Academic Interests
- Sociology of leisure
- Sociology of work, occupations and professions
- The welfare state and its clients
- Medical sociology
- Cultural studies
- Sociology of gender
- Urban and regional questions
Background
- Mag.art in sociology 1978
- Dr.philos. in sociology 1992
- Research assistant at ISO UiO 1978-85
- NAVF-scholarship, UiO 1986-88
- Director, Ministry of Finance 1988-89
- Director General (acting), Ministry of Finance 1989-90
- Associate professor of sociology (deputy) at ISO UiO 1990-91
- Senior research fellow, ISF 1991-95
- Associate professor of Sociology, ISS UiO 1995-2005
- Head of department, ISS, UiO 1999-2001
- Professor in sociology, ISS, UiO from 2005
Tags:
Sociology
Publications
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2021).
Fuzing Play and Politics: On Individualized Collective Action in Leisure.
Leisure Sciences.
ISSN 0149-0400.
doi:
10.1080/01490400.2021.1921639.
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Today, widespread use of digital technologies transform cultural forms, among them leisure and art. This article analyzes nine creative, political enactments on the ground, communicated on the Internet. Five are rooted in the vitality and freedom of leisure, and four spring from the dedicated work of professional artists. The techniques applied in all of these actions are knitting/crocheting, allowing crowd production and crowd financing. Amateurs seem to experience less strain and more sociability in this type of activism than professionals do. Their efforts may be modest and imbued with individual gratification, but those who take part are nevertheless able to move among “peers,” announce a project, share in the construction of a political space, and likely to bring this positive experience to future civic/political involvements. The article’s proposition is that the digital turn has opened a participatory political potential growing directly out of pleasurable, everyday leisure.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2011).
Small Country, Large Welfare State.
In Molven, Olav & Ferkis, Julia (Ed.),
Healthcare, Welfare and Law. Health legislation as a mirror of the Norwegian welfare state.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISSN 9788205400818.
p. 13–27.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2010).
Om å følge vinden dit den blåser. Et problemdrevet design tar form.
In Album, Dag; Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Widerberg, Karin (Ed.),
Metodene våre. Eksempler fra samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISSN 9788215014920.
p. 271–285.
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Boken presenterer sosiologenes metodearsenal i form av fortellinger fra virkeligheten. Erfarne sosiologer skriver om egne erfaringer. Boken behandler ikke samfunnsvitenskapelig metode i generelle, allmenne, abstrakte termer. Den trekker snarere fram hvordan metoder og metodeutfordringer kommer fram i det konkrete. Forskningsspørsmålene står i sentrum, og det går tydelig fram hvordan metoder er midler til å framskaffe kunnskap, og hvordan bestemte metoder og bruken av dem avgjør hva slags svar eller kunnskap som kan bli produsert. Sammen representerer bidragsyterne et bredt spekter av tema og metodologiske innfallsvinkler.
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Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise
(2006).
Den empiriske nærværsmetafysikkens forjettelse. Et svar.
Sosiologi i dag.
ISSN 0332-6330.
p. 34–52.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2004).
Om kalde dukker, noble sverd og erobrende sprang - metaforisk kommunikasjon i spesialisert lek.
In Frønes, Ivar & Wetlesen, Tone Schou (Ed.),
Dialog, selv og samfunn.
Abstrakt forlag.
ISSN 9788279351832.
p. 87–112.
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Kjølsrød, Lise; Kjolsrod, L & Thornquist, Eline
(2004).
From a liberal occupation to an occupation of the welfare state - Norwegian physiotherapy 1960-2000.
Acta Sociologica.
ISSN 0001-6993.
47,
p. 277–289.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2003).
Adventure Revisited: On Structure and Metaphor in Specialized Play.
Sociology.
ISSN 0038-0385.
37(3),
p. 459–476.
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Bjørner, Trine & Kjølsrød, Lise
(2002).
How GPs understand patients´stories. A qualitative study of benzodiazepine and minor opiate prescribing in Norway.
European Journal of General Practice.
ISSN 1381-4788.
8,
p. 25–30.
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The objective is to understand the decision-making of doctors when prescribing benzodiazepine (BZDs) in general practice, by analyzing the doctors interpretation of patients´stories. Semi structured interviews were undertaken with 38 general practitioners with previously known level of prescribing. The last three patients who had been given BZDs were specifically discussed. There seems to exist a set of models that serve to facilitate doctors´precribing decisions. In daily practice such models might have a place, but it is important for doctors to be aware that simplification might occur at rthe cost of more complete treatments including councellng and enabling.
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Gjerberg, Elisabeth & Kjølsrød, Lise
(2001).
