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Making sense of reablement within different institutional contexts. Collaborative service ideals in Norwegian and Danish home care
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Making the case for ‘good enough’ rape-prevalence estimates Insights from a school-based survey experiment among Norwegian youths
(Routledge Research in Gender and Society;, Academic chapter, 2019)How to measure rape precisely has been an important topic in feminist research on violence against women since the 1980s. The norm in contemporary studies is to use behaviourally specific questions identifying specific ... -
Managers’ Beliefs about Measures to Retain Senior Workforce
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper aims to describe and explain the beliefs of public sector managers regarding measures to promote active ageing within organizations and how these beliefs can relate to their own atti tudes, age, gender, ... -
Mangfoldsperspektiver i forskning på vold i nære relasjoner
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)Most research on domestic violence has focused on violence against women in a gender perspective. However, there has been an increasing understan- ding of the importance of other social dimensions in order to understand ... -
The mark of mental health problems. A field experiment on hiring discrimination before and during COVID-19
(Social Science and Medicine;Volume 283, August 2021, 114181, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-01)Mental health problems are associated with poor labour market outcomes. Based on data from a field experiment, this article investigates the extent to which hiring discrimination limits the job opportunities of young ... -
Mechanisms of Solidarity in Collaborative Housing – The Case of Co-operative Housing in Denmark 1980–2017
(Housing, Theory and Society;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this article, we discuss the role of solidarity in collaborative housing in relation to the trajectory and discourse of the Danish idea of co-operative housing (andelstanken). Our analytical perspective draws on the ... -
Med kropp som prosjekt
(Chapter, 2021-11-18)This chapter concerns young people’s relationships with their own bodies. Based on three different qualitative studies, we find that these relationships are characterised by a strong degree of self-reflexivity and a way ... -
Mediating agency and structure in sociology: What role for conversion factors?
(Critical Sociology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The article argues that the Capability Approach can enrich sociology’s capacity to link human agency and structure in dynamic analyses of social inequality and marginality. While many read the Capability Approach as ... -
Mental illness stigma and employer evaluation in hiring: Stereotypes, discrimination and the role of experience
(Sociology of Health and Illness;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-14)Mental illness stigma can constitute a significant barrier to entering employment. Drawing on 20 interviews with Norwegian employers, this article investigates how mental illness stigma affects employer evaluation of ... -
Mer bruk av cannabis blant Oslo-ungdom: Hvem er i risikosonen?
(Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 3, nr. 6-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Cannabis ble introdusert i Norge på 1960-tallet, i kjølvannet av ungdomsopprøret som rullet over den vestlige verden. Bruken var stabil på 1970- og 80-tallet, men økte kraftig på 1990-tallet og ble da knyttet til teorien ... -
Migration and asylum statistics as a basis for European border control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article shows how the Migration Statistics Regulation plays a central role in EU/ Schengen external border control. It develops and applies an analytical framework, which shows analogies between how historical nation ... -
Migration, Gender Roles, and Mental Illness: The Case of Somali Immigrants in Norway
(International Migration Review;Published online: August 21, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article explores why Somali immigrant women in Norway have a lower utilization rate of mental-health services compared to Somali men. Based on qualitativeresearch, it argues that the maintenance of traditional gender ... -
Mindre problematferd for de fleste, større problemer for de få? En studie av tidstrender i problematferd: 1992, 2002 og 2010
(Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning;12(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)I artikkelen undersøker vi tidstrender i problematferd blant norsk ungdom fra 1992 til 2010. Har norsk ungdom blitt «snillere» de siste 20 årene? Videre undersøker vi en påstand om økt omfang av sideproblemer (rus og svak ... -
Mixed neighbourhoods and native out-mobility in the Oslo region: the importance of parenthood
(Urban Studies;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The extent to which the native-born population accept living in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods is receiving more and more attention throughout Europe. The Norwegian debate around this topic started in the 1990s and tends to ... -
Mobile subjects: Power relations and tactics for survival
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)Through a series of case studies from Southern and Eastern Africa, Oceania, and Europe, Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging explores the analytical usefulness of the concept of «mobility» for anthropological ... -
Moral economies of the welfare state: A qualitative comparative study
(Acta Sociologica;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-13)This paper uses innovative democratic forums carried out in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom to examine people’s ideas about welfare-state priorities and future prospects. We use a moral economy framework in the ... -
Moving forward, waiting or standing still? Service users' experiences from a Norwegian labour activation programme
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-23)Labour activation policy relies on a notion of temporal homogeneity, with the assumption that the service user, once enrolled in a labour activation programme, moves forward on a linear and progressive trajectory into the ... -
Musical Politics in the Cuban Police Order
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-05)This chapter explores how Cuban popular dance music nurtures and contests revolutionary values in today’s Cuba.1 I focus on the performance and discursive construction of the song ‘Cubanos por el mundo’ by Interativo, one ... -
A nation-wide cross-sectional study of variations in homecare nurses’ assessments of informational continuity – the importance of horizontal collaboration and municipal context.
(BMC Health Services Research;20, Article number: 464 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-25)Background: Numerous studies have revealed challenges associated with ensuring informational continuity in municipal care services for older adults with comprehensive, prolonged and complex care needs. Most research is ... -
Navigating precarious times? The experience of young adults who have been in care in Norway, Denmark and England
(Journal of Youth Studies;Published online 27 Mar 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-18)At a time of heightened international debate about youth precarity, how do we understand and support transitions to adulthood for people who have been in care? This paper reports on a qualitative longitudinal study of 75 ...