Publications - Page 5

Chapter in the book Researching the Far Right. Theory, Method and Practice. Routledge, 2020

In British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020

In Gender and Education, 2020

In Journal of Marriage and Family, 2020

In Social Politics, 2020

Published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Published in Comparative Migration Studies.

Published in Social History of Medicine, 2020.

In the spring of 2020, during the period with closed schools and strict infection control measures, researchers conducted an online survey among students in lower secondary schools in Oslo. In an article Tilmann von Soest, Anders Bakken, Willy Pedersen and Mira A. Sletten show that the adolescents reported a marked reduction in life satisfaction and subjective well-being after the introduction of restrictions.

In an article in Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, Tilmann von Soest, Willy Pedersen, Anders Bakken and Mira A. Sletten write that a majority of adolescents in Oslo reported that they always or to a large extent followed the Norwegian infection control rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, but with variations in gender and other aspects.

I en studie av tranportjenesten Uber Black i Oslo, finner Sigurd M. Nordli Oppegaard at selskapet rekrutterer arbeidskraft fra en allerede marginalisert del av arbeidsstyrken og at sjåførene opplever mye usikkerhet og, på tross av stor formell fleksibilitet, ytre kontroll.

Based on data covering the entire population, Maren Toft og Vegard Jarness demonstrate that the Norwegian upper class tend to find their patners among the same upper class.

I en artikkel i Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, foretar Bjørn Schiermer en kritisk gjennomgang av Durkheims forskjellige opfatninger av det sosiale gjennom forfatterskapet, fra de programmatiske skrifter i 1890-årene til de religionssosiologiske verk utgitt i 1912.

Camilla Houeland explores relations between popular protests and institutional politics in Nigeria's petroleum-dependent economy in an article in The Extractive Industries and Society.

In an article in Area, Camilla Houeland, David C. Jordhus‐Lier and Frida Hambro Angell analyze the confrontation of opposing climate policy positions in the build‐up to the 2017 LO‐Norway congress.

In an article in Sustainability Ragnhild Dahl Wikstrøm and Lars Böcker present promising evidence that e-bikes could play a crucial role in achieving a sustainable transport transition, pointing out that interventions are essential for upscaling and mainstreaming.

In an article in Ethnicities, Grete Brochmann and Arnfinn H. Midtbøen explore how ideas about nationhood and integration have influenced the divergence in citizenship policies in Scandinavia, and what overall purpose the policy-changes reflect. 

In an article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Grete Brochmann et. al. examine whether perceptions of ideal citizenship criteria and assessments of Norway’s current rules differ between groups.

In this article Hege Bakke Sørreime and Kjetil Tronvoll explore how accountability in extractive resource governance is conceived and re-shaped as a consequence of the changing political context in Tanzania, made possible by the inherent ambiguity in the concept of accountability. 

Katrine Fangen and Maria Rite Nilsen have written an article in Journal of Political Ideologies, after interviewing leaders of two anti-Islamist groups and one neo-Nazi group.

Based on an investigation of the three main advocacy think tanks in Norway, Johan Christensen (Leiden University) and Cathrine Holst have written an article in Scandinavian Political Studies.

In an article in PLOS One, Fredrik Jansson (Stockholm University), Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund and Mats Lillehagen suggest a new method for detecting patterns of social clustering and use it to study whether students tend to cluster socially based on similar background. 

Gunn Birkeland and her colleagues have interviewed 58 employers and find that previous experience with immigrant workers matters when it comes to the willingness to hire others regarded as belonging to the same group.

I denne boka har fire forskere gått sammen om å presentere de mange og sammensatte sidene ved velferdsstatens utvikling etter folketrygdreformen i 1966, og hvordan dette har endret livsvilkårene for familier og individer. Anne Lise Ellingsæter har skrevet kapitlene om familie og barnevern. 

In an article in Sociology, Maren Toft and Sam Friedman demonstrate the considerable effect parental wealth has on economic returns for those in the very highest income-earning positions in Norway.