Liv Johanne Syltevik
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: +47 55 58 91 69
E-mail: Liv.Syltevik@sos.uib.no
Visiting address: Rosenbergsgt. 39
Lone motherhood, family practices, class, gender and the development of the Norwegian welfare state.
Phd Sociology University of Bergen 1996.
Researcher at SEFOS (Centre for Social Research), University of Bergen 1996-2000.
Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology since February 2000.
Visiting Scholar University of Manchester, the Morgan Centre for the study of Relationships and Personal Life, Social Sciences, Sociology. February and March 2007.
PUBLICATIONS (Since 2000):
Books:
”Kjønn og sosiologi” co-editor with Karen Christensen. Sosiologisk institutts skriftserie nr. 1 2005
Kvinners arbeid, authored with Karen Christensen. Oslo: Unipub, 2009.
Refereenced journal articles
Forhandlinger – et fruktbart begrep for familiepraksis hos senmoderne par? Sosiologisk tidsskrift 8 (3): 187-209. 2000
Omsorg, tid og penger – enslige forsørgere og arbeidsmarkedet, with Svanaug Fjær. Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 8 (3): 146-159. 2005.
Taking control of one's own life? Norwegian lone mothers experiencing the new employment strategy. Community, work & family 2006;9(1):75-94
Sense and sensibility. Cohabitation in Cohabitation-land. The Sociological review, 58 (3): 444-462.
Book chapters
”Kjønn, makt og velferdspenger”, in Isaksen, Lise Widding (ed): Omsorgens pris. Kjønn, makt og marked i velferdsstaten. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk. 2003.
”Makt over eget liv? Overgangstønaden og enslige forsørgere”, in Isaksen, Lise Widding (ed): Omsorgens pris. Kjønn, makt og marked i velferdsstaten. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk. 2003
Rasler i lenker? Forsørgernormer i endring” with Kari Wærness, in Ellingsæter; Anne-Lise og Arnlaug Leira (eds): Velferdsstaten og familien. Utfordringer og dilemmaer. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk. 2004.
Fra trygg havn til vaklende fellesskap?, in Hårtveit, Håkon (ed): Perspektiver på parforhold. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. 2005.
Research reports
”Differensierte familieliv” Familiepraksis på slutten av 1990-tallet”, SEFOS report nr. 1 2000.
”Enslige forsørgere – holdninger og praksis etter reformen. Mellomrapport fra evalueringen av reformen for enslige forsørgere” with Svanaug Fjær and Renate Storetvedt Lien. SEFOS-notat nr. 5 Bergen. 2001.
”Omsorg, tid og penger for likestillingens frontløpere” with Svanaug Fjær. The Rokkan centres reportseries nr.2 2002.
Lonemothers as mothers, workers and clients in the welfare state. PHD project, University of Bergen 1991-1996.
Family, gender and individualisation. (Funding from The Norwegian Research Council 1996-1999.)
Family and togetherness. (Funding from the Norwegian Research Council 1999)
Gender and power in the welfare state. Part of the Norwegian Power and Democracy Project, 1998-2003.
Evaluation of the reform of the transitional allowance for lone parents. Funding from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 1999-2003.
User-perspectives – evaluation of the NAV-reform. (Funding from the Norwegian Research Council 2007-2013).