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An island of civilization in a sea of delay? Indifference and fragmentation along the rugged shorelines of Kiev’s newbuild archipelago 
Mezentsev, Kostyantyn; Gentile, Michael; Mezentseva, Nataliia; Stebletska, Iuliia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Some of the literature on newbuild gentrification (NBG) suggests that residents of neighborhoods exposed to NBG gradually become alienated from their surroundings because it erodes the sense of place, producing, as one ...
Var klassesamfunnet noen gang på hell? 
Toft, Maren; Flemmen, Magne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Selv om klassebegrepet står sentralt i sosiologien, er det også omdiskutert. En rekke sosiologer har betvilt at klasse er av betydning i «senmoderne samfunn». I 1987 kom debatten til Norge, i form av boka med den megetsigende ...
Sexually violent effervescence: Understanding sexual assault among youth 
Tutenges, Sébastien; Sandberg, Sveinung; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Based on interviews with 104 young partygoers, this article examines sexual assaults that occur in the context of festive events. Focus is on how individuals describe their sexual victimization. Three experiential ...
From Holism to Participation: Three Phases in Durkheim's Work 
Schiermer, Bjørn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The present paper seeks to read out important displacements regarding the understanding of the relation between the social and the individual in the course of Durkheim’s oeuvre. First, I center on Durkheim’s methodological ...
When peaceful people fight: Beyond neutralization and subcultural theory 
Sandberg, Sveinung; Copes, Heith; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Fights are widespread in society, but for most people it happens once or twice and is not part of a consistent pattern or lifestyle. Using a narrative criminological framework, we study the stories of violence among people ...
Integration and exclusion at work: Latvian and Swedish agency nurses in Norway 
Knutsen, Hege Merete; Fangen, Katrine; Zabko, Oksana (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Qualitative interviews with Latvian and Swedish agency nurses in Norway reveal that the two groups have quite different experiences of integration in the Norwegian labor market. Aiming to add knowledge about differentiation ...
The importance of friends: Social life challenges for foreign physicians in Southern Sweden 
Mozetič, Katarina; Frykman, Maja (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The article connects the fields of work/non-work research with the research on social integration of migrants. It is based on in-depth interviews with foreign physicians in the south of Sweden which explored their work/non-work ...
Neoliberalism(s) as a guide to post-Wall urban change: explanation out of the blue? 
Gentile, Michael; Sjöberg, Örjan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Concerns have been raised that neoliberalism has become the favoured, yet uncritically applied lens used to approach and explain societal developments. This contribution assesses research on an area where this concern has ...
Nature as a Subject of Rights? National Discourses on Ecuador's Constitutional Rights of Nature 
Laastad, Synneva Geithus (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to make nature a subject of constitutional rights, and they did so by invoking nature as la Pachamama, the Kichwa Mother Earth deity. This is a biocentric notion which ...
Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data 
Rege, Mari; Skardhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil Elias; Votruba, Mark E (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ...
Housing market filtering in the Oslo region:pro-market housing policies in a Nordic welfare state context 
Magnusson Turner, Lena; Wessel, Terje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Vacancy chain theory suggests that mobility opportunities spread within and between specific states, typically flowing from attractive to less attractive units, with households moving in the opposite direction. We explore ...
Fatal attraction: A narrative of early opioid addiction 
Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Norway’s first clinic to treat drug abuse was established in 1961. Most patients had been initiated into drug use through the healthcare system, i.e., in an iatrogenic manner. However, we know little about the drug users ...
Weber’s Alternative Theory of Action: Relationalism and Object-Oriented Action in Max Weber’s Work 
Schiermer, Bjørn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The present paper aims to unearth the rudiments of an alternative theory of action in Weber. Centring on salient descriptions of scientific practice found in Weber, I argue that one finds so-called “relational” impulses ...
