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Policy Review on the Norwegian Initiative of Offering Free Homework Assistance in Schools
(ECNU Review of Education;Vol 4, Issue 3, 2021, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-16)Purpose: Through reviewing an education policy blueprint in Norway, titled “An Offer of Homework Assistance” (issued by the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training in June 2010), the present article aims to shed ... -
Policy-making for the diffusion of social innovations: the case of the Barnahus model in the Nordic region and the broader European context
(Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-01)The Barnahus model was launched in Iceland in 1998, and it subsequently spread to all the Nordic countries. It is an interagency, co-located model for working with cases of violence and abuse against children that addresses ... -
The Political Force of Musical Actants: Grooves, Pleasures, and Politics in Havana D'Primera's ‘Pasaporte’ Live in Havana
(Twentieth-Century Music;Volume 18, Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)Drawing upon Rancière’s argument that aesthetics instigates politics, Latour’s rethinking of agency as relational, and Ortiz’s work on Afro-Cuban music aesthetics, this article explores how the experience of aesthetic ... -
Poly-victimization in a Norwegian adolescent population: Prevalence, social and psychological profile, and detrimental effects
(PLoS ONE;12 (12), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-14)Background: This study focuses on poly-victimization, with the aim of providing a realistic estimation of the prevalence of lifetime victimization in a Norwegian adolescent population (ages 18–19 years). Methods: Based ... -
Population dynamics and ethnic geographies in Oslo: the impact of migration and natural demographic change on ethnic composition and segregation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper explores demographic processes behind ethnic geographies in Oslo. We compare data for census tracts in 2001 and 2011, and decompose ethnic composition and segregation on local mobility, national migration, ... -
Populist political right opinions and political trust among Norwegian youth
(Journal of Youth Studies;Volume 20 - Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Recent decades have seen the growth of various strands of rightwing populist political orientations, where populism and critique of immigration policies have been central. These ideological developments have caused ... -
The power of the word: students’ and school staff’s use of the established bullying definition
(Educational Research;Volume 60, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Abstract Background Previous research has found that bullying is often defined differently by students, staff and researchers, leading researchers to call for a more consistent use of the term in practice to enable better ... -
Pragmatic, pious and pissed off: young Muslim girls managing conflicting sexual norms and social control
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this study, we explore how ethnic minority Muslim girls in Norway manage social control as an everyday experience within a political context where minority communities are portrayed as performing excessive control. ... -
Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
(European Societies;Volume 23, 2021 - Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-11)Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide ... -
Predictors in starting and stopping Internet use between 2002 and 2012 by Dutch adults 65 years and older
(Health Informatics Journal;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-27)Research has indicated the need to consider the ageing process with technology adoption by older adults. This study examined psychological, health, social and demographic predictors with starting and stopping Internet ... -
Predictors of Disordered Eating in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Population-Based, Longitudinal Study of Females and Males in Norway
(International Journal of Behavioral Development;38(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03)We investigated longitudinal predictors for disordered eating from early adolescence to young adulthood (12–34 years) across gender and different developmental phases among Norwegian young people. Survey data from a ... -
Prioriteringer i pleie- og omsorgssektoren - Diskrimineres eldre?
(Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning;02 / 2018 (Volum 4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)Både statistikk som viser fordeling av omsorgsressurser, lovgivningen som setter rammer for rett til tjenester, og en casestudie i fem kommuner, viser ulik tildelingspraksis av tjenester til yngre og eldre hjelpetrengende. ... -
Privatisation of residential care for children and youth in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
(Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research;Årgang 6, nr. 3-2021,, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-09)Few studies have investigated the privatisation of residential care for children and youth, and no studies have compared, mapped, and discussed the care markets that have developed in the Nordic countries. Here, we map and ... -
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
(BMC public health;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-11)Background: Differences in mortality with regard to socioeconomic status have widened in recent decades in many European countries, including Norway. A rapid upsurge of immigration to Norway has occurred since the 1990s. ... -
Psychiatric diagnoses as grounds for disability pension among former child welfare clients
(Longitudinal and life course studies;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study used the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort, which included all children born in Finland in 1987 (N=59,476), to investigate psychiatric diagnoses as grounds for disability pensions (DPs) among child welfare clients and ... -
The psychological effects of providing personal care to a partner: a multidimensional perspective
(Health Psychological Research;1(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-30)The expected increasing demand for informal care in aging societies underscores the importance of understanding the psychological implications of caregiving. This study explores the effect of providing regular help with ... -
The ‘psychological turn’ in self-help services for sexual abuse victims: Driversand dilemmas
(International Review of Victimology;First Published April 20, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-20)This article describes an ongoing process of transformation in sexual abuse counselling centres in Norway that involves a new classification of groups of victims. These centres have traditionally operated at the grassroots ... -
Psykiske plager blant ungdom: sosiale forskjeller og historien om de flinke pikene
(Barn i Norge;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Ungdom flest i Norge er fornøyd med livet sitt, de er aktive, har gode relasjoner til foreldre og venner og har et positivt syn på framtiden (NOVA 2015). Samtidig har vi de siste årene sett en økende bekymring for psykiske ... -
Public employment services: Building social resilience in youth?
(Social Policy & Administration;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)It is contested to what extent public employment services (PES) help build resilience in young unemployed people. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 19 people born in Germany and Norway between 1990 and 1995, the article ... -
Public Governance-Constraints and Challenges for Social Work Practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the wake of public sector reforms, the work environment of professionals is changing; there is more description of results and outputs and tighter requirements of front-line work. The changes taking place address a ...