Ann Nilsen
Professor
Department of Sociology
Title: Professor
Phone: +47 55 58 91 55
Cellphone: +47 480 96 652 SMS
E-mail: Ann.Nilsen@sos.uib.no
Visiting address: Rosenbergsgt. 39
- Life course and biographical research with special focus on transitions in the life course
- Cross-national comparative research and research methodology
- Methodological issues in biographical research
- Environmental sociology
Utdanning/arbeid
Cand. Polit. sosiologi 1984
Dr. philos 1992
Professor
Bedømming av vitenskapelig arbeid
On a number of committees for assessing academic qualifications of applicants to ‘førsteamanuensis’ and professor positions at the University of Bergen, University of Oslo, University of Tromsø, University of Stavanger, and member of committees in the UK.
External member of PhD committees at the University of Oslo, Tromsø, and Gothenburg and internal member of several committees at the University of Bergen
Reviewed papers for national and international journals (e.g. Sosiologisk tidsskrift; Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning; Sociology; Community Work and Family; Gender Work and Organisation, European Societies, Acta Sociologica.)
Reviewed book manuscripts for SAGE; Gyldendal; Cappelen.
Reviewed research proposals for the ESRC
On the editorial board of SOCIOLOGIA. Problemas e praticas (Lisbon, Portugal) Sosiologisk Årbok; Sosiologi i dag
Veiledning
Teaching and lecturing at all levels of the discipline, supervising Bachelor/ Master students and Ph.D candidates part of my work since 1993. Main supervisor for seven PhD candidates in all, currently supervising two
Verv
1997-99 Deputy Head of Department, Sociology
2002-05 Vice Dean at the Faculty for the Social Sciences, University of Bergen
2005-09 Vice Dean at the Faculty for the Social Sciences, University of Bergen (During the Vice Deanship coordinating the PhD programme for the Faculty of the Social Sciences and chairing the PhD committee)
1998-99 Editor of Sosiologisk Tidsskrift
2000-02 Co-editor of Sosiologisk Tidsskrift
PhD/ forskerkurs
1997 Qualitative Methodology, UoB with D. Silverman and P. Måseide
1997 Biography and the Life Course with A. Sørensen, A. Bødker-Sørensen and D. Bertaux
2001 Lecturer at a national PhD course on qualitative methods. University of Tromsø, April
2002 Lectures at PhD course on interviewing, University of London, Institute of Education
2002 Lectures on American Pragmatism and Biographical Research, University of Uppsala
2002 Time and Biography in Sociological Research, UiB with D. Bertaux EHESS, Paris and R. Thompson, South Bank Univ. London
2003 Nature and Culture in Sociological Theory, (UiB) with J. Scott and T. Benton, both at University of Essex, UK
2005 Case Study Analysis and Theory, UoB with J. Scott, J. Brannen and A. Bryman
2007 Analysing Comparative Research, UoB with J. Brannen, A. Bryman and L. Hantrais
2009 Mixing Methods in Social Science Research with J. Brannen, A. Bryman and J. Moran-Ellis
Internasjonalt: Forskningsopphold /gjesteforsker
Visiting Scholar, University of London 1990-91
Visiting Professorial Scholar, University of London, spring 2002
Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala, autumn 2002
Short term visitor at the European University in Florence, March 2010
Internasjonalt: inviterte forelesninger
ISCTE Lisbon, Portugal 1998, 2005 and 2006
University of Leeds, UK 2004
University of Manchester UK 2004
University of London, Institute of education UK 2001, 2002
Helsinki, Foreningen Norden 2007
Edited books and monographs
Women’s Ways of ‘Careering’: A Life Course Approach to the Occupational Careers of Three cohorts of Teachers and Engineers. Dr. Philos thesis, University of Bergen 1992
Miljøsosiologi. Samfunn, miljø, natur (red) Oslo: PAX 1997
Ansvar og protest. Kjønn, klasse og utdanning i senmoderniteten. Medredaktører Gunn E. Birkelund og Anne-Kathrine Broch-Due. Sosiologisk inst. UiB. 1999.
