Publikasjoner

Is the tradition of women’s marital name change just some sort of inertia or drag, which will slowly disappear as modernity progresses, or does this tradition fulfil more contemporary roles? ask Simon Duncan, Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Julia Carter in an article in Sociological Research Online.

Cathrine Holst and Anders Molander have written a text on Jon Elster in SAGE Research Methods Foundations. 

Cathrine Holst har skrevet kapittelet "Marx' kritikk av ekspertkunnskap" i Christoffer Conrad Eriksen (red.),  Den unge Marx.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.   

Cathrine Holst and Anders Molander  have contributed with the chapter "Epistemic Worries about Economic Expertise" in John Erik Fossum & Jozef Batora (ed.),  "Towards a Segmented European Political Order. The European Union's Post-Crises Conundrum".

I en artikkel i Mediehistorisk tidsskrift tar Anne Krogstad utgangspunkt i Gudmun Hernes' skjellsettende artikkel «Det mediavridde samfunn» fra 1977 og diskuterer om begrepene derfra kan brukes på medienes omtale av dagens kulturelite.

Cathrine Holst drøfter ulike vureringskriterier for hva som er en god offentlig utredning i en artikkel i Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift.

The research findings presented by Are Skeie Hermansen, Nicolai T Borgen and Arne Mastekaasa in an article in the European Sociological Review, suggest that adolescent school and neighbourhood contexts are not major determinants of children’s later-life socio-economic attainments in the Norwegian welfare state setting.

In an article published in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Julia Bentz and Karen O'Brien explore the role of art as a driver for societal transformation in a changing climate and consider how an experiment with change can facilitate reflection on relationships between individual change and systems change.

In an article in Ethnicities, Anne Lise Ellingsæter, Ragni Hege Kitterød and Kjersti Misje Østbakken present their findings on immigrant fathers' utilisation of parental leave in Norway. 

Katrine Fangen and Carina Riborg Holter have interviewed  15 people who were censored for posting comments of a racist, discriminatory or hateful nature. In an article in Poetics they write about what characterizes these online commenters' self-understanding and enemy images.

Risikoen ved nesten å bli tatt får voksne menn til å fortsette med graffiti, år etter år, skriver Mikael L. Andersen og Anne Krogstad i en artikkel i Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.

In an article published in Housing Studies, Terje Wessel and Erik Bjørnson Lunke investigate whether first-time parents in Oslo have become more loyal to urban living.

Per Gunnar Røe har bidratt med kapitlet "Planlagte bysamfunn – fra sosiale utopier til markedspragmatisme" i boka Bysamfunn, redigert av Ida Marie Henriksen og Aksel Tjora.

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.