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Social Capital and Student Achievement: Exploring the Influence of Social Relationships on School Success in Norway and Romania
(Creative Education;6(15), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-04)This paper investigates student social relationships in secondary schools and its relationship with student achievement in Norway and Romania. Using data from national youth surveys (“Young in Norway 2010” for Norway and ... -
Social Citizenship, Inequality and Homeownership. Postwar Perspectives from the North of Europe
(Social Policy and Society;Published online 14 November 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article, we analyse the social distribution of residential property in Norway post-1945 in light of the concept of social citizenship. Drawing on data from censuses and tax registers, we examine the social ... -
Social class differences in youths’ participation in organized sports: What are the mechanisms?
(International Review for the Sociology of Sport;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-02)Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, social class differences in organized sports participation of youth persist. However, few population-based studies have examined how social class may influence adolescent ... -
Social class differences in youths’ participation in organized sports: What are the mechanisms?
(International Review for the Sociology of Sport;2018(April 2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, social class differences in organized sports participation of youth persist. However, few population-based studies have examined how social class may influence adolescent ... -
Social Class, Union Strategies, and Preference in Wage Outcomes in Norway
(Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-30)This article explores a potential socialization effect of unions on member preferences in wage out- comes and bargaining structures.This challenges notions of union wage policies simply reflecting the material self-interest ... -
Social disparities in adopting non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the absence of vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 governments had to respond by rely on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Socioeconomic inequalities likely influenced the uptake of NPIs. Using ... -
Social Exclusion and Mental Wellbeing in Older Romanians
(Social Inclusion;Vol 7, No 3 (2019): Old-Age Exclusion, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-04)In Romania, inequalities in health and wellbeing between younger and older Romanians are substantial, and an important reason for inequalities may be the higher risk of social exclusion among older adults. After the fall ... -
Social generations in popular culture
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)Karl Mannheim’s concept of social generations has become incredibly influential and has been applied in ever-new ways for almost a century. With what seems to be renewed interest in it post-2000, there is reason to take a ... -
The Social Homeownership Model - the case of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In Norway, mass home ownership has been an important part of social housing in the post-war period. Social housing became available to everybody and a great majority seized the opportunity. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ... -
Social Life Cycle Assessment as a resource for Responsible Research and Innovation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-21)Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a currently important proposal for doing science and innovation with and for society. Sustainability has for the last 30 years had a similar function in providing limits and ... -
Social pathways to health: On the mediating role of the social network in the relation between socio-economic position and health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Good health is one of the key qualities of life, but opportunities to be and remain healthy are unequally distributed across socio-economic groups. The beneficial health effects of the social network are well known. However, ... -
The Social Support - Health Link Unraveled: Pathways Linking Social Support to Functional Capacity in Later Life
(Journal of Aging and Health;Vol 32, Issue 7-8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-15)Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. This study investigates whether physical activity, depressive symptoms, ... -
The Social Sustainable City: How to Involve Children in Designing and Planning for Urban Childhoods?
(Urban Planning;Volume 4, Issue 1 (2019): The Transformative Power of Urban Planning through Social Innovation, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-24)In many countries, cities are expected to stimulate compact city development by the government, while at the same time develop healthier and more social sustainable cities. In Norway, national policy and planning regulation ... -
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
(Child indicators research;7(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare ... -
Socio-Economic Gradients and Disability During The Transition to Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Survey and Register Study in Norway
(International journal of disability, development and education;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-03)The study aimed to investigate trends and explanatory factors for socio-economic inequalities associated with disability during the transition to young adulthood. A sample of 2606 participants (56% females and 44% ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality after age 67: The contribution of psychological factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Diverging trends of longer lives and increased inequalities in age-at-death invite to updated research on late-life mortality. Earlier studies have identified health behavior, childhood, psychosocial, and material conditions ... -
Solidarity and tension across generations in welfare democracies
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)In this chapter, social generation will be applied as a normative-political and sociological concept in combination, and that can be used to explain social order and the development of a political order through democratic ... -
Solidarity with Future Generations? Protection clauses in constitutions
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)By including the protection of future generations’ access to a healthy natural environment in constitutions, the current generations have committed themselves to taking future people into account in contemporary policy ... -
De som er kasta ut av det normale : om selvskading og selvterapi i et emo/alternativt miljø i 'Torsdal', Norge
(Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning;1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Basert på en serie intervjuer utført i 2010, retter artikkelen søkelyset mot et tidligere lite utforsket transnasjonalt ungdomskulturelt fellesskap som omtales som «emo», og som ofte er assosiert med depressivitet og ulike ...