Politicising Women's Part-time Work in Norway: A Longitudinal Study of Ideas 
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, Ragnhild Steen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Numerous studies have expanded the understanding of part-time work as a gendered labour market phenomenon. However, there has been little research into how societies perceive women’s part-time work over time. The passage ...
When metaphors become cognitive locks: occupational pension reform in Norway 
Hagelund, Anniken; Grødem, Anne Skevik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The reform of the Norwegian pension system in the early 2000s sparked off a need to reform occupational pensions. In the private sector, this was done in negotiations in 2008. In the public sector, a similar attempt in ...
The Presidential Pardon of Fujimori: Political Struggles in Peru and the Subsidiary Role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 
Cornejo Chavez, Leiry; García-Godos, Jemima; Pérez León Acevedo, Juan Pablo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In 2017, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned after serving less than half of a 25-year sentence for human rights violations. The measure was taken amidst political turmoil and an impeachment process led ...
Organizational change and the risk of sickness absence: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of organizational unit-level change in hospitals 
Grønstad, Anniken; Kjekshus, Lars E; Tjerbo, Trond; Bernstrøm, Vilde H (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background Organizational change is often associated with reduced employee health and increased sickness absence. However, most studies in the field accentuate major organizational change and often do not ...
Understanding tradition: marital name change in Britain and Norway 
Duncan, Simon; Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Carter, Julia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Marital surname change is a striking example of the survival of tradition. A practice emerging from patriarchal history has become embedded in an age of detraditionalisation and women’s emancipation. Is the tradition of ...
Intra-EU youth mobility, human capital and career outcomes: The case of young high-skilled Latvians and Romanians in Sweden 
Emilsson, Henrik; Mozetic, Katarina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This article analyses the relationship between human capital and career outcomes using the case of highly skilled young Latvians and Romanians in Sweden. As a non-English-speaking country with regulated labour markets, the ...
The battle for truth: How online newspaper commenters defend their censored expressions 
Fangen, Katrine; Riborg Holter, Carina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The presence of hate speech in the commentary field of online newspapers is a pressing challenge for free speech policy. We have conducted interviews with 15 people whose comments were censored for posting comments of a ...
The Material Politics of Citizenship: Struggles over Resources, Authority and Belonging in the New Federal Republic of Nepal 
Nightingale, Andrea J.; Lenaerts, Lutgart; Shrestha, Ankita; Lama, P. N.; Ohja, Hemant R. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Examining the boundaries of state–society–citizen–environment after the federal restructuring in Nepal, we ask how do people claim authority or citizenship rights? We theorise state power through the socio-environmental ...
The gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence? 
Mastekaasa, Arne; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale; Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Aims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes toward women’s than toward men’s ...
Raising children in the inner city: still a mismatch between housing and households? 
Wessel, Terje; Lunke, Erik Bjørnson (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Recent research suggests that inner-city parents have become more loyal to urban living. If this is true, it is certainly good news for compact-city policies, which incorporate residential stability as part of the package. ...
Drinking stories as a narrative genre: The five classic themes 
Sandberg, Sveinung; Tutenges, Sébastien; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Drinking stories feature widely in Western societies. Many people eagerly share their stories in the aftermath of drinking events. These stories are also common in books, movies, music and the media. Based on qualitative ...
Hva er en god NOU? 
Holst, Cathrine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Det ligger mye makt i makten til å utrede. Vi bør bry oss mer om hvem vi gir i oppdrag å utrede offentlig politikk – og hvordan utrederne leverer. For å kunne si om norsk utredningsvesen holder mål eller ikke, må vi ha en ...
Fakta, fiksjon og politisk autentisitet [Fact, fiction, and political authenticity] 
Krogstad, Anne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Det å fremstå som autentisk i offentlighetens øyne handler om troverdig etablering av troverdighet, men reiser vanskelige spørsmål om forholdet mellom fakta og fiksjon. Med utspring i teorier om visuelle tegn og retorikk ...
