background, this essay offers ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This study questions the traditional story of the detachment and independence of expert bodies such as agencies, central banks and expert committees. It directs attention to the numerous institutional links with elected ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In recent scholarly debates about cultural stratification, some have argued that ‘openness’ and ‘omnivorous’ lifestyles constitute a new form of distinction. Using qualitative interviews, we address this by focusing on ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Some of the literature on newbuild gentrification (NBG) suggests that residents of neighborhoods exposed to NBG gradually become alienated from their surroundings because it erodes the sense of place, producing, as one ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Focusing on Europe, this article aims to disentangle the patterns of cultural clustering and to throw more light on concepts such as ‘civilizations’ and ‘cultural zones.’ Cross-cultural analyses unanimously find that various ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Fights are widespread in society, but for most people it happens once or twice and is not part of a consistent pattern or lifestyle. Using a narrative criminological framework, we study the stories of violence among people ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Parental sex preferences have been documented in many native populations, but much less evidence is available on immigrants’ preferences for the sexes of their children. Using high-quality longitudinal register data from ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Using data from administrative registers for the period 1970–2007 in Norway and Sweden, we investigate the intergenerational transmission of multipartner fertility. We find that men and women with half-siblings are more ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Several calls have been made by labour geographers in support for a more thorough investigation and theorization of labour as an active agent in the production of economic geographies. The present paper responds to this ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
This dissertation is a study of the reconfiguring and reconstruction of ethno-national identities, memories and belonging in the immediate aftermath of war. It is based on an ethnographic study that explores the everyday ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
We are now witnessing a radical revival in clinical research on the use of psychedelics (e.g. LSD and psilocybin), where ‘mystical’ experiences are at the centre. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 50 psychedelic drug ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Avtradisjonalisering er et kjennetegn ved senmoderne samfunn. Utviklingen i ekteskapsinstitusjonen speiler avtradisjonaliseringsprosesser: ekteskapsratene går ned, samboerskap er blitt vanlig, flere barn fødes utenfor ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Problem behaviour in schools may have detrimental effects both on students' well‐being and academic achievement. A large literature has consistently found that school‐wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) successfully ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The European Union (EU) is considered to be a unique economic and political union that integrates most European countries. This article focuses on the cultural aspect of European integration, which has been increasingly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The article connects the fields of work/non-work research with the research on social integration of migrants. It is based on in-depth interviews with foreign physicians in the south of Sweden which explored their work/non-work ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
With about 2.7 million nationals residing elsewhere in the European Economic Area, Poland was the second largest country of origin of all intra-European migrants in 2018. After the country’s accession to the European Union ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
[...] The chapter will be start out with a brief review of relevant academic scholarship on domestic work, with a particular focus on how this literature has framed domestic worker mobilities, on the one hand, and the role ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport / PublishedVersion, 2019)
The paper compares two prominent approaches to global gender justice; Alison Jaggar’s ‘distributive’ approach and Nancy Fraser’s ‘participatory’ approach. It argues that both theories have contributed valuably to develop ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Norway’s first clinic to treat drug abuse was established in 1961. Most patients had been initiated into drug use through the healthcare system, i.e., in an iatrogenic manner. However, we know little about the drug users ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This chapter offers a systematic review of social science research in Norway on ethnic inequalities in education, from the period 1980–2017. Three broad research traditions are identified: (1) Ethnic inequalities in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The two parts of the gender revolution have been evolving side by side at least since the 1960s. The fi rst part, women’s entry into the public sphere, proceeded faster than the second part, men’s entry into the private ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
I Norge møter innvandrere en samfunnsmodell med en særegen kobling mellom arbeidsliv, familieliv og velferdsstat. De møter også en normativ forventning om at kvinner skal delta i arbeidslivet. Temaet for avhandlingen er ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article supplements the limited research on the monarchy by highlighting the symbolic and cultural value of Norway’s Royal House in nation-building. To maintain his unifying and non-partisan role, the king must balance ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Childbearing outside of marriage has increased drastically in recent decades. However, the existing explanations for this development are not coherent. Proponents of the Second Demographic Transition framework view the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Systematic comparisons of fertility developments based on education, gender and country context are rare. Using harmonized register data, we compare cohort total fertility and ultimate childlessness by gender and educational ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The present paper aims to unearth the rudiments of an alternative theory of action in Weber. Centring on salient descriptions of scientific practice found in Weber, I argue that one finds so-called “relational” impulses ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
In contemporary society, the internet has become the most widely used source of information about illicit drugs and their use. Within online drug-related discussion forums, large groups of anonymous members interact, gather ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Vacancy chain theory suggests that mobility opportunities spread within and between specific states, typically flowing from attractive to less attractive units, with households moving in the opposite direction. We explore ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
Prevention of radicalization and violent extremism is a concern for most liberal democracies. This is a study of a preventive initiative called the Tolerance Project (TP), which aims to reduce recruitment to extreme ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This chapter reviews the factors underlying the rapid emergence and subsequent narrowing of the Soviet-made housing shortage (i.e. the rise and slow demise of underurbanisation) in the Baltics, corroborating the analysis ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Siden palestinernes president Mahmoud Abbas forlot 2010-forhandlingene, har Israels statsminister gjentatte ganger invitert ham tilbake til forhandlingsbordet så lenge alle betingelser legges til side. Men «ingen betingelser» ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The sharing economy is a fast-growing and heavily debated phenomenon. This study provides an overview of motivations of people willing to participate in different forms of the sharing economy. A survey was held amongst ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Most understandings of the ways classes become social groupings centre on processes of mobility closure whereby mutual appreciation and recognition within classes arise from homogenous experiences over time. The mapping ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Terrorist attacks are known to influence public opinion. But do they also change behaviour? We address this question by comparing the results of two identical randomized field experiments on ethnic discrimination in hiring ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Recent research suggests that inner-city parents have become more loyal to urban living. If this is true, it is certainly good news for compact-city policies, which incorporate residential stability as part of the package. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Examining the boundaries of state–society–citizen–environment after the federal restructuring in Nepal, we ask how do people claim authority or citizenship rights? We theorise state power through the socio-environmental ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Aims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes toward women’s than toward men’s ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Evidence from many countries show that public sector employees have considerably higher rates of absenteeism than have private sector employees. Based on regression analyses of a large probability sample of the Norwegian ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
This article-based doctoral thesis aims to contribute to the multifaceted debate on economic development, interests and power in China–Africa cooperation, through a qualitative study of Chinese activities in the Mozambican ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Colombian Law 1448 of 2011, known as the Victims’ Law, addresses the issue of internal displacement and land dispossession caused by the armed conflict. The law aims to help internally displaced people (IDPs) to a better ...