Publikasjoner

Using qualitative data from Barpak, the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake, this article by Andrea J. Nightingale et al., examines the boundaries of state–society–citizen–environment.

Effective action against climate change requires new ways of conceptualizing society, climate and environment, argue Andrea Joslyn Nightingale et. al. in this article in Climate and Development. The authors revisit important insights from the social sciences and humanities to break free of established categories.

Based on fieldwork conducted at the only immigration detention centre in Norway, Liridona Gashi, Willy Pedersen and Thomas Ugelvik write about time as an important element of the the detainees' coping strategies in an article in Theoretical Criminology.

In an article in Science and Public Policy, Eva Krick,  Johan Christensen and  Cathrine Holst show that there is an overall shift in temporary policy advisory committees in Norway towards science- and expertise-based governance and towards an increasing openness and public engagement.

In this book Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien present current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change. 

In a chapter titled "Norway: Ethnic (In)equality in a Social-Democratic Welfare State", Liza Reisel, Institute for Social Research, Are Skeie Hermansen and Marianne Takvam Kindt, University of Oslo / FAFO offer a systematic review of social science research in Norway on ethnic inequalities in education, from the period 1980–2017.

Marianne Nordli Hansen and Øyvind Nicolay Wiborg have studied the association between class origin, wealth transfers, and wealth accumulation, with a focus on money transfers to Norwegian young adults. The study is presented in article in the European Sociological Review.

Anne Krogstad har tatt for seg svenske og norske riksaviser fra 2009 til 2015 og finner blant annet enn økt aggressivitet i holdningene til den norske kultureliten.

Climate change means different things to different people. In this article Gail Hochachka presents an analytical framework that draws on adult developmental psychology and argues that a developmental approach can help to make sense of why there is such plasticity of meanings about climate change.

Emma Arnold has published the paper ‘Aesthetics of zero tolerance’ in the journal CITY: analysis urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. The paper draws on psychogeographic and photographic fieldwork conducted in Oslo to examine the aesthetic implications of zero tolerance policy against graffiti.

Studentene på samfunnsgeografi har gjenopplivet årbok-tradisjonen ved å gi ut en masterantologi.

Andrea J. Nightingale has edited a textbook on environment and sustainability, as well as  written several chapters. The book covers conceptual and theoretical issues based on a range of disciplines, and it illustrates this with case studies from across geographical regions.

The role of consensus in theories of deliberative democracy is discussed in a symposium edited by Cathrine Holst together with Henrik Friberg-Fernros and Johan Karlsson Schaffer. An overview of the debate is given in the introductory article written by the editors.

EU har hatt større innflytelse på norsk likestillingspolitikk enn mange tror, konkluderer denne boka redigert av Cathrine Holst, Hege Skjeie og Mari Teigen.

In this paper Cathrine Holst compares two prominent approaches to global gender justice; Alison Jaggar’s ‘distributive’ approach and Nancy Fraser’s ‘participatory’ approach.

Maren Toft og Magne Flemmen tar et kritisk gjensyn med boka "Klassesamfunnet på hell" fra 1987 og synliggjør kontinuitet og endring i klassestrukturasjon i Norge siden den gang.

Anne Krogstad tar for seg bildefremstillinger av tre statsministere og en statsministerkandidat og analyserer i hvilken grad disse politikerne ble opplevd som autentiske av mottakere.

Based on qualitative interviews, this article by Hege Merete Knutsen, Katrine Fangen and Oksana Žabko explores the different experiences of Latvian and Swedish agency nurses in a situation of double control,  from the agency and at the workplace.

This article by Oksana Zabko, Katrine Fangen and Sylvi Endresen analyses migration decisions and labour market manoeuvring of Latvian migrants to Norway.

Building on a previous study, in this article Adrian F. Rogne et al. document both similarities and striking differences between the segregation patterns of non-European migrants in Norway and Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden.

In this article Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Ragnhild Steen Jensen examine ideas about the nature and desirability of part-time work for women based on government advisory commission reports published in Norway between 1978 and 2016.

In this article Hege Merete Knutsen explores how the mobility power of nurses contributes to changing relations between health institutions and temporary work agencies in the Norwegian welfare state.

Vacancy chain theory suggests that mobility opportunities spread within and between specific states, typically flowing from attractive to less attractive units, with households moving in the opposite direction. In this article Lena Magnusson Turner and Terje Wessel explore whether such welfare gains apply in a context, the Oslo region, which combines egalitarian welfare programmes and pro-market housing policies. 

Hege Skjeie, Cathrine Holst and Mari Teigen have contributed to this book with a chapter on Splendid Isolation? On How a Non-member Is Affected by—And Affects—EU Gender Equality Policy.

This article by Sandra Feride Demiri and Katrine Fangen supplements the limited research on the monarchy by highlighting the symbolic and cultural value of Norway’s Royal House in nation-building.