Senter for profesjonsforskning (SPS)
Recent Submissions
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Strategisk handlingsplan 2025–2030
(Working paper, 2025)Nye utviklinger i samfunnet skaper nye problemstillinger for forskningen på profesjoner. For at forskningen ved SPS skal forbli relevant for profesjonsutdanninger, profesjonsutøvere og beslutningstakere, vil senteret de ... -
The proper role of ethics commissions - (Bio)ethics, moral expertise and democracy
(OsloMet Avhandling;2025 nr. 37, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Experts play an important role in modern governing, including participating on government advisory commissions which give policymakers advice on what policies they should implement. Ethics commissions, which are a type of ... -
Motivating students with optimal challenge in an open learning environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Educational programmes strive to bridge the gap between university and the labour market and to prepare students for their future work. Open learning environments (OLEs) mirror the demands of the labour market. Students ... -
The Hidden Values of Resisting Temptation: Effort, Meaning, and Self-Knowledge
(Ethical Theory and Moral Practice;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Self-control is generally regarded as a valuable capacity. However, the value of directly resisting temptations (a central part of our commonsense notion of self-control) has recently come under attack. Directly resisting ... -
Discursively constructing youth at risk: street-level professionals’ blending of othering and de-othering
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Target groups of social policy risk being ‘othered’ through language and images that underline difference and deviance and reduce people to categories rather than complex human beings. This article studies Norwegian ... -
Negotiating digital traces. The epistemic power of recorded police data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Drawing on two empirical cases in different Norwegian police units, we explore how the increasing data gathering, recording, sorting, standardizing, and integration required by the Norwegian police's Intelligence Doctrine ... -
Negotiating digital traces. The epistemic power of recorded police data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Drawing on two empirical cases in different Norwegian police units, we explore how the increasing data gathering, recording, sorting, standardizing, and integration required by the Norwegian police's Intelligence Doctrine ... -
Tverrsektorielt samarbeid og tidlig innsats for å motvirke ungt utenforskap - Betydningen av lokale NAV-kontors tilnærminger og integrert tjenestelevering
(OsloMet Avhandling;2025 nr. 31, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Ungt utenforskap er komplekst, og i denne avhandlingen viser det til unge utenfor opplæring eller arbeid, ofte kalt NEET (not in employment, education or training) i en internasjonal sammenheng. Dette inkluderer et mangfold ... -
EFL university students’ game element preferences and learning needs: Implications for the instructional design of digital gamified classes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Digital gamification has a great potential for enhancing EFL learners’ motivation and achievement. A digital gamified class should be the integration of ‘game’ and ‘learning’ aspects. However, most studies on it have been ... -
Spiller kvalifisering i VGO noen rolle for fullføring av høyere utdanning?
(UNIPED;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Nylig foreslo Regjeringen å redusere opptakskravene til viktige profesjonsutdanninger som sykepleier- og lærerutdanning, og artikkelen undersøker derfor hvilke mulige konsekvenser endringen kan ha på andelen som fullfører ... -
Teachers’ perspective on their school environment and job satisfaction in Nordic and other European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Of the teachers who leave the profession, about half of them are dissatisfied with the school they work at. Teachers’ school environment can have both supportive and adverse effects on their satisfaction with school and ... -
Motivation for and Challenges in Teacher Research in Underdeveloped Areas of Northwest China: An Exploratory Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study explored the motivations and challenges vocational teachers (VTs) face in conducting research in underdeveloped regions of Northwest China. We invited 49 vocational teachers from Qinghai province to participate ... -
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in civil and structural engineering: A systematic literature review
(Journal of Civil Engineering Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) pertains to scholarly endeavors centered on the pedagogical aspects of teaching and learning, with its principal objective being the enhancement of students’ educational ... -
Five Misconceptions About Interview Modes or: How to Improve Our Thinking About Face-to-Face Versus Remote Interviewing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)New technology brings new methodological opportunities. While long limited to face-to-face interviewing, today’s interview researchers can choose from a plethora of options, including email, instant messaging, telephone, ... -
Behind the grades: co-constructing fairness to reach agreement in evaluative judgement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Assessment in higher education is often a balancing act between fairness and the inherent complexity of standards, with evaluative judgement playing a crucial role in determining the quality of student work. This study ... -
Empowering students’ agentive engagement through formative assessment in online learning environment
(International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)This study investigated empowering students to engage agentively in formative assessment of their English writing. To this end, student agentic engagement was explored drawing on multiple data collection. A Digitalized ... -
Outcomes of Comprehensive Service Delivery and Early Interventions in Countering Youth Exclusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The high rates of young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) are an international concern. At the core of the European Union’s (EU), policy agenda is the reduction of youth unemployment and the active ... -
Integration and differentiation in collaboration between services for youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The need for a holistic social work-like approach to labour market inclusion is widely acknowledged. When considering the case of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEETs), services from different public ... -
Four shades of paternalism in doctor–patient communication and their ethical implications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The present study aims to explore the forms paternalistic communication can take in doctor–patient interactions and how they should be considered from a normative perspective. In contemporary philosophical debate, the ...