Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund

Image of Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund
Norwegian version of this page
Username
Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Harriet Holters hus 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1096 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Secretary General, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. 2021-2024  https://www.dnva.no/   

Academic Interests

Social stratification and labour market studies. Analytical sociology. 

Research group: Social Inequalities and Population Dynamics: 

https://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/research/networks/social-Inequalities-and-population-dynamics

Courses Taught

  • SOS4001- Sosiologisk teori 

  • SOS4100 - Social Inequality in the 21st Century: Egalitarian Norway in Comparative Perspective

Background

  • Professor, Sociology, at University of Oslo. 1999 -

  • Dr.polit.,Sociology, University of Bergen, 1993

  • Cand.polit., Sociology, University of Bergen 1982

  • Employed at University of Bergen (research assistant, assistant professor, associate professor) 1983-97

  • Researcher at Fafo Institute for Applied Social Research 1996-97

  • Researcher and Research director of a Norwegian Research Council program at Institute for Social Research 1997-99

  • Director for Advanced Program in Labour Studies, the Faculty of Social Science, University of Oslo, 2006-2007

  • Honorary Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1987 -)

  • Visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley (1993-94)

  • Visiting scholar, University of Oxford and Nuffield College (2005-2006).

  • Professor II, The Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, 2015-2019. 

  • Birkelund has also had shorter periods of research at University of Essex; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; CREST/ENSAE, Paris; and GEMASS, Paris Sorbonne University.

  • Vice President and Chair of the The Humanities and Social Sciences Division, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2018-20. http://www.dnva.no/

Positions Held

CV (2019)

