Maren Toft
Post doctor
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Department of Sociology and Human Geography

Norwegian version of this page
Email
marento@sosgeo.uio.no
Phone
22855143
Room
409
Available hours
Thurs 14-15
Username
Visiting address
Moltke Moes vei 31 Harriet Holter hus 0851 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1096 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Academic interests
- Class theory and theory of elites
- Social mobility and class structuration
- Segregation and urban inequality
- Social capital and networks of power
- Social sequence analysis, correspondence analysis, social network analysis
Courses taught
Background
- Postdoctoral fellow, 2018 -
- PhD candidate, 2014 - 2018
- Research assistant, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, UiO, 2013-2014
- MA in sociology, UiO 2013
Positions held
- Board member, Department of Sociology and Human Geography
- Board member, Norwegian Sociological Association
Awards
- His Majesty the King's Gold Medal (for 2018 PhD-dissertation, Biographies of privilege)
- Grant from The Science Studies Colloquium
- Norwegian sociological association's award for dissemination of research in various media outlets in 2018
- Norwegian sociological association's award for best international publication in 2017 for Enduring contexts. Persistent segregation by affluence throughout the life course (The Sociological Review)
- Kunnskap Oslo's award for best Oslo-related Research in 2015 for Geographies of class advantage: the influence of adolescent neighbourhoods in Oslo (Urban Studies). with Jørn Ljunggren
Publications
- Toft, Maren & Friedman, Sam (2020). Family Wealth and the Class Ceiling: The Propulsive Power of The Bank of Mum and Dad. Sociology. ISSN 0038-0385. 55(1), s 90- 109 . doi: 10.1177/0038038520922537
- Toft, Maren & Jarness, Vegard (2020). Upper-class romance: homogamy at the apex of the class structure. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. . doi: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1823009 Full text in Research Archive.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2019). Var klassesamfunnet noen gang på hell?. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift. ISSN 2535-2512. 3(2), s 137- 155 . doi: 10.18261/issn.2535-2512-2019-02-03 Full text in Research Archive.
- Toft, Maren (2018). Mobility closure in the upper class: assessing time and forms of capital. British Journal of Sociology. ISSN 0007-1315. 70(1), s 109- 137 . doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12362 Full text in Research Archive.
- Toft, Maren (2018). Upper-class trajectories: capital-specific pathways to power. Socio-Economic Review. ISSN 1475-1461. 16(2), s 341- 364 . doi: 10.1093/ser/mwx034 Full text in Research Archive.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2018). The gendered reproduction of the upper class, In Olav Korsnes; Johan Heilbron; Johannes Hjellbrekke; Felix Bühlmann & Mike Savage (ed.), New Directions in Elite Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138059191. 6. s 113 - 133
- Flemmen, Magne; Toft, Maren; Andersen, Patrick Lie; Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Ljunggren, Jørn (2017). Forms of Capital and Modes of Closure in Upper Class Reproduction. Sociology. ISSN 0038-0385. 51(6), s 1277- 1298 . doi: 10.1177/0038038517706325 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Ljunggren, Jørn; Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2017). Geografiske klasseskiller : Fordelingen av goder og byrder mellom Oslos bydeler, I: Jørn Ljunggren (red.), Oslo - ulikhetenes by. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202521615. Kapittel 17. s 359 - 376
- Toft, Maren (2017). Enduring contexts: Segregation by affluence throughout the life course. Sociological Review. ISSN 0038-0261. 66(3), s 645- 664 . doi: 10.1177/0038026117741051 Full text in Research Archive.
- Toft, Maren & Ljunggren, Jørn (2016). Geographies of class advantage: The influence of adolescent neighbourhoods in Oslo. Urban Studies. ISSN 0042-0980. 53(14), s 2939- 2955 . doi: 10.1177/0042098015601770
- Toft, Maren (2021, 22. januar). «Vi sitter nederst ved bordet». Skam og stigma oppstår ikke av seg selv, men påføres av noen, viser en ny bok.. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 24. januar). Arv rett på konto. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 19. juni). Arven etter imperialismen. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 01. januar). Den nye maktgenerasjonen. nrk.no.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 11. september). Den stjålne jords taktikk. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 23. oktober). I skatteparadisenes barndom. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 23. desember). På boligmarkedet er vi alle nyliberalister. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 11. september). Rige børn leger best. Weekendavisen.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 14. mars). Subjektive erfaringer. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2020, 30. april). Ulikhet dreper. Morgenbladet.
