Department of Sociology
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Norske forsvarsveteraners livsløp
(Master thesis, 2022-06-16)Gjennom det 20. og 21. århundre har Norge sendt soldater til mange ulike internasjonale operasjoner. Operasjonene har gjennomgått en utvikling i denne perioden, fra å være fredsbevarende i regi av FN, til å bli mer militært ... -
Høyere utdanning – en målestokk for «norskhet»?: En kvalitativ analyse av opplevd tilhørighet og identitetsforståelse blant norskfødte etterkommere av innvandrere
(Master thesis, 2022-06-15)Denne oppgaven undersøker opplevelser av tilhørighet og forståelse av egen identitet hos norskfødte etterkommere av innvandrere med etnisk minoritetsbakgrunn og foreldre med innvandrerbakgrunn fra det globale sør. Dette ... -
Unges muligheter til boligetablering i Norge over tid: En dokumentanalyse i tidsperioden 1964-2013
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«En må være levende opptatt av det» - En kvalitativ studie av odelsberettigedes vurderinger omkring overtakelse av familiegården
(Master thesis, 2022-06-16)Det norske landbruket står ovenfor store utfordringer. De siste 30 årene har antall aktive gårdsbruk blitt halvert, og de som er igjen driver stadig større. Samtidig er lønnsomheten så dårlig at de fleste er nødt til å ha ... -
Who you know: the classed structure of social capital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article focuses on the social structuring of social capital, understood as resources embedded in social networks. The analysis integrates key theoretical–methodological insights from two distinct approaches concerned ... -
Disability pension dynamics in early adulthood: A two-decade longitudinal study of educational, work and welfare-state trajectories in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Since the 1990's, structural transformations in the Norwegian economy have decreased employment opportunities for low-skilled young people lacking formal education credentials. In parallel with these economic ... -
Social Failure and Rage: The Downward Social Mobility and Unsettled Life Course of a Norwegian Terrorist
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This essay sketches out an analysis of some of the key aspects of the life course of Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer and terrorist, as well as his typical delusional and paranoid traits. His acts of ... -
Gendered transition structures: life course patterns after completion of gender-segregated vocational education in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this article, we present the results from a sequence analysis of two cohorts of young people skilled in gender-segregated vocational education in Norway. By using administrative data on monthly statuses in education, ... -
The end of ‘Welcome Culture’? How the Cologne assaults reframed Germany’s immigration discourse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Controversy over immigration and integration intensified in German news media following Chancellor Merkel’s response to the refugee crisis of 2015. Using multidimensional scaling of word associations in reporting across ... -
Local responses to hostility to new asylum seeker centres in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates disagreement over how to respond to the establishment of asylum seeker centres in local communities. Building on interviews with individuals in one rural and one urban community in Norway, we ... -
“I Turned to Things That Mean More to Me”: Unpacking the Activist Trajectories of Syrians in Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The article examines how Syrians’ activist trajectories have evolved in exile contexts of small Syrian communities and limited mobilization structures. Based on in-depth interviews with Syrians in Oslo, I argue that the ... -
The Impact Of Covid-19 On Immigration: The Transformation Of Norwegian Migration Policy On Asylum Seekers
(Journal article, 2021)Until just a year ago, hardly anyone believed that the increasingly unrestrained growth in mobility could be so abruptly interrupted by a radical immobilisation of large population groups. Neither mobility studies nor other ... -
PIONEERED: Elaborating the link between social and educational policies for tackling educational inequalities in Europe
(Journal article, 2021)Although a number of policies tackling educational inequalities have been introduced in recent decades in Europe, educational inequalities exist to a varying extent both in different sub- and supranational contexts. In ... -
“Quiet is the New Loud”: The Biosociology Debate’s Absent Voices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In 2000, a controversial article about hormones and gender roles was published to stimulate debate about whether and how biological knowledge should be integrated in sociological research. Two decades later, this so-called ... -
I skyggen av likestillingen – voldsutsatte mødre i Norge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Målet med artikkelen er å undersøke voldsutsatte mødres erfaringer i lys av det likestilte foreldreskapet som rettslig realitet, politisk ambisjon og kulturelt ideal i Norge. Artikkelen er et bidrag til å knytte vold i ... -
Barnfrihet: Hvorfor ønsker noen ikke å ha barn?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Denne artikkelen handler om hva som gjør at noen mennesker ønsker å være barnfri. Betegnelsen «barnfri» er ment å beskrive personer som lever uten barn fordi de ønsker eller har valgt det selv. Datamaterialet er åtte ... -
Constructions of the ideal elite employee: A content analysis of job advertisements for positions in the Norwegian upper class
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Previous research has shown that the upper class has a high degree of self-recruitment. Simultaneously, research on job recruitment suggests that there has been an increase in the importance of ‘soft skills’. This article ... -
Hva har vi lært av flyktningkrisen? Hovedfunn fra prosjektet "Imagining and Experiencing the Refugee Crisis" (IMEX)
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Nabolagserfaringer etter flyktningkrisa
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“Liquid integration” of vulnerable migrant youth. Some general considerations
(Bergen Studies in Sociology;15/2021, Research report, 2020)