Tags: Sociology

Publications

  • Brandén, Maria; Haandrikman, Karen & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Escaping one's disadvantage? Neighbourhoods, socioeconomic origin and children's adult life outcomes. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 39(4), p. 601–614. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcac063. Full text in Research Archive
  • Petersen, Trond; Hermansen, Are Skeie & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Likestilling: kjønn, arbeid og familiepolitikkens gjennombrudd. In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.), Det norske samfunn : bind 2. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205572300. p. 85–106.
  • Mastekaasa, Arne & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). The intergenerational transmission of social advantage and disadvantage: comprehensive evidence on the association of parents’ and children’s educational attainments, class, earnings, and status. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. doi: 10.1080/14616696.2022.2059542. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hermansen, Are Skeie; Hundebo, Pål Oskar & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Spatial Assimilation at a Halt? Intergenerational Persistence in Neighborhood Contexts among Immigrant Minorities in Norway. International Migration Review. ISSN 0197-9183. 56(4), p. 1069–1106. doi: 10.1177/01979183211067771. Full text in Research Archive
  • Borgen, Nicolai T.; Borgen, Solveig Topstad & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). The Counteracting Nature of Contextual Influences: Peer Effects and Offsetting Mechanisms in Schools. Social Forces. ISSN 0037-7732. 101(3), p. 1288–1320. doi: 10.1093/sf/soac023. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lillehagen, Mats Eirik & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Ethnic inequalities in the transition from education to work: a longitudinal analysis of school, college and university graduates. Journal of Education and Work. ISSN 1363-9080. 35(4), p. 357–373. doi: 10.1080/13639080.2022.2073337. Full text in Research Archive
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Lanz, Avra & Larsen, Edvard Nergård (2021). Blir menn utsatt for ansettelsesdiskriminering i kvinnedominerte yrker? Søkelys på arbeidslivet. ISSN 1504-8004. p. 197–209. Full text in Research Archive
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Lancee, Bram; Larsen, Edvard Nergård; Polavieja, Javier G; Randl, Jonas & Yemane, Ruta (2021). Gender Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from a Cross-National Harmonized Field Experiment. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 38(3), p. 337–354. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcab043. Full text in Research Archive
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rasmussen, Erik Børve & Rogstad, Jon (2020). Experience, stereotypes and discrimination. Employers’ reflections on their hiring behavior. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. 22(4). doi: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1775273. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jansson, Fredrik; Lillehagen, Mats & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2020). Segregation within school classes: Detecting social clustering in choice data. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233677.
  • Joye, Dominique; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lemel, Yannick (2019). Traveling with Albert Gifi: Nominal, Ordinal and Interval Approaches in Comparative Studies of Social and Cultural Spaces. In Blasius, Jörg; Lebaron, Frédéric; Le Roux, Brigitte & Schmitz, Andreas (Ed.), Empirical Investigations of Social Space. Springer. ISSN 9783030153861. p. 393–410. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15387-8_23.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Chan, Tak Wing; Ugreninov, Elisabeth; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen & Rogstad, Jon (2019). Do terrorist Attacks Affect Ethnic Discrimination in the Labour Market? Evidence from Two Randomised Field Experiments. British Journal of Sociology. ISSN 0007-1315. 70(1), p. 241–260. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12344. Full text in Research Archive
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Hvor åpent er det norske samfunn? Årbok / Det norske videnskaps-akademi. ISSN 0332-6209. p. 379–384.
  • Larsen, Edvard Nergård; Rogne, Adrian Farner & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Perfect for the Job? Overqualification of Immigrants and their Descendants in the Norwegian Labor Market. Social Inclusion. ISSN 2183-2803. 6(3), p. 78–103. doi: 10.17645/si.v6i3.1451. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandén, Maria; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Szulkin, Ryszard (2018). Ethnic Composition of Schools and Students’ Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden . International Migration Review. ISSN 0197-9183. p. 1–32. doi: 10.1177/0197918318769314. Full text in Research Archive
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Heggebø, Kristian & Rogstad, Jon (2017). Additive or Multiplicative Disadvantage? The Scarring Effects of Unemployment for Ethnic Minorities. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 33(1), p. 17–29. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcw030.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Petersen, Trond (2016). Likestilling. Utdanning, politikk og arbeid. In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.), Det norske samfunn, bind 2. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205490215. p. 190–210.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2016). Rational Laziness - When Time Is Limited, Supply Abundant, and Decisions Have to Be Made. Analyse & Kritik. Zeitschrift für Sozialtheorie. ISSN 0171-5860. 38, p. 203–226. doi: 10.1515/auk-2016-0110. Full text in Research Archive
  • Schou, Line Anita & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2015). Alcohol-related sickness absence of young employees in Norway: The impact of social roles and socioeconomic status. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD). ISSN 1455-0725. 32(4), p. 411–426. doi: 10.1515/nsad-2015-0040.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2015). Norsk Sosiologforenings hederspris 2015 tildeles Gunhild Hagestad. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 23, p. 86–95.
  • Hermansen, Are Skeie & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2015). The impact of immigrant classmates on educational outcomes. Social Forces. ISSN 0037-7732. 94(2), p. 615–646. doi: 10.1093/sf/sov073.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Rindsack, Olha T. (2014). Дискриминация по имени: опыт исследования на норвежском рынке труда [Discrimination by name: A study in Norwegian labor market]. Sociologiceskie issledovaniâ. ISSN 0132-1625. p. 37–40.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Rogstad, Jon; Heggebø, Kristian; Aspøy, Tove Mogstad & Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (2014). Diskriminering i arbeidslivet : resultater fra randomiserte felteksperiment i Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen og Trondheim. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 22(4), p. 352–382.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Lillehagen, Mats; Ekre, Vibeke Puja & Ugreninov, Elisabeth (2014). Fra utdanning til sysselsetting. En forløpsanalyse av indiske og pakistanske etterkommere i Norge. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 55, p. 385–414.
  • Ugreninov, Elisabeth & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2013). Naturlige eksperiment. Sosiologi i dag. ISSN 0332-6330. 43, p. 65–89.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Rasch, Bjørn Erik (2013). Til minne om Hanne Marthe Narud. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 29, p. 3–9.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2013). Norsk sosiologforenings hederspris 2013 tildeles Knud Knudsen. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 21, p. 190–200.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lemel, Yannick (2013). Lifestyles and Social Stratification: An Explorative Study of France and Norway. Comparative Social Research. ISSN 0195-6310. 30, p. 189–220. doi: 10.1108/s0195-6310(2013)0000030011.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2013). Introduction. Comparative Social Research. ISSN 0195-6310. 30, p. XV–XX.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Petersen, Trond UC Berkeley (2011). A norvég egyenjogúsági paradoxon. Társadalmi nemek és munka a jóléti tásadalomban. In Hagemann, Gro (Eds.), A norvég modell. A társadalmi nemek esélyegyenlösége és egyenjogúsága. Balassi Kiadó. ISSN 9789635068524. p. 117–150.

