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Housing allowances, mobility and crowded living: the Norwegian case
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-05)Housing allowances should enable economically weak households to accommodate in good qualitatively housing . Utilising a special feature of the Norwegian h ousing allowance system , we study how housing ... -
Housing and Welfare in Sweden, Norway and the wider Nordic region
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this chapter, the authors discuss the historical development and the current state of the housing and welfare regimes in the Nordic countries, using Sweden and Norway as our main cases. The two neighbouring countries ... -
Housing Market and Family Relations in a Welfare State
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)One idea widespread in current discourse on the ageing population speaks of the ‘intergenerational inequity’ between the elderly and the young. This assumption overlooks the extensive lifetime financial transfers from older ... -
How Assad changed population growth in Sweden and Norway: Syrian refugees’ impact on Nordic national and municipal demography
(Plos One;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-20)In an increasingly interconnected world, the demographic effects of wars are not confined only to war zones and neighbouring areas; wars and conflicts may also change populations far away. Without the war in Syria under ... -
How can co-creation improve the engagement of farmers in weather and climate services (WCS) in India
(Climate Services;Volume 15, August 2019, 100103, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-31)This paper compares how the governance of four agro-met services operating in the same basic area of Maharashtra, India condition the engagement between the users and the providers of the services. The four cases reveal ... -
How care holds humanity: the myth of Cura and theories of care
(Medical Humanities;Volume 48, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-14)Modern medicine has often struggled to grasp the cultural aspects of interpersonal care. The medical humanities, on the other hand, have struggled to grasp the embodied, intimate character of care. In a recent appeal to ... -
How demographic patterns and social policies shape interdependence among lives in the family realm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Our starting point is that a social psychological approach dominates the literature on interdependent or “linked” lives (Elder, 1994). We argue that interdependence is not only social-psychological, but is ... -
How do international medical graduates and colleagues perceive and deal with difficulties in everyday collaboration? A qualitative study
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Volume 45, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)Aim: Many medical doctors work outside their countries of origin. Consequently, language barriers and cultural differences may result in miscommunication and tension in the workplace, leading to poor performance and quality ... -
How do restructuring processes influence low- and unskilled immigrant and non-immigrant workers and their managers in a Norwegian hospital?
(Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;4(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)It is a well-known fact that workplace restructuring has undesirable effects on the psychosocial work environment, health, and sick leave, but no attention has been given to the health effects of work environments ... -
How gender matters in demanding caring for a spouse with young-onset dementia: A narrative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The gendered aspects of extraordinary demanding spousal car- ing for people with young-onset dementia have been scarcely researched. Aim: To analyze spouses’ experiences of the meaning, content, and effort of ... -
How is low parental socioeconomic status associated with future smoking and nicotine dependence in offspring? A population-based longitudinal 13-year follow-up
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Volume 45, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Aims: Low socioeconomic status (SES) characterizes smoking and nicotine dependence in adult samples. However, less is known about how parental SES is linked to smoking in offspring and potential mechanisms at work. ... -
How much would reduced emigration mitigate ageing in Norway?
(Vienna Yearbook of Population Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Population ageing is a topic of great concern in many countries. To counteract the negative effects of ageing, increased fertility or immigration are often proposed as demographic remedies. Changed emigration is, however, ... -
How science, technology and innovation can be placed in broader visions - Public opinions from inclusive public engagement activities
(JCOM: Journal of Science Communication;Volume 18, Issue 03, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-18)This study investigates how different segments of the public, with varying degrees of interest in S&T, could formulate opinions on a broader vision and the role they think STI should play in Japanese society through ... -
How should researchers cope with the ethical demands of discovering research misconduct? Going beyond reporting and whistleblowing
(Life Sciences, Society and Policy;16, Article number: 6 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-06)In this paper, I will argue that making it mandatory to report research misconduct is too demanding, as this kind of intervention can at times be self-destructive for the researcher reporting the misconduct. I will also ... -
How social and geographical backgrounds affect hospital admission with a serious condition: a comparison of 11 immigrant groups with native-born Norwegians
(BMC Health Services Research;18:843, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-08)Background: The foreign-born population in Norway displays considerable diversity in terms of source country, socioeconomic status and settlement experience. This study assessed the consequences of this diversity for the ... -
How welfare regimes moderate the associations between cognitive aging, education, and occupation
(The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences;Volume 77, Issue 9, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives: Previous studies have shown the importance of individual markers of cognitive reserve, such as education and occupation, for cognitive health in old age. However, there has been only little investigation so far ... -
How will climate change affect the provision and value of water from public lands in Southern California through the 21st century?
(Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (ARER);49(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-19)We estimate the ecosystem service value of water supplied by the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California under climate change projections through the 21st century. We couple water flow projections from a ... -
Human Rights in Child Protection. Implications for Professional Practice and Policy
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Human values and retirement experiences: A longitudinal analysis of Norwegian data.
(Social Indicators Research;157 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-22)Motivational factors, such as one’s value system, may affect how people cope with the opportunities and challenges of retirement. This article explores the moderating roles of Schwartz’s four basic values (self-enhancement, ... -
Humorens tvetydige funksjon: Hva kjennetegner humor som kan fungere ekskluderende i tradisjonelle mannsbastioner?
(Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning;Årgang 44, nr.1-2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-29)I både det danske og norske Forsvaret har vi sett hvordan en utbredt bruk av humor tilsynelatende gjør hverdagen morsommere for noen soldater, mens den for andre har en negativ effekt. Ikke minst gjelder det for de kvinnene ...