Young People, Work and Family; Futures in Transition Co-editors Julia Brannen, Suzan Lewis, Janet Smithson. London: Routledge 2002
Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective co-editors J. Brannen, S. Lewis Bristol: Policy Press (2009)
Articles in refereed journals
Life Stories in Context. A Discussion of the Linguistic Turn in Contemporary sociological Life Story Research in Sosiologisk tidsskrift nr 2, pp. 139-153 1994
Stories of Life – Stories of Living: women’s narratives and feminist biography in NORA Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies nr. 1 pp. 16-31 1996
Jovens Para Sempre? Uma Perspectiva da individualizacao centrada nos trajectos de vida in SOCIOLOGIA – problemas e praticas nr. 27, pp. 59-78 1998
Where is the Future? Time and Space as Categories in Analyses of Young People’s Images of the Future, i Innovation. The European Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 12, no. 2, , pp 175-195, 1999
Young People’s Time Perspectives: from Youth to Adulthood. Co-author J. Brannen in Sociology vol 36, no 3 2002 pp 513-537
Likestilling i arbeidslivet. Co-author N. Raaum UiB, in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning no 3, 2003, pp. 435-446
Individualisation, choice and structure: trends in current sociological analysis (co-author J. Brannen) in Sociological Review vol 53, no. 3 pp. 412-428, 2005
From fatherhood to fathering: transmission and change among fathers in four-generation families. (co-author J. Brannen) Sociology vol 40, nr. 2 pp. 335-352, 2006 (Shortlisted with two other articles for SAGE’s Prize for Innovation and Excellence 2007)
Young People, Time Horizons and Planning. A response to Anderson et al. in Sociology vol. 41, nr 1 pp. 153-160, 2007 (co-author J. Brannen)
Individui e scelte : un esame critico di alcuni concetti dell'analisi sociologica contemporanea . Sociologia e politiche sociali 2007;10(2):77-95 (co-author J. Brannen)
Ideals and practices in case-based comparative research: a European study of working parents in context (co-author J. Brannen) forthcoming
Book chapters
Using Life Histories in Sociology, in Iles T. (ed) All sides of the subject: Women and Biography, New York: Teachers College Press 1992
Life-Lines - A Methodological Approach, in Gunilla Bjerèn and Inga Elgqvist-Saltzman (eds): The Life-Line Approach to the Study of Social Change and Gender. Avebury, Ashgate publishing, Aldershot England, 1994
Refleksjoner over kvinneforskning og kjønnsforskning, i Kjønn og samfunn i endring Norges Forskningsråd, Oslo 1995
Great Expectations? Exploring Men’s Biographies in Late Modernity, in Grønmo Sigmund og Bjørn Henrichsen (eds) Society, University and World Community: Festschrift for Ørjar Øyen, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press 1997
Introduksjon, i Miljøsosiologi. Natur-miljø-samfunn. Oslo: Pax 1997
Representacões dos jovens acerca da idade adulta, i Maria das Dores Guerreiro (red). Trabalho, Família e Geracões. SIES/ISCTE. Lisboa, 1998.
Introduksjon i Ansvar og protest. Kjønn, klasse og utdanning i senmoderniteten. Medredaktører Gunn E. Birkelund og Anne-Kathrine Broch-Due. Sosiologisk inst. UiB. 1999.
Introduction in Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition with J. Brannen, S. Lewis, J. Smithson London: Routledge 2002
Theorising the individual-structure dynamic, co-author J. Brannen in Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition
Young People's Perspectives on the Future, co-author J. Brannen in Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition
'Most choices involve money': different pathways into adulthood ,co-authors M. das Dores Guerreiro and J. Brannen in Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition
Structure, Agency and Notions of Choice, with J. Brannen in Thoughts on Family, Gender, Generation and Class. A-K Kollind and A. Peterson (eds) Gothenburg 2003
Adulthood: changing definitions and concepts, with J. Brannen in Sloan Work and Family Encyclopaedia, Boston USA 2004
‘C.Wright Mills’ in J. Scott (ed) Fifty Key Sociologists. The Contemporary Theorists London: Routledge 2007
‘Thorstein Veblen’ in J. Scott (ed) Fifty Key Sociologists. The Formative Theorists London: Routledge 2007
‘From questions of method to epistemological issues: the case of biographical research’ , in Alaasutari, P, et al (eds) Handbook of Social Research Methods London: Sage 2008
Familie, jobb, karriere – noen dilemmaer for likestilling (Family, work, career – some dilemmas for equal opportunities) with A. M. Skarsbø in Syltevik, L and K. Christensen (eds) Kvinners arbeid (Women’s work) Oslo: Unipub 2009
Work, families and organisations in transition: Setting the context (with S. Lewis an J. Brannen) in Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press 2009
Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research (with J. Brannen) in Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press 2009
Parents and organisational change: A cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations (with S. Sumer and L. Granlund) in Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press 2009
Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts (with S. Lewis and J. Brannen) Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press 2009
In conclusion (with J. Brannen and S. Lewis) Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press 2009
The Use of Mixed Methods in Biographical Research (with J. Brannen) in A. Tashakkori, C. Teddlie (eds) Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Social and Behavioural Research (2nd edition) London: Sage (in press)
Recent Research reports
Interview Study. Consolidated Report For the EU framework 5 study ‘Gender, Parenthood and the Changing European Workplace (Transitions) (with J. Brannen) Manchester Metropolitan University, RIHSC 2005
Selected conference papers and miscellaneous (since 2000)
Biography, Life History and Gender. Invitert paper til konferansen Transformations of Traditions and New Departures in European Sociology, Paris, Oct. 2000
On Life Course Transitions. Pathways into Adulthood. Paper for ESA-konferanse, Helsinki, august 2001
Freedom or Boredom: Young People’s Thoughts about Adult Life, in Gender Equality Across Borders. Conference Report Oslo: 2001
Introduksjon, i Sosiologisk tidsskrift nr. 1-2, 2001. Special issue on environmental sociology. Co-author and co-editor Terje Tvedt, UiB.
Comparative Research Using a Life Course Approach in a Cross-National Study: research design, case selection and interview methods. Workshop in Comparative Biographical Research, University of London/ESRC, May 2005
Gir vi ungdommer riktig utdanning (Are young people offered the right types of education?) Invited paper with given title to the conference Norden Äldras (The aging Nordic countries) Helsinki Nov. 2007. Foreningen Norden
Careers and Jobs: gendering parenthood in work-life integration. Invited paper to the conference ‘Easing the ‘rush-hour’ of life. Berlin July 2008