- Flemmen, Magne & Toft, Maren (2019). Sluttreplikk til Rogne om klasseforskning. sosiologen.no.
- Toft, Maren (2019). Family wealth and the class ceiling. The propulsive power of the bank of mum and dad.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 31. januar). Hvem blir rike i Norge i dag?. [Radio]. Rørsla. Podcast til Frifagbevegelse.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 29. mars). Hvordan økt ulikhet legitimerer økt ulikhet. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 20. mai). Medier og fattige myter. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 26. september). NRK Nyhetsmorgen: Norges 400 rikeste. [Radio]. NRK nyhetsmorgen.
- Toft, Maren (2019). Sosiologifestival presenterer: Skillelinjer, klasse, konflikt.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 04. januar). Stedbundne rikinger. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 24. september). Sverige, ikke spesielt egalitært. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 04. november). Velferdspolitikkens paradoksale utfall. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2019, 11. november). Å kartlegge livsbiografier i toppsjiktet av klassestrukturen. [Fagblad]. Socius.
- Toft, Maren & Jarness, Vegard (2019). Mapping the matrimonial market of elites.
- Øversveen, Emil; Stuvøy, Ingvill & Toft, Maren (2019). Sosiale skillelinjer, klasse og konflikt (panelsamtale).
- Toft, Maren (2018). Biographies of privilege. Spatiotemporal structures of upper-class formation.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 26. oktober). De rike bor i en boble. Klassekampen.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 15. oktober). De som lever i vedvarende rikdom gjennom hele livet, er blant de aller mest isolerte her i landet. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 11. november). Forskjell på folk. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 05. oktober). Høy utdannelse, lav vekt. Morgenbladet.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 12. oktober). Overklassen reproduserer seg selv. [Internett]. Uniforum.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 26. oktober). P4 nyhetene. [Radio]. P4.
- Toft, Maren (2018, 31. desember). Sju å se opp for. Klassekampen.
- Toft, Maren (2018). Timing the Class Ceiling: Trajectories of ‘getting in’ and ‘getting ahead’.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2018). Hvordan (ikke) studere klassesamfunnet. sosiologen.no.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2018). Klassesamfunnet: graven er tom. sosiologen.no.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2018). Klassestrukturen er ikke en målefeil. sosiologen.no.
- Toft, Maren (2017). Enduring contexts. Persistent segregation through the life course.
- Toft, Maren (2017). Vedvarende segregasjon gjennom livsløpet.
- Toft, Maren & Flemmen, Magne (2017). Was class society really ever on the wane? Revisiting and reframing the 'Death of class' debate.
- Ljunggren, Jørn & Toft, Maren (2016). En klassedelt oppvekst. Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
- Toft, Maren (2016). Enduring contexts. Persistent segregation by affluence through the life course.
- Toft, Maren (2016). Løpebaner i maktfeltet.
- Toft, Maren (2016, 24. oktober). Maktens navle - en bokomtale av Makteliten. 252 kvinner og menn som styrer Norge (Knut Olav Åmås red.). [Internett]. Sosiologen.no.
- Toft, Maren (2016). The Third Dimension of Social Space.
- Toft, Maren (2016, 19. februar). Ungdom med velstående naboer har større sjanser senere i livet. [Radio]. Radio Nova: Opplysningen 99.3.
- Toft, Maren (2016). Upper class mobility ‘closure’. Assessing temporality and forms of capital.
- Toft, Maren & Ljunggren, Jørn (2016). Å vokse opp i en klassedelt by. Agenda Magasin. Show summary
- Toft, Maren (2015). High-class living: truly affluent neighbourhoods in Norway.
- Toft, Maren (2015). High-class living: truly affluent neighbourhoods in Norway.
- Toft, Maren (2015). Trajectories in the Norwegian field of power. Intragenerational class mobility: a holistic approach.
- Toft, Maren (2014). Oslo: segregasjon og reproduksjon. Omgitt av ressurser.
Published May 12, 2015 1:18 PM
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