The doctor-nurse relationship: how easy is it to be a female doctor co-operating with a female nurse.
Social science & medicine.
ISSN 0271-7123.
52,
p. 189–202.
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Gjerberg, Elisabeth & Kjølsrød, Lise
(2000).
The doctor-nurse relationship: how easy is it to be a female doctor co-operating with a female nurse?
Social Science and Medicine.
ISSN 0277-9536.
52,
p. 189–202.
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The doctor-nurse relationship has traditionally been a man-woman relationship. However, in resent years, the number of women studying medicine has incresed in all West-Europesn countries, and in 1997, 29% of active Norwegian doctors were women. The doctor-nurse relationship has often been described as a dominant-subservient relationship with a clear understanding that the doctor is a man and the nurse is a woman. This article examines what happens to the doctor-nurse relationship when both are women: how do female doctors experiece their relationship to female nurses? It is based on two sets of data, qualitative intervievs with 15 doctors and a nationwide survey of 3589 doctors. The results show that in the experience of many doctors, male and female, the doctor-nurse relationship is influenced by the doctors' gender. Female doctors often find that they are met with less respect and confidence and are given less help than their male colleagues. The doctors' own interpretation of this is partly that the nurses' wish to reduce status differences between the two groups affects female doctors more than male, and partly that there is an "erotic game" taking place between male doctors and female nurses. In order to tackel the experience of differential treatment, the strategies chosen by female doctors include doing as much as possible themselves and making friends with the nurses. The results are considered in light of structural changes both in society at large and within the health services, with emphasis on the recent convergence of status between the two occupational groups.
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Dybwad, Trine Bjørner; Kjølsrød, Lise; Eskerud, Jens & Lærum, Even
(1997).
Why are some doctors high-prescribers of benzodiazepins and minor opiates? A qualitative study of GPs in Norway.
Family Practice.
ISSN 0263-2136.
p. 361–368.
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Kjølsrød, Lise & Frønes, Ivar
(2017).
Ikon og et verk for vår tid.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
ISSN 0040-716X.
58(02),
p. 240–244.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2014).
Jordmødrene. Den vanskelige norske veien.
In Slagstad, Rune & Messel, Jan (Ed.),
Profesjonshistorier.
Pax Forlag.
ISSN 9788253037523.
p. 209–242.
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Å finne erfarne fødselshjelpere til norske fødeinstitusjoner ved inngangen til 1980-årene var ikke enkelt; om lag 1000 jordmorutdannede i yrkesaktiv alder befant seg utenfor yrket, mens bare 694 var aktive. Hvorfor var det slik? Var jordmødrene mer frustrerte over turnusordninger, lønnsforhold og autoritetsstrukturer enn andre i helsetjenesten? Kanskje moderne teknologibruk krenket deres veletablerte arbeidsmetoder og derved faglige stolthet? Og hvorfor klarte ikke yrkesorganisasjonene å dempe avgangen fra yrket? Mens andre velferdsyrker ekspanderte, sank antallet jordmødre. Yrkesgruppen var havnet i en skvis som ingen ønsket eller fullt ut forsto. Kapitlet kaster lys over hvordan dette kunne skje. Det gir intet nærbilde av utfordringer og dilemmaer i yrkesutøvelsen, men følger helsepolitiske beslutninger og andre hendelser gjennom noen kritiske tiår som bidro til å forme jordmødrenes plass i norsk helsetjeneste.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(2010).
Lekens verdifulle energier.
In Watne, Eva (Eds.),
Samlaren.
Hå gamle prestegård.
ISSN 9788290813326.
p. 55–58.
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Kjølsrød, Lise & Sørensen, Knut Holtan
(2000).
Miljø, makt og styring.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
ISSN 0040-716X.
41(3),
p. 291–294.
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Kjølsrød, Lise & Thornquist, Eline
(2000).
A Marriage of Two Minds; How Changing Institutional Arrangements Affect Jurisdictional Tensions Between Norwegian Physiotherapy and Medicine 1960-1995.
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Kjølsrød, Lise
(1997).
Collecting objects as a practical game. Prelude to a theory of "safe kicks".
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A game is a social form with an aspect of adventure. People invent opportunity in life and derive excitement and depth of experience from lasting engrossment in complex games. Collecting objects is analyzed as a case in point. The characteristic structure of this socially constructed activity in which play can take place invites large investments of time, labor and often money and calls for intense emotional and intellectual involvement. Once mastered, it allows for negotiations in otherwise distinct categories¿work and leisure, fact and fiction, safety and risk. Viewed from the standpoint of relational theory, voluntary commitment to any demanding and rule-governed activity mediate individuality in the face of society.
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