• Hva mener folk i Norge om å redusere forbruket sitt? 

  Andersen, Gisle; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer (Medborgernotat;, Research report, 2024)

• Aligning working-class interests and preferences: The case of inheritance tax 

  Eidheim, Marta Rekdal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article addresses a lack of alignment between the material interests and economic preferences of the working class. It argues that the link between class interest and support for specific economic policies that benefit ...

• Measuring Happiness and Life Satisfaction amongst Swedish Citizens: an Inquiry into Semantic Equivalence in Comparative Survey Research 

  Axelsson, Sofia; Dahlberg, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A consistent empirical finding is that Scandinavian countries by international standards score steadily high in terms of subjectively reported levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Intrigued by previous findings in ...

• Legal Opportunity Structure and Legal Battles Over Sex Education and LGBTQ Students in Brazil and Colombia 

  de Mello Côrtes, Ana; Jaramillo, Juliana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Brazil and Colombia are outstanding cases of rights recognition through courts. However, when it comes to comprehensive sex education (CSE), the legal battles in these countries have experienced notably different moments. ...

• Fear, trust, and knowledge–understanding Norwegian citizens’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 

  Fimreite, Anne Lise; Løvseth, Erla Katrine; Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This paper explores citizens’ perceptions of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) problem, addressing the need for governance legitimacy in crisis management and policymaking when fighting this crisis. Previous research has ...

• No-campaigns in peace referendums 

  Tappe Ortiz, Juliana; Arévalo, Julián (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Peace agreements can be more effective and durable when being supported by the broad public through a peace referendum. However, after some peace negotiations, No-campaigns succeeded in convincing voters that the peace in ...

• Rural but not radical right: The rural-urban cleavage in Norway 

  Auerbach, Kiran; Eidheim, Marta Rekdal; Fimreite, Anne Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right-wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left-leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey ...

• Public Rights Orientations and Views on Long-Term Care Options for Children in the Child Protection System: An Analysis of Representative Samples of Adults in California, USA and Norway 

  Berrick, Jill Duerr; Helland, Hege Stein; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This study examines a representative sample of adults in California (USA) and Norway, and their attitudes toward adoption versus foster care in a child protection case. The results show that a majority of people favour ...

• Place-based resentment in an egalitarian welfare state 

  Kiran, Auerbach; Eidheim, Marta Rekdal; Fimreite, Anne Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A divide between people in rural areas and in cities contributes to the current wave of populist backlash and the realignment of party systems across Western democracies. Does place-based resentment also exist and influence ...

• Metaphors of communication professionals in higher education: between the trivial and significant 

  Sataøen, Hogne Lerøy; Lövgren, Daniel; Neby, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This study explores the evolving, however also “messy”, role of communication professionals in higher education institutions (HEIs), who are involved in organizational science communication. Despite substantial growth and ...

• What do we know about children's representation in child protection decisions? A scoping review 

  Haarberg, Frøydis Lønborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This scoping review presents an overview of existing research about children’s representation in child protection decision-making and identifies the knowledge gaps. Representation arrangements to ensure that children’s ...

• Opening the black box of student government in authoritarian contexts: institutional work and intra-organisational conflicts in the Students’ Guild at Makerere University, Uganda 

  Felde, Andrea Kronstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Student governments are important actors in higher education governance and also in more general political processes, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the research on student governments has thus far focused on ...

• Social Dominance Orientation and exposure to violence as predictors of support for past peace agreements 

  Tappe Ortiz, Juliana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The purpose of this study is to explore individual predictors of support for peace agreements after their implementation. The aim is to test if individual differences in Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) temper the effect ...

• The gendered costs of stigma: How experiences of conflict-related sexual violence affect civic engagement for women and men 

  Koos, Carlo; Traunmüller, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A common understanding emphasizes the destructive effects of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) on social cohesion and community life.Stressing the agency of survivors, we present an alternative argument. Ourtheory ...

• Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, and Mobilization 

  Lindsey, Summer; Koos, Carlo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  What are the psychological, social, and political legacies of sexual violence in armed conflicts? While conventional wisdom expects the exclusion of survivors from their societies due to stigma, we advance a theory of ...

• Exploring popular conceptions of democracy through media discourse: analysing dimensions of democracy from online media data in 93 countries using a distributional semantic model 

  Dahlberg, Stefan; Mörkenstam, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Survey studies show that popular support for democracy is strong in democratic and non-democratic countries. Naturally, the question is if democracy actually means the same thing in different linguistic, cultural, and ...

• Aase Lionæs og abortsaken 

  Elvbakken, Kari Tove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Gjeldende abortlov ble vedtatt i 1975 og endret i 1978 slik at kvinner har rett til selvbestemt abort innen 12. svangerskapsuke. Da hadde abortsaken vært på den politiske agendaen i mange tiår. Mange kvinner og menn har ...

• Sex instead of money: Conceptualizing sexual corruption 

  Bjarnegård, Elin; Calvo, Dolores; Eldén, Åsa; Jonsson, Maria Sofia; Lundgren, Silje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Research on the dynamics of corruption has rarelyconsidered sex as a currency in corrupt transactions.This article puts forward the argument that the abuseof entrusted power in exchange for personal gain is rele-vant also ...

• The Politics of Risking Peace Revisited: The Fate of Rebel Leaders Who Signed Peace Agreements 

  Tappe Ortiz, Juliana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Are rebel leaders punished for signing peace agreements? Many studies have found that leaders face domestic punishment for signing peace agreements. However, while this may be true for state leaders, it remains unclear ...

• Translations of climate change consequences at the local level: Climate change adaptation in Bergen and Stavanger municipalities in Norway 

  Morsut, Claudia; Engen, Ole Andreas Hegland; Neby, Simon; Angell, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This paper uncovers a local-level approach to the likely adverse effects of climate change through climate change policies, measures and practices concerning climate change adaptation. The study is sustained by the literature ...

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