View all works in Cristin

  • Graver, Hans Petter; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Havelin, Gro (2023). Hvor går demokratiet? Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788282656702. 272 p.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2020). Hvordan går det med etterkommerne etter innvandrerne i Norge? Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-925-5. 10 p.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2013). Class and Stratification Analysis. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-78190-537-1. 30(30). 379 p.

View all works in Cristin

  • Rogne, Adrian Farner; Hermansen, Are Skeie; Hundebo, Pål Oskar; Wessel, Terje; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Finnes det “svenske tilstander” i Norge? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). John H. Goldthorpe, Pioneers of Sociological Science: Statistical Foundations and the Theory of Action, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 280. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 65(4), p. 459–463.
  • Øvreås, Lise; Lohndal, Terje; Ruud, Kenneth & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Forskningsrådet må ikke svekkes . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Borgen, Solveig Topstad & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2022). Inntaksmodellen har trolig liten betydning for frafallet i skolen. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Larsen, Edvard Nergård (2021). Ingen tegn til diskriminering av kvinner i Norge . VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2021). Pioneers of Sociological Science: Statistical Foundations and the Theory of Action, by John H. Goldthorpe. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233677.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2021). Skal europeere begynne å snakke om «raser» igjen? Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 62(1), p. 80–86. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1504-291X-2021-01-05.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rasmussen, Erik Børve & Rogstad, Jon Christian (2020). Arbeidsgivere lærer av erfaring med ansatte med minoritetsbakgrunn. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). Nye sjanser - bedre læring Kjønnsforskjeller i skoleprestasjoner og utdanningsløp. Kontekstonline. ISSN 2535-4825.
  • Graver, Hans Petter; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Lohndal, Terje & Sandvik, Hilde (2019). Antisemittisme i Norge – før og nå. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). Hvordan går det med etterkommerne etter innvandrerne i Norge?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). Hvordan går det med etterkommerne etter innvandrerne til Norge?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). The dynamics of residential mobility, school segregation and ethnic inequalities.
  • Borgen, Nicolai T.; Borgen, Solveig Topstad & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). The disadvantage of having high achieving peers: Gender gaps and the complex nature of gender peer effects.
  • Borgen, Nicolai T.; Borgen, Solveig Topstad & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). Why having better peers is not always a good thing: The complex nature of gender peer effects.
  • Borgen, Nicolai T.; Borgen, Solveig Topstad & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). The disadvantage of high-achieving peers: Gender gaps and the complex nature of gender peer effects.
  • Heggebø, Kristian; Rogstad, Jon Christian & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2019). The (in-)significance of firm size for ethnic hiring discrimination: A mixed methods approach using randomized field experiments and qualitative employer interviews.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Mastekaasa, Arne (2018). Intergenerational Mobility.
  • Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Rogne, Adrian Farner; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Hermansen, Are Skeie & Skardhamar, Torbjørn (2018). Ethnic Neighborhood Segregation and Residential Mobility Dynamics: Evidence from Norwegian administrative registers 1993-2013.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Klasseanalyse er de «svarte boksers» sosiologi. sosiologen.no.
  • Colbjørnsen, Tom; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Hernes, Gudmund & Knudsen, Knud (2018). Klassesamfunnet – fortsatt på hell? sosiologen.no.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Ulikhet og klasseanalyse – en avsluttende kommentar. sosiologen.no.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Diskriminering i arbeidslivet - en sammenfatning av forskningsresultater fra felt-eksperimenter .
  • Larsen, Edvard Nergård; Rogne, Adrian Farner & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Perfect for the Job? Overqualification of Immigrants and their Descendants in the Norwegian Labor Market.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Gender discrimination in the labor market - a summary of randomized field experiments of hiring processes .
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2018). Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? Evidence from five cross-national field experiments. .
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2017). Egalitarianism under pressure? En kommentar til Simen Markussen og Knut Røed. .
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Frøland, Stig Sophus & Saugstad, Jens (2017). Malplassert toleranse (svar til rektoratet ved UiO om nasjonalt forbud mot ansiktsdekkende plagg). Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Eriksen, John (2017). Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States: An American Dilemma? Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Eriksen, John (2017). Book Review: Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States: An American Dilemma? Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. doi: 10.1177/0001699317700518.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Heggebø, Kristian & Rogstad, Jon (2017). Are unemployed minorities doubly disadvantaged in the job market?
