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Taking Time Seriously: Biographical Circumstance and Immigrant Labor Integration Experience
(Journal of International Migration and Integration;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-18)The article offers a re-conceptualization of the labor integration process which takes temporality into account as a relevant feature that, rather than following patterned frames of reference, is actively referenced through ... -
Temporary Employment Agencies’ Role in Work Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees: Opportunities or a Permanent Precariat?
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-12)Temporary employment agencies act as mediators between job-seekers with immigrant backgrounds and the labour market. We ask; do the agencies promote or inhibit participation and social inclusion among immigrants on the ... -
Therapeutic features of the Family Group Conference model when Applied for long-term social assistance recipients
(Journal of Family Social Work;Volume 23, 2020 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-21)The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore long-term social assistance recipients´ experiences with family group conferences (FGC). Fifteen Norwegian long-term (> 6 months) social assistance recipients whom had ... -
‘They said I wasn’t sick enough’: pain as negotiation in workfare
(Nordic Social Work Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-29)Women with migration experience from non-European countries living in Norway question the degree to which workfare is beneficial to their participation in working life. Welfare-workers regard ‘immigrant women’ as a ... -
Tilsetjing og arbeidsløyse i Noreg og Danmark: Er svakt stillingsvern gunstig for folk med dårleg helse?
(Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning;57(01), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Denne studien undersøker arbeidsmarknadstilknytinga til personar med helseproblem i Danmark og Noreg i ein periode med låg etterspurnad etter arbeidskraft. Noreg og Danmark deler mange karakteristikkar, men stillingsvernet ... -
Transforming child welfare: from explicit to implicit control of families
(European Journal of Social Work;17(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-03)Through a historical review of child welfare laws and policies between 1896 and 1992 in Norway, this article investigates the state control of families. The central questions in this article relate to the transformations ... -
The transition from university to work: what happens to mental health? A longitudinal study
(BMC Psychology;7, Article number: 65 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-12)Background: When enrolled in university or college, students receive varying degrees of training in managing practical situations in the workplace. However, after graduation, the young professionals meet their responsibilities ... -
Transitions to Adulthood of ‘At Risk’ Young Men: New Analysis from Two Norwegian Qualitative Longitudinal Studies
(Children & society;Volume 34, Issue 3, May 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-10)This paper focuses on two cohorts of Norwegian young men whose behaviour in childhood and adolescence caused serious concern to their parents, teachers, social workers and, in some cases, the police, Despite having been ... -
Traumebevisst omsorg - i møte med barn utsatt for vedvarende omsorgssvikt
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Skremmende og alvorlige hendelser i barndommen kan sette dype spor i et lite uskyldig barn. Omsorgssvikt fra en nær tillitsperson kan gjøre at barnet opplever et relasjonsbrudd som kan være potensielt traumatiserende, det ... -
Traumebevisst omsorg for å ivareta barn og unge utsatt for incest
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Som tema for min bachelor har jeg valgt incest og hvordan barnevernspedagogen i sitt arbeid, kan ivareta barn og unge utsatt for incest. Jeg ble spesielt interessert i tema da jeg valgte fordypningsverkstedet om incest og ... -
Traumebevisst omsorg i barnevernsinstitusjon: Hvordan kan komplekse traumer påvirke barns utvikling, og hva innebærer det å jobbe med traumebevisst omsorg i en barnevernsinstitusjon?
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Jeg har i denne oppgaven tatt for meg temaet traumebevisst omsorg i barnevernsinstitusjon. Traumebevisst omsorg er en tilnærming som tar utgangspunkt i tre «pilarer»: trygghet, relasjon og følelsesregulering. Barn som har ... -
Two factors, one direction towards social regulation policy convergence: Learning from policy experts in Norway and India
(Alter - European Journal of Disability Research;Volume 15, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-10)Two significantly different countries such as Norway and India have adopted similar social regulation policies aimed at the employment of disabled people since the 1990s. Countries can adopt social regulation policies, ... -
Types of social capital resources and self-rated health among the Norwegian adult population
(International Journal for Equity in Health;9 (8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-03-17)Background: Social inequalities in health are large in Norway. In part, these inequalities may stem from differences in access to supportive social networks - since occupying disadvantaged positions in affluent societies ... -
Undermineres arbeidsviljen av velferdsstaten?
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;14 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12)Det er frykt for at en velferdsstat med sjenerøse trygdeordninger over tid vil undergrave arbeidsinvolveringen med det resultat at stadig flere vil foretrekke å leve på trygd. Denne studien viser at arbeidsinvolveringen i ... -
Understanding the Experience of Myotonic Dystrophy. Mixed Method Study
(Journal of Genetic Counseling;24(1), Journal article, 2014-08-16)Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) is a progressive multi-systemic disorder characterized by myotonia and muscle weakness where currently no effective treatment or cure to prevent or delay the disorder exists. This study used mixed ... -
Understanding the longer-term effects of family group conferences
(European Journal of Social Work;;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-16)Few studies estimate the longer-term effects of family group conferences (FGCs), as previous research has been mainly qualitative or has focused only on the shorter-term effects of FGCs. This study analyses, using a ... -
Understandings of biological kinship ties in social workers’ accounts: A cross-cultural study of out-of-home placements in Norway and France
(Qualitative Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-20)Although kinship has been the object of growing anthropological interest since the mid-1980s, few studies have concentrated on the cultural understandings of biological kinship ties in the context of out-of-home placements. ... -
Unemployment and health selection in diverging economic conditions: Compositional changes? Evidence from 28 European countries
(International journal for equity in health;14(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Unemployment and health selection in diverging economic conditions: Compositional changes? Evidence from 28 european countries. Introduction People with ill health tend to be overrepresented among the unemployment population. ... -
Unemployment in Scandinavia during an economic crisis: Cross-national differences in health selection
(Social Science & Medicine;130, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-13)Are people with ill health more prone to unemployment during the ongoing economic crisis? Is this health selection more visible among people with low education, women, or the young? The current paper investigates these ... -
Unemployment transitions and self-rated health in Europe: A longitudinal analysis of EU-SILC from 2008 to 2011.
(Social Science & Medicine;143, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-28)The Great Recession of 2008 has led to elevated unemployment in Europe and thereby revitalised the question of causal health effects of unemployment. This article applies fixed effects regression models to longitudinal ...