• The Integration of Refugees in Norway: Reflection from the Eritrean Refugees in Two Municipalities 

  Manna, Dawit Weldekidan (Master thesis, 2017)

  The influx of refugees into Europe, Scandinavia, and Norway and the challenges that came along on how to integrate them into the host communities has been at the front-and-center of public and media debates in recent years. ...

• Explaining Backlash: Social Hierarchy and Men’s Rejection of Women’s Rights Reforms 

  Benstead, Lindsay; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Governments promote gender-sensitive policies, yet little is known about why reform campaigns evoke backlash. Drawing on social position theory, we test whether marginalized (women’s organizations) or intrusive (Western ...

• Structuring Practice for Children’s Participation. Report I for the Participation Project: Mapping and Evaluating Organizational Guidelines 

  Jensen, Frøydis Petersen; Kriz, Katrin; Skivenes, Marit (Research report, 2022)

• Child’s best interest in child protection legislation of 44 jurisdictions 

  Luhamaa, Katre; Krutzinna, Jenny; Skivenes, Marit (Research report, 2022)

• Securing permanence for children in care: A cross-country analysis of citizen's view on adoption versus foster care 

  Skivenes, Marit; Benbenishty, Rami (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  If children in child protection cannot be cared for by their natural parents, should they be adopted or live in foster home? Results from a study of representative samples of populations (n = 12 330), in eight European ...

• The Invisible Child. A Comparative Study of Newborn Removal Judgments from a Child Equality Perspective (CEP) 

  Kriz, Katrin; Krutzinna, Jenny; Poso, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  We know little about how children are portrayed in care order cases. Using a Child Equality Perspective (cep), which demands the child’s presence in proceedings even for children who are not capable of partaking fully in ...

• Parenthood in the (Child) Welfare State : Legitimation of care orders and care rights in Norway 

  Juhasz, Ida Benedicte (Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-04)

  Denne avhandlingen utforsker et spesifikt ‘svart hull’ i det norske velferdsdemokratiet, nemlig alvorlige inngrep i familien for å beskytte barn. Legitimering av slike inngrep studeres gjennom argumentene til de to partene ...

• Can critical policy studies outsmart AI? Research agenda on artificial intelligence technologies and public policy 

  Paul, Regine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The insertion of artificial intelligence technologies (AITs) and data-driven automation in public policymaking should be a metaphorical wake-up call for critical policy analysts. Both its wide representation as techno-solutionist ...

• Measurement equivalence in probability and nonprobability online panels 

  Einarsson, Hafsteinn; Sakshaug, Joseph W; Cernat, Alexandru; Cornesse, Carina; Blom, Annelies (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Nonprobability online panels are commonly used in the social sciences as a fast and inexpensive way of collecting data in contrast to more expensive probability-based panels. Given their ubiquitous use in social science ...

• Historical Institutions, Ideological Contestation, and International Pressures for Reform : Exploring Higher Education Governance in Turkey 

  Fındıklı, Burhan (Doctoral thesis, 2022-09-19)

  Higher education systems and institutions worldwide are currently subjected to structural and policy reforms, which have sparked social scientific interest in analyzing reform processes in this specific policy sector. ...

• Asserting the right to care – Birth parents’ arguments in newborn care orders 

  Juhasz, Ida Benedicte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Summary Removing a newborn from his or her birth parents’ care is arguably a stark display of state power into the family. This study explores birth parents’ engagement with care proceedings in all (N = 177) newborn care ...

• Europapolitikken i dag En studie av norske politiske partiers posisjon og argumentasjon under stortingsvalgkampen 2021 

  Baumann, Anne (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Sammendrag: Europapolitikk er et komplekst politikkområde i den norske politiske konteksten. Ved to tidligere anledninger har det vært folkeavstemninger, henholdsvis i 1972 og 1994 som har stilt spørsmål om norsk medlemskap ...

• "Når matsvinn blir et politikkområde" Et casestudie av Norges tilnærming til matsvinnproblematikken 

  Esposito, Emilia Alnæs (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Denne masteravhandlingen undersøker et felt som ofte forbindes med klimapolitikk: Matsvinn. Matsvinn som konsept identifiseres i stadig økende grad som et omfattende samfunnsproblem. Sløsing med mat utgjør en klimaversting ...

• How does an Exogenous Shock Affect Institutional Change? The Case of Digitalization in Konkurransetilsynet and COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Aursland, Steinar (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Denne kvalitative casestudien utforsker korleis eit eksogent sjokk kan påverke institusjonell endring, med å analysere digitaliseringa i Konkurransetilsynet, som starta før og fortsette inn i COVID-19-pandemien. Med å bruke ...

• Trust in pathways? Professionals’ sensemaking of care pathways in the Norwegian mental health services system. 

  Tørseth, Tine Nesbø; Ådnanes, Marian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background In January 2019, care pathways within specialist mental health and substance abuse treatment services were officially launched in Norway. The care pathway introduced timeframes for assessment and treatment, ...

• Kjøpt og betalt? Stortingspolitikere og ekstra-parlamentarisk inntjening. - En studie om hvordan politikeres inntekter utenfor Stortinget påvirker voteringene 

  Mæle, Helene (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å se på hvordan stortingspolitikeres ekstra-parlamentariske inntjening påvirker voteringer i Stortinget. Problemstilling min er: Stemmer norske politikere med eksterne verv og inntjening ...

• Politisk utvikling i digitale medier - En komparativ casestudie av retusjert reklame og influencerbarn 

  Raa, Amalie Haugen (Master thesis, 2022-06-16)

  Innenfor lignende kontekster prioriteres samfunnsfenomen i ulik grad. Visse tilfeller er kontinuerlig aktuelle og befinner seg på den politiske agendaen over lange perioder, mens andre eksisterer i samfunnet lenge før ...

• Politisk bruk av ekspertise. Ein studie i korleis ekspertisen til smittevernoverlegen vart nytta i Oslo og Bergen kommunar under covid-19-pandemien 

  Kroken, Vibeke (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

• Evidence in Norwegian child protection interventions – Analysing cases of familial violence 

  Løvlie, Audun Gabriel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  How is expert evidence used in care order proceedings when children are considered for foster care placement because of familial violence? What are important factors and how do the decision-makers use and evaluate evidence ...

• Democratic Legitimacy in South Asia and Beyond : Does Culture Matter? 

  Hossain, Akram (Doctoral thesis, 2022-08-12)

  Demokrati har fått verdensomspennende offentlig aksept som et ideelt system for styring. Forskere om demokrati utfører mye forskning, inkludert undersøkelser, for å identifisere kildene til legitimitet for demokrati. Denne ...

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