Collider bias (aka sample selection bias) in observational studies: why the effects of hyperandrogenism in elite women’s sport are likely underestimated 
Borgen, Nicolai T. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The medical condition of hyperandrogenism has entered common parlance because the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) decided to ban women with the condition from competing against women who have ...
Geopolitical fault-line cities in the world of divided cities 
Gentile, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The literature on divided (or contested) cities has expanded rapidly during the past decade, with a handful of iconic sites presiding over the long list of cities wounded by conflict, violence or general unrest. In this ...
Immigrants and the 'caring father': Inequality in access to and utilisation of parental leave in Norway 
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
How do parental leave rights and interacting societal structures influence immigrant fathers’ compliance with the ‘caring father’ model—typifying Nordic welfare states? Nordic parental leave schemes differ; this study ...
Latvian migrants’ circular or permanent migration to Norway : economic and social factors 
Zabko, Oksana; Fangen, Katrine; Endresen, Sylvi Birgit (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This article analyses migration decisions and labour market manoeuvring of Latvian migrants to Norway, as well as the economic and social conditions that influence their choices. How do they adapt to the labour market in ...
Sluttreplikk 
Andersson, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
One Order Fits All? Birth Order and Education in Immigrant Families 
Isungset, Martin Arstad; Lillehagen, Mats; Ugreninov, Elisabeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Birth order causes social inequality between siblings. In Western countries, earlier-born perform better than later-born. In non-Western countries, however, earlier-born generally perform worse than later-born. We use ...
Between ‘scientisation’ and a ‘participatory turn’. Tracing shifts in the governance of policy advice. 
Krick, Eva; Christensen, Johan; Holst, Cathrine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This study traces the claims of a ‘scientization’ and a ‘participatory turn’ in modern governance within the system of temporary policy advisory committees in Norway. It analyzes whether there is evidence of the two claims ...
Eufori og angst. Graffitiveteraners forbudte gleder 
Andersen, Mikael Lien; Krogstad, Anne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Hvordan kan man forstå den intenst forlokkende følelsen ved frivillig å oppsøke ulovligheter og fare? Med utspring i følelsessosiologi og kulturell kriminologi undersøker vi hvordan risiko og brudd med ordinært hverdagsliv ...
Færre med store barneflokker – Hvilken betydning har endringer i kvinners arbeidstid for nedgangen i fødselstallene? 
Dommermuth, Lars; Kornstad, Tom; Lappegård, Trude (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Andelen kvinner med minst tre barn har gått ned de siste tiårene i Norge, også blant grupper som vanligvis har fått mange barn. Samtidig har kvinnene i økende grad gått over fra å arbeide deltid til heltid. Vi undersøker ...
“Cloud chasers” and “substitutes”: E-cigarettes, vaping subcultures and vaper identities 
Tokle, Rikke Iren; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The use of e-cigarettes is increasing, a practice denoted as vaping. We explore user motives, self-identity as vapers and involvement in vaping subcultures, drawing on sociological theory of stigma, subcultures and symbolic ...
'Locker room talk': Male bonding and sexual degradation in drinking stories 
Vaynman, Margaret Judith; Sandberg, Sveinung; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This paper explores alcohol-related sexual storytelling. In a qualitative study of more than 100 male participants in the night-time economy in Norway, many told animated and cheerful stories laced with erotic excitement. ...
The role of flexibility in enabling transformational social change: perspectives from an Indigenous community using Q-methodology 
Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
What makes some communities more resilient and transformative than others? This paper explores the hypothesis that the flexibility of perspectives is central to enable the kind of changes called for by current and future ...
Weather and daily mobility in international perspective: A cross-comparison of Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish city regions 
Böcker, Lars; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Liu, Chengxi; Dijst, Martin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
With climate change, weather has emerged as an important theme in transport research and planning. Although recent studies demonstrate profound weather effects on mobility in single case study areas, international ...
Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden 
Duvander, Ann-Zofie; Lappegård, Trude; Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Gardarsdóttir, Ólöf; Neyer, Gerda; Viklund, Ida (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Demographic theories maintain that family policies that support gender equality may lead to higher fertility levels in postindustrial societies. This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. ...
Den medievridde kultureliten 
Krogstad, Anne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Professor Gudmund Hernes skapte furore i norsk offentlighet da han i 1977 utga artikkelen «Det mediavridde samfunn». I første del av denne artikkelen spør jeg hvordan en knapt 15 siders artikkel kjemisk fri for ...
Eliten vi elsker å hate. Mediekonstruerte myter om svensk og norsk kulturelite 
Krogstad, Anne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Hvilke trekk er det ved kultureliten som gjør at vi elsker å hate den, hvordan vurderes den politisk, og hvilke motsetninger og interne spenninger rommer forestillingene om den? Spørsmålene besvares gjennom bruk av en ...
When peaceful people fight: Beyond neutralization and subcultural theory 
Sandberg, Sveinung; Copes, Heith; Pedersen, Willy (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Fights are widespread in society, but for most people it happens once or twice and is not part of a consistent pattern or lifestyle. Using a narrative criminological framework, we study the stories of violence among people ...
Immigration and the decline in adolescent binge drinking 
Rogne, Adrian Farner; Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background Adolescent alcohol consumption has fallen in most Western countries over the past two decades, while immigrants and children of immigrants from low-consumption countries constitute a growing proportion of teenagers ...
Ethnic Composition of Schools and Students’ Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden 
Brandén, Maria; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Szulkin, Ryszard (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
We examine the impact of ethnic school composition on students’ educational outcomes using Swedish population register data. We add to the literature on the consequences of ethnic school segregation for native and immigrant ...
Pakistani in the UK and Norway: different contexts, similar disadvantage. Results from a comparative field experiment on hiring discrimination 
Larsen, Edvard Nergård; Di Stasio, Valentina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Experimental research on ethnic discrimination in labour markets is often concerned with individual-level mechanisms. Structural macro-level drivers of discrimination, however, are more difficult to address. We present the ...
Political representation through ethnic parties? Electoral performance and party-building processes among ethnic parties in Myanmar 
Stokke, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
What is the role of political representation by ethnic parties in a multi-ethnic state that has undergone a transition from military rule, and is seeking to resolve protracted intrastate conflicts? The present article ...
From Class Politics to Classed Politics 
Jarness, Vegard; Flemmen, Magne; Rosenlund, Lennart (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Questions of political conflict have always been central to class analysis; changing political fault lines were a key argument in the debates about the ‘death of class’. The ensuing ‘cultural turn’ in class analysis has ...
Mer bruk av cannabis blant Oslo-ungdom: Hvem er i risikosonen? 
Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders; von Soest, Tilmann (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Cannabis ble introdusert i Norge på 1960-tallet, i kjølvannet av ungdomsopprøret som rullet over den vestlige verden. Bruken var stabil på 1970- og 80-tallet, men økte kraftig på 1990-tallet og ble da knyttet til teorien ...
Stedsløse slaur - Ungdom, skole og lokal forankring 
Gulløy, Elisabeth; Moshuus, Geir H (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The study investigates a common assumption from previous decades of educational sociology: Educational resistance seems to go hand in hand with strong local identity and belonging. In the early 1990s, the Norwegian sociologist ...
Hva de snakker om når de snakker om stress 
Pedersen, Willy; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Forskere har kartlagt såkalte stressorer, men få har undersøkt hvordan de formes av klasse og sosial kontekst. Vi spør: Hvordan utvikles skolerelatert stress i to svært ulike skolemiljøer i Oslo? Skole K [som konnoterer ...
Towards an Integrative Discourse on Climate Change 
O'Brien, Karen; Leichenko, Robin M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Harriet Bulkeley’s article raises some of the persistent challenges of integrating social science perspectives into climate change research. In this commentary, we consider a broader and deeper approach to integration that ...
Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data 
Rege, Mari; Skardhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil Elias; Votruba, Mark E (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ...
Designing Administrative Reforms for Maintaining Trust 
Klemsdal, Lars; Kjekshus, Lars Erik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This paper explores how to maintain trust while implementing administrative reforms. The contribution is to show how trust can be enhanced through the design of reform plans. Contrary to the position that favours trust-based ...
Brothers and barbarians: Discursive constructions of ‘refugees’ in Russian media 
Moen-Larsen, Natalia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This article maps the unexplored terrain of representations of refugees in Russian media, using discourse theory and the concepts of subject positions and symbolic boundaries to analyse these representations. The research ...
Epistemic democracy and the role of experts 
Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Epistemic democrats are rightly concerned with the quality of outcomes and judge democratic procedures in terms of their ability to ‘track the truth’. However, their impetus to assess ‘rule by experts’ and ‘rule by the ...
A Comparative Study of Segregation Patterns in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden: Neighbourhood Concentration and Representation of Non-European Migrants 
Andersson, Eva K.; Malmberg, Bo; Rafael, Costa; Sleutjes, Bart; Stonawski, Marcin Jan; de Valk, H.A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this paper, we use geo-coded, individual-level register data on four European countries to compute comparative measures of segregation that are independent of existing geographical sub-divisions. The focus is on ...
"The immigration problem" and Norwegian right-wing politicians 
Fangen, Katrine; Vaage, Mari Nielsen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this article, we explore Norwegian Progress Party politicians’ change of their rhetoric of immigration after the party for the first time became part of a coalition government in 2013. Equal to other right-wing populist ...
The unmaking of a commodity: Intermediation and the entanglement of power cables in Nigeria 
Haugen, Heidi Østbø (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Nigerians once trusted power cables to be safe and compliant with international standards. Today, however, the Nigerian market is rife with substandard cables, which may overheat, shoot out sparks, and cause fires. Power ...
Three metals and the “post-socialist city”: reclaiming the peripheries of urban knowledge 
Gentile, Michael Paul (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Urban theory has long been in the grip of a handful of cities and, despite the recent recalibration of the catalogue of cities that inform it, the emerging geographies of urban studies remain skewed, at the expense of ...
Pathways to electricity for all: What makes village-scale solar power successful? 
Ulsrud, Kirsten; Rohracher, Harald; Winther, Tanja; Muchunku, Charles; Palit, Debajit (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article presents new empirical research on what it takes to provide enduring access to affordable, reliable and useful electricity services for all. We analyze and synthesize the long-term experiences with three ...
Bryllup i avtradisjonaliseringens tidsalder 
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Avtradisjonalisering er et kjennetegn ved senmoderne samfunn. Utviklingen i ekteskapsinstitusjonen speiler avtradisjonaliseringsprosesser: ekteskapsratene går ned, samboerskap er blitt vanlig, flere barn fødes utenfor ...
How do parents’ educational fields affect the choice of educational field? 
Helland, Håvard; Wiborg, Øyvind N (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This study examines the links between parental education and students’ choice of field of study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status group perspective that integrates ...
Intergenerational Transmission of Multipartner Fertility 
Lappegård, Trude; Thomson, Elizabeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Using data from administrative registers for the period 1970–2007 in Norway and Sweden, we investigate the intergenerational transmission of multipartner fertility. We find that men and women with half-siblings are more ...
Mobile with an agency: Negotiating the spatiotemporalities of the temp migrant worker 
Zampoukos, Kristina; Knutsen, Hege Merete; Kiil, Maiken Bjerga; Olofsdotter, Gunilla (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Several calls have been made by labour geographers in support for a more thorough investigation and theorization of labour as an active agent in the production of economic geographies. The present paper responds to this ...
