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"Calling it a Crisis : Modes of Creativity, Work and Magic in an Elite Architect Company
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In recent years we have seen a resurfacing of magic as an analytical category in anthropological literature, with particular emphasis on modern forms of occultism and witchcraft. Magic has yet to prove itself a useful ... -
Can adolescent work experience protect vulnerable youth? A population wide longitudinal study of young adults not in education, employment or training (NEET)
(Journal of Education and Work;Volume 35, 2022 - Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-13)Early work experience is found to be an influential factor in young people’s transitions from school to work. Still, we know little about whether early work experience can protect vulnerable young people from subsequent ... -
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
(Journal of Development Studies;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-22)Existing theories relate higher education to lower crime rates, yet we have limited evidence on the crime-reducing effect of education in developing countries. We contribute to this literature by examining the effect of ... -
Can policies stall the fertility fall? A systematic review of the (Quasi‐) experimental literature
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the course of the twentieth century, social scientists and policy analysts have produced a large volume of literature on whether policies boost fertility. This paper describes the results of a systematic review of the ... -
Can research integrity prevail in the market? Lessons from commissioned research organizations
(Accountability in Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-09)Competition and exposure to market forces can make it difficult for researchers to conduct their work with integrity. Some research organizations must acquire most of their funding through commissioned research, providing ... -
Cannabis use in early adulthood is prospectively associated with prescriptions of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants
(Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica;Volume 141, Issue 2, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-27)Objective: Cannabis is an acknowledged risk factor for some mental disorders, but for others the evidence is inconclusive. Prescribed medicinal drugs can be used as proxies for mental disorders. In this study, we investigate ... -
Capitalization of neighbourhood diversity and segregation
(Environment and planning A: Economy and Space;Vol 51, Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)In this paper we study how concentrations and diversity of different groups of households were reflected in the housing prices of neighbourhoods in the Oslo urban area, Norway. The focus is primarily on the settlement ... -
Care and Production of Clothing in Norwegian Homes: Environmental Implications of Mending and Making Practices
(Sustainability;Volume 10, Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08)Mending, re-design, and altering are alternatives for prolonging the use period of clothing. It is a common assumption that nobody mends clothing anymore in Western societies. This paper studies Norwegian consumers’ clothing ... -
Care parading as service: Negotiating recognition and equality in user-controlled personal assistance
(Gender, Work and Organization;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-11)This article addresses aspects of the relationship between disabled people and their personal assistants within the user-controlled personal assistance programme in Norway (BPA). Within this programme, a disabled person ... -
Cascading Norwegian co-streams for bioeconomic transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A circular bioeconomy has become a global aspiration for governments in Europe and around the globe. This article pursues research questions concerning concrete innovations aiming to create bioeconomic transition options ... -
The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective
(Comparative Migration Studies;9, Article number: 32 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-03)Local autonomy is a highly promoted feature in European governance, and the integration field is no exception. In the integration literature, values and considerations favoring local autonomy are often emphasized, while ... -
Catching up and Falling behind: An Appraisal of Brazilian Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Amidst analyses of industrial policy’s renaissance in Latin America, Brazil is often hailed as the paragon of this movement. The mix of old and new institutions and instruments would constitute a unique effort in promoting ... -
A change of space: implications of digital fieldwork in connected homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Digital Creativity;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Drawing on research conducted in ten Norwegian households, this article describes the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing regulations have had on the research design and, consequently, on research data. ... -
Changing educational aspirations in the choice of and transition to post-compulsory schooling - a three-wave longitudinal study of Oslo youth
(Journal of Youth Studies;17(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-11)With the transition from a comprehensive compulsory school to differentiating upper secondary schools, young people in Norway are forced to choose their future educational path and look ahead. How does educational choice ... -
Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation
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Chasing balloons as scientific practice: On transformative cocreation and epistemic ethics of care in the emerging field of youth citizen social science
(International Journal of Action Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)How does including youth in research within a citizen social science framework challenge and transform our participatory action research practices and approaches? Through a storying journey we unravel how the training and ... -
Child welfare clients and educational transitions
(Child & Family Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-19)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients' educational disadvantage, we know less about the individuals' progress through the educational system. Based on Norwegian data, this study examined educational ... -
Child welfare clients and school satisfaction
(European Journal of Social Work;2014, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients’ poor educational outcomes, we know less about these vulnerable young people’s situation in school. This article addresses school satisfaction among upper secondary ... -
Child welfare clients first step away from higher education. The influence of school performances, educational aspirations and background factors on choosing the vocational track after compulsory school
(Nordic Social Work Research;4(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-03)This article addresses the concern that the educational attainment of child welfare clients (CWCs) is generally poor. Dra wing upon previous research showing that former CWCs lack higher education, this study argues ... -
Childbearing behaviours of Polish migrants in Norway
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)The chapter explores the aspects of childbearing, procreation plans and fertility among Polish migrant couples and families settled in Norway. It tackles the migration-fertility nexus by engaging with five hypotheses put ...