Researchers
- Karen Christensen (Professor)
- Hans-Tore Hansen (Professor)
- Ann Elise Widding Isaksen (Professor)
- Atle Møen (Associate Professor)
- Ann Nilsen (Professor)
- Asun St. Clair (Professor)
- Liv Johanne Syltevik (Associate Professor)
- Kari Wærness (Professor)
- Kjetil Lundberg (Phd)
- Bente B. Nicolaysen (Post doctor)
- Anja Maria Steinsland (Phd)
- Anne Hege Henden Strand (Phd)
- Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt (Phd)
Courses
The Welfare, Inequality and Life course research group offers the following courses in English at the department:
Note also that it is possible for incoming students to combine courses from the whole Faculty of Social Sciences. Click here for an overview.
Welfare, inequality and the life course have been some of the most important research areas throughout the Department's history. The Welfare, Inequality and Life Course research group is especially concerned with the following topics:
- The distribution and use of welfare services
- The interaction between welfare users and professionals within the welfare system
- Inequality and poverty
- The relationship between family life, work life and the welfare state
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new publication
General practitioner characteristics and sickness absence
In this article, recently published in the European Journal of General Practice, Lee Winde, Hans-Tore Hansen and Sturla Gjesdal studies whether sickness absence rates vary in relation to characteristics of the General practitioner.
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new publication
Comparative Biographies in Case-based Cross-national Research
In this article, published in Sociology, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen examines some methodological issues relating to an embedded case study design adopted in a comparative cross-national study of working parents.
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new publication
Politics of Care
Professor Elise Widding Isaksen and Helle Stenum have contributed with a chapter in the new book: "Politics of Care".
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WELFARE
Work in the Balance
The Chinese are not content with economic growth alone. To create the perfect society they now want to learn how to improve their quality of life too.
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News
Christensen and Wærness in Norwegian-Japanese collaboration project
Professor emerita Kari Wærness and Associate Professor Karen Christensen at the Department of Sociology have contributed to a new book on care for the elderly in Norway and Japan.