• Frontline provision of integrated welfare and employment services: Organising for activation competency 

      Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (International Journal of Social Welfare;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-16)
      Using the Norwegian case of an integrated welfare and employment service organisation, this study examined how organisational factors of this far-reaching, street-level agency have affected frontline workers’ opportunities ...
    • Frontline workers’ competency in activation work 

      Sadeghi, Talieh; Fekjær, Silje Bringsrud (International Journal of Social Welfare;Volume 28, Issue 1 - January 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-02)
      Frontline workers play a crucial role in implementing activation policies. Nevertheless, research on the competencies required for activation work is limited. We explored activation competency based on a survey of 1,735 ...
    • Færre menn enn kvinner fullfører kvinnedominerte profesjonsutdanninger 

      Abrahamsen, Bente (Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning;Årgang 61, nr. 3-2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-24)
      Mannlige studenter på kvinnedominerte profesjonsutdanninger fullfører i mindre grad utdanningen enn sine kvinnelige medstudenter. I artikkelen belyser jeg om kjønnsforskjellene har sammenheng med at menn har dårligere ...
    • Gendered repertoires in nursing: New conceptualisations of educational gender segregation 

      Myklebust, Runa Brandal (Gender and Education;Volume 33, 2021 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-21)
      Research on educational gender segregation has been mostly concerned with the lack of women in male-dominated educational fields, and only to a lesser degree with the shortage of men in female-dominated subjects. This ...
    • Getting Sick and Disabled People off Temporary Benefit Receipt: Strategies and Dilemmas in the Welfare State s Frontline 

      Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;6(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This article explores responses by frontline workers in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service (NAV) to activation policy measures. Frontline workers in NAV are required to write work capability assessments for long-term ...
    • Helsepedagogikk i læreplaner - en didaktisk analyse 

      Vågan, Andre; Raaen, Finn Daniel; Ødegaard, Nina Bjerketveit; Rajka, Liv-Grethe Kristoffersen; Tveiten, Sidsel (UNIPED;Årgang 42, nr. 4-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-11)
      Helseprofesjonene møter i økende grad pasienter, brukere og pårørende som trenger kunnskap om hvordan de kan leve best mulig med langvarige helseutfordringer. Det mangler imidlertid studier av hvordan læreplanene for ...
    • Historical change in an elite profession—Class origins and grades among law graduates over 200 years 

      Hansen, Marianne Nordli; Strømme, Thea Bertnes (British Journal of Sociology;Volume 72, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-07)
      This article explores the relationship between social class and educational achievement measured by grades among Norwegian law graduates over a span of 200 years. We argue that class inequalities may arise due to mechanisms ...
    • How do parents’ educational fields affect the choice of educational field? 

      Helland, Håvard; Wiborg, Øyvind N (British Journal of Sociology;Volume 70, Issue 2 - March 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-26)
      This study examines the links between parental education and students’ choice of field of study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status group perspective that integrates ...
    • How early and how long? 

      Gulbrandsen, Lars; Løvgren, Mette (Nordisk Barnehageforskning;5 (7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-01)
      Day care centres have become a normal part of Norwegian childhood, even among quite small children. In 1970 less than 3 per cent of Norwegian children of pre-school were enrolled. At the end of 2009 as much as 70 per ...
    • How general practitioners understand and handle medically unexplained symptoms: a focus group study 

      Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Rø, Karin Isaksson (BMC Family Practice;19:50, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05)
      Background: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are a common yet challenging encounter in primary care. The aim of this study was to explore how general practitioners (GPs) understand and handle MUS. Methods: Three ...
    • How teachers form educational expectations for students: A comparative factorial survey experiment in three institutional contexts 

      Geven, Sara; Wiborg, Øyvind; Fish, Rachel E.; van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (Social Science Research;Volume 100, November 2021, 102599, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-06)
      While schools are thought to use meritocratic criteria when evaluating students, research indicates that teachers hold lower expectations for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. However, it is unclear what the unique ...
    • How to Achieve Trusthworthy Artificial Intelligence for Health 

      Bærøe, Kristine; Miyata-Sturm, Ainar; Henden, Edmund (Bulletin of the World Health Organization;Volume 98, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-27)
      Artificial intelligence holds great promise in terms of beneficial, accurate and effective preventive and curative interventions. At the same time, there is also awareness of potential risks and harm that may be caused by ...
    • Hva gjør individuell tilpasning av aktivitetskrav utfordrende? En studie av veiledere ved lokalkontorene i Nav. 

      Terum, Lars Inge; Sadeghi, Talieh (Søkelys på arbeidslivet;Årgang 38, nr. 1-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-04)
      Et politisk mål er at aktivitetskrav skal skreddersys til den enkelte bruker. Denne artikkelen undersøker hvilke forhold som bidrar til at medarbeiderne ved Nav-kontorene tilpasser aktivitetskravene til den enkelte, og ...
    • Hva kjennetegner forskning på lærerrollen under Kunnskapsløftet? En forskningskartlegging av studier av norske lærere, lærerstudenter og lærerutdannere 

      Hermansen, Hege; Lorentzen, Marte; Mausethagen, Sølvi; Zlatanovic, Tatjana (Acta Didactica Norge - tidsskrift for fagdidaktisk forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid i Norge;Vol 12, Nr 1 (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Den norske lærerrollen har blitt påvirket av en rekke utviklingstrekk siden årtusenskiftet. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hva som kjennetegner forskning på lærerrollen publisert siden innføringen av Kunnskapsløftet. Vi ...
    • Hvilken betydning har regulering av yrker for yrkesmobilitet i Norge? 

      Alecu, Andreea Ioana; Drange, Ida (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Yrkesregulering har fått økende internasjonal oppmerksomhet, da forsking har vist at lisensierings- og sertifiseringsordninger har betydning for rekruttering til yrket, for kvalitet i yrkesutøvelsen og for lønnsnivået. I ...
    • Hvite person, hvor går du? : om forskerposisjon og norskhet 

      Leseth, Anne Birgitte (Sosiologi i dag;41 (3-4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Artikkelen argumenterer for at synliggjøring av egen forskerposisjon i en ikkenorsk kontekst kan si noe om hvithet og norskhet som en taus posisjon. Artikkelen baserer seg på materiale fra to antropologiske feltarbeid i ...
    • The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on primary, secondary, and K-12 education: A systematic review 

      Lampropoulos, Georgios; Admiraal, Wilfried (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The study aims to provide a cohesive overview and summary of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on primary education, secondary education, and K-12 education through an extensive literature review. The review focused on global ...
    • The Impact of Leadership on Digital Learning in Health 

      Meyer Solheim, Marit; Skjølsvik, Tale (Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management;Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Knowledge Management, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-25)
      Leaders have a key responsibility in providing employees with the necessary knowledge and training so that they can carry out their work. At the same time, advances in technology, changes in demographics, increased demands ...
    • In Their Own Best Interest. Is There a Paternalistic Case for Welfare Conditionality? 

      Molander, Anders; Torsvik, Gaute (Journal of Social Policy;Volume 51, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-05)
      This paper examines paternalism as a justification for welfare reforms making benefits conditional on participation in activation programs. We clarify different types of what we denote ‘throffer paternalism’ – a paternalism ...
    • Initial motivation and drop-out in nursing and business administration programmes 

      Nesje, Kjersti; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke (Tertiary Education and Management;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      While intrinsic motivation is often seen as the ideal form of motivation for entering higher education, students may also have external motivations related to the life after graduation. There has been limited focus on how ...