  • Serck-Hanssen, Camilla; Lohndal, Terje & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2017). Humaniora: Krav, frihet og egenart. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 14–15.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2017). Arbeidslivsdiskriminering i Norge. http://sosiologen.no/2017/01/arbeidslivsdiskriminering-i-norge/ . sosiologen.no.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2016). Skolesegregering. [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Hermansen, Are Skeie (2016). Høy innvandrerandel på skolen gir ikke dårligere karakterer. [Radio]. NRK.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2016). Skolesegregering – ethniske og sosio-økonomiske skillelinjer.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2016). Adolescence Residential Segregation and Adult Outcomes. Evidence from Sweden.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2016). Research on ethnic and socio-economic school segregation at IAS.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2015). Adolescence Residential Segregation and Adult Outcomes. Evidence from Sweden.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Brandén, Maria & Szulkin, Ryszard (2015). Does School Segregation Lead to Poor Educational Outcomes? Evidence from 15 Cohorts of Swedish Ninth Graders.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Hermansen, Are Skeie (2015). – Norske elever gjør det like bra på skoler med mange innvandrere. [Newspaper]. Nettavisen.
  • Jansson, Fredrik; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lillehagen, Mats (2015). Segregation within School Classes: Deriving Social Ties from Register Data .
  • Spaiser, Viktoria; Mann, Richard; Lillehagen, Mats & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2014). Emergent Segregation through Collective Decision-Making in School Choice.
  • Heggebø, Kristian; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Rogstad, Jon (2014). Ethnic scarring effects of unemployment? Evidence from two randomized field-experiments in Norway.
  • Heggebø, Kristian; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Rogstad, Jon (2013). Høy utdannelse – ingen diskriminering. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2013). Recensioner: Avhandlinger i sosiologi: Moa Bursell (2012) Ethnic Discrimination, Name Change and Labor Market Inequality. Mixed Approaches to ethnic exclusion in Sweden. Stockholm University. Sociologisk forskning. ISSN 0038-0342. 50, p. 75–77.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Mastekaasa, Arne (2012). Så klarar sig invandrarnas barn i Norge. Framtider. ISSN 0281-0492. p. 11–14.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2012). Grunnlovsfesting av retten til utdanning - en kommentar.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lemel, Yannick (2012). Life Styles and Social Stratification. France and Norway Compared.
  • Urgreninov, Elisabeth & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Does fathers' involvement in housework affect mothers' sick leave absence?
  • Urgreninov, Elisabeth & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Does fathers' involvement in housework affect mothers' sick leave absence?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Flykter sosiologene fra kjønnsforskningen?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Mastekaasa, Arne (2011). Minoritetselever. skoleprestasjoner og frafall, konklusjoner fra et forskningsprosjekt.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Hermansen, Are Skeie & Evensen, Øystein (2011). Skolesegregering – et problem?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Hermansen, Are Skeie & Evensen, Øystein (2011). Skolesegregering – et problem?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Hermansen, Are Skeie & Evensen, Øystein (2011). Skolesegregering – et problem?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Seleksjons- og diskrimineringsmekanismer ved ansettelser.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Mer likestilling – mer ulikhet?
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Richard Settersten: ‘Is there a double standard of ageing? Findings from 24 countries.’ A comment.
  • Hermansen, Are Skeie & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Ethnic School Segregation and Educational Achievement: Evidence from Comprehensive Lower Secondary Schools in Norway.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lemel, Yannick (2011). Life Styles and Social Stratification. France and Norway Compared.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). Ambisiøse metodereformer. Socius. ISSN 0809-5574. p. 48–49.
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2011). CULCOM – kulturell kompleksitet. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 28(4), p. 395–404.
  • Mikalsen, Maja Feng; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Rogne, Adrian Farner (2021). Drop-out teachers: Student composition and teacher mobility and attrition in lower secondary schools. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Hermansen, Are Skeie; Hundebo, Pål Oskar & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth (2020). Towards Spatial Assimilation? Contextual Mobility and Neighborhood Attainment Among Norwegian Immigrant Descendants. SocArXiv.
  • Lillehagen, Mats; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (2019). Entering the mainstream? Cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of immigrant assimilation. Faculty of social sciences.
  • Lillehagen, Mats; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Hermansen, Are Skeie (2013). Yrkesprestisje og opprykk. En studie av norskfødte etterkommere av innvandrere mellom 2003-2010 . Universitetet i Oslo.

View all works in Cristin

Published Oct. 4, 2010 4:14 PM - Last modified Dec. 26, 2021 2:50 PM