Research at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography has long made important contributions to Norwegian society. Today's research includes key global challenges and builds on a tradition of high relevance and quality.
Marianne Nordli Hansen and Maren Toft: Wealth Accumulation and Opportunity Hoarding: Class-Origin Wealth Gaps over a Quarter of a Century in a Scandinavian Country
June 28, 2021
Published in American Sociological Review, 2021
Sylvi B. Endresen: Technological Retrogression. A Schumpeterian Interpretation of Modernization in Reverse
June 17, 2021
The aim of this book by Sylvi B. Endresen is to broaden our understanding of technological change by adopting the concept of technological retrogression. With reference to concrete cases of technological retrogression a new conceptual framework is developed. The book’s exposition aims at contrasting retrogressive economic dynamics of technological change to progressive dynamics as developed by Schumpeter.