Population dynamics and ethnic geographies in Oslo: the impact of migration and natural demographic change on ethnic composition and segregation 
Wessel, Terje; Magnusson Turner, Lena; Nordvik, Viggo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; 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, ...
Klassebakgrunn, arv og gaver: Hvilken rolle spiller de for oppbygging av formue i ung alder? 
Hansen, Marianne Nordli; Wiborg, Øyvind N (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Hva har betydning for hva folk oppnår av goder i livet? Både i forskning og i samfunnsdebatten er svaret ofte utdanning. Artikkelen reiser spørsmål om arv og gaver kan ha større betydning enn det mange tenker seg. Vi reiser ...
Haugen, Heen og Bjørklys kritikk av Ole Martin Moen bygger på omstridte samfunnsvitenskapelige premisser og en misforståelse av evolusjonsteori 
Lillehagen, Mats (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Horizontal Stratification of Higher Education: The Relative Importance of Field of Study, Institution, and Department for Candidates’ Wages 
Borgen, Nicolai T.; Mastekaasa, Arne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Studies typically find large variation in labor market outcomes not only between educational levels, but also among individuals with a higher education. However, the importance of different types of horizontal divisions ...
Reproduction of social inequality through housing: a three-generational study from Norway 
Wessel, Terje; Galster, George (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The means through which socioeconomic status is transmitted across generations has long been of central interest to scholarship on inequality. We explore multi-generational reproduction of socioeconomic status through ...
Different Faces of Fiscal Bureaucracy 
Raudla, Ringa; Mjøset, Lars; Kattel, Rainer; Cepilovs, Aleksanders; Mikheeva, Olga; Tranøy, Bent Sofus (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In light of the growing importance of finance ministries and the financial dimension in policy-making, opening up the “black box” of fiscal bureaucracies is more warranted than ever. Our paper addresses the following ...
Health institutions, temporary work agencies and the mobility power of nurses 
Knutsen, Hege Merete (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The objective of this article is to explore how the mobility power of nurses (the ability to move between employers or leave the labor market) contributes to changing relations between health institutions and temporary ...
Promoting Global Justice When Backlash Strikes: EU and UN Beijing +20 
Holst, Cathrine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The UN Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995 was a landmark event resulting in the famous Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action. In 2015, a review of the implementation of the 1995 Beijing agenda — Beijing 20 — ...
Til forsvar for kvalitative intervju 
Fjær, Eivind Grip (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
To kritikker fra prominente sosiologer har de siste årene dratt i tvil nytten av kvalitative intervjudata for å si noe pålitelig om sosiale praksiser utenfor intervjusituasjonen. Den ene tar utgangspunkt i at folk ikke ...
United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates 
Akaliyski, Plamen Ivanov (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The European Union (EU) is considered to be a unique economic and political union that integrates most European countries. This article focuses on the cultural aspect of European integration, which has been increasingly ...
The socio-political ties of expert bodies. How to reconcile the independence requirement of reliable expertise and the responsiveness requirement of democratic governance 
Krick, Eva; Holst, Cathrine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This study questions the traditional story of the detachment and independence of expert bodies such as agencies, central banks and expert committees. It directs attention to the numerous institutional links with elected ...
Revenge of the nerds: Cultural capital and the politics of lifestyle among adolescent elites 
Pedersen, Willy; Jarness, Vegard; Flemmen, Magne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In recent scholarly debates about cultural stratification, some have argued that ‘openness’ and ‘omnivorous’ lifestyles constitute a new form of distinction. Using qualitative interviews, we address this by focusing on ...
Immigrant Mothers` Preferences for Children’s Sex: A register-based study of fertility behavior in Norway 
Lillehagen, Mats; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Parental sex preferences have been documented in many native populations, but much less evidence is available on immigrants’ preferences for the sexes of their children. Using high-quality longitudinal register data from ...
Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries 
Jalovaara, Marika; Neyer, Gerda; Andersson, Gunnar; Dahlberg, Johan; Dommermuth, Lars; Fallesen, Peter; Lappegård, Trude (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Systematic comparisons of fertility developments based on education, gender and country context are rare. Using harmonized register data, we compare cohort total fertility and ultimate childlessness by gender and educational ...
Gentrifications in the Planetary Elsewhere: Tele-urbanization, Schentrification, colour-splashing, and the mirage of "more-than-adequate" critical theory 
Gentile, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Despite the recent planetary turn that has swept through gentrification research, the theoretical barycentre remains pegged to a few strongholds located in the global north-west. Against this background, this essay offers ...
Editorial – theory generation, comparative analysis and bringing the “Global East” into play 
Chan, Kam Wing; Gentile, Michael; Kinossian, Nadir; Oakes, Tim; Young, Craig M (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The discreet charm of the children of the bourgeoisie: economic capital and its symbolic expressions at an elite business school 
Jarness, Vegard; Pedersen, Willy; Flemmen, Magne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
We address a largely neglected issue in contemporary research on cultural class divisions: economic capital and its associated lifestyles and symbolic expressions. Using qualitative interviews, we explore how adolescents ...
Why are marriage and family formation increasingly disconnected across Europe? A multilevel perspective on existing theories 
Lappegård, Trude; Klüsener, Sebastian; Vignoli, Daniele (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Childbearing outside of marriage has increased drastically in recent decades. However, the existing explanations for this development are not coherent. Proponents of the Second Demographic Transition framework view the ...
The two-part gender revolution, women?s second shift and changing cohort fertility 
Frejka, Tomas; Goldscheider, Frances; Lappegård, Trude (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The two parts of the gender revolution have been evolving side by side at least since the 1960s. The fi rst part, women’s entry into the public sphere, proceeded faster than the second part, men’s entry into the private ...
The state of the nation: The Norwegian King’s annual addresses – A window on a shifting nationhood 
Demiri, Sandra Feride; Fangen, Katrine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article supplements the limited research on the monarchy by highlighting the symbolic and cultural value of Norway’s Royal House in nation-building. To maintain his unifying and non-partisan role, the king must balance ...
Mobility closure in the upper class: assessing time and forms of capital 
Toft, Maren (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Most understandings of the ways classes become social groupings centre on processes of mobility closure whereby mutual appreciation and recognition within classes arise from homogenous experiences over time. The mapping ...
Do terrorist Attacks Affect Ethnic Discrimination in the Labour Market? Evidence from Two Randomised Field Experiments 
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Chan, Tak Wing; Ugreninov, Elisabeth; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Rogstad, Jon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Terrorist attacks are known to influence public opinion. But do they also change behaviour? We address this question by comparing the results of two identical randomized field experiments on ethnic discrimination in hiring ...
Ideals and realities of restitution: The Colombian land restitution programme 
García-Godos, Jemima; Wiig, Henrik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Colombian Law 1448 of 2011, known as the Victims’ Law, addresses the issue of internal displacement and land dispossession caused by the armed conflict. The law aims to help internally displaced people (IDPs) to a better ...
Do Marriage and Cohabitation Provide Benefits to Health in Mid-Life? The Role of Childhood Selection Mechanisms and Partnership Characteristics Across Countries 
Perelli-Harris, Brienna; Hoherz, Stefanie; Addo, Fenaba; Lappegård, Trude; Evans, Ann; Sassler, Sharon; Styrc, Marta (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Extensive research has found that marriage provides health benefits to individuals, particularly in the U.S. The rise of cohabitation, however, raises questions about whether simply being in an intimate co-residential ...
Spatial transfer of innovations: South-South Learning on village-scale solar power supply between India and Kenya 
Ulsrud, Kirsten; Rohracher, Harald; Muchunku, Charles (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article presents research on the transfer of sustainable energy innovations between countries of the global South from a socio-technical perspective. The analysis identifies factors important for how a deliberate ...
Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation: A study of three rural South African communities 
Schuman, Simone; Dokken, Jon Vegard; van Niekerk, Dewald; Loubser, Ruth A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article argues that religious beliefs significantly influence a community’s understanding and experience of climate change adaptation, indicating the need for an inclusion of such information in climate change adaptation ...
Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women 
Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale; Mastekaasa, Arne; von Soest, Tilmann; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous research offers limited understanding as to why sickness absence is higher among women than among men, but attitudes and norms have been suggested as plausible explanations of this gender gap. The purpose of the ...
Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research 
Fazey, Ioan; Schäpke, Niko; Caniglia, Guido; Patterson, James; Hultman, Johan; van Mierlo, Barbara; Säwe, Filippa; Wiek, Arnim; Wittmayer, Julia; Aldunce, Paulina; Al Waer, Husam; Battacharya, Nandini; Bradbury, Hilary; Carmen, Esther; Colvin, John; Cvitanovic, Christopher; D'Souza, Marcella; Gopel, Maja; Goldstein, Bruce; Hämäläinen, Timo; Harper, Gavin; Henfry, Tom; Hodgson, Anthony; Howden, Mark S.; Kerr, Andy; Klaes, Matthias; Lyon, Christopher; Midgley, Gerald; Moser, Susanne; Mukherjee, Nandan; Müller, Karl; O'Brien, Karen; O'Connell, Deborah A.; Olsson, Per; Page, Glenn; Reed, Mark S.; Searle, Beverley; Silvestri, Giorgia; Spaiser, Viktoria; Strasser, Tim; Tschakert, Petra; Uribe-Calvo, Natalia; Waddell, Steve; Rao-Williams, Jennifer; Wise, Russell; Wolstenholme, Ruth; Woods, Mel; Wyborn, Carina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced change. Addressing this question, ...
Is the 1.5°C target possible? Exploring the three spheres of transformation 
O'Brien, Karen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Carbon roadmaps and pathways are important for describing, planning and tracking the technical, managerial and behavioral changes that are consistent with the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, roadmaps and pathways for ...
The Effect of Retirement on Male Mortality. Quasi-experimental Evidence from Norway 
Rogne, Adrian Farner; Syse, Astri (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
On average, people who retire earlier die sooner, partly because poor health is an important reason for early retirement. Several theories also predict that retirement is detrimental to health and increases mortality, and ...
Diffusion of solar PV in East Africa: What can be learned from private sector delivery models? 
Muchunku, Charles; Ulsrud, Kirsten; Palit, Debajit; Jonker-Klunne, Wim (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Solar photovoltaic (PV) will play the leading role in addressing off‐grid electricity access; it can be applied almost anywhere and used in a wide range of applications for households, businesses, institutions and communities. ...
Solar powered electricity access: Implications for women’s empowerment in rural Kenya 
Winther, Tanja; Ulsrud, Kirsten; Saini, Anjali (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This paper examines the gendered implications of various types of electricity access in rural Kenya spanning from the central grid to solar-based systems such as community projects, village scale supply and private solar ...
Mixed neighbourhoods and native out-mobility in the Oslo region: the importance of parenthood 
Wessel, Terje; Nordvik, Viggo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The extent to which the native-born population accept living in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods is receiving more and more attention throughout Europe. The Norwegian debate around this topic started in the 1990s and tends to ...
China‒Africa exports: Governance through mobility and sojourning 
Haugen, Heidi Østbø (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
A centre for Asian and intercontinental immigration and export-oriented production, Guangzhou city is at the forefront of China’s global interactions. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines informal governance ...
From Pioneers to Professionals: African Brokers in a Maturing Chinese Marketplace 
Haugen, Heidi Østbø (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Brokers have played a key role in the establishment and development of African trading communities in China. Nigerians were the first African businesspeople to settle in the commercial hub of Guangzhou, South China, in the ...
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