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Crisis or Chronic Strain? Gender and Age Differences in Sickness Absence following Early Spousal Loss (31.01.2017)
PhD candidate Bo Wignes has published an article on effects of spousal loss in Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
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Welfare and digitalization (27.01.2017)
Hans-Tore Hansen, Liv Syltevik (UiB) and Kjetil Lundberg (UNI Rokkan) have published an article titled "Digitalization, Street-Level Bureaucracy and Welfare Users' Experiences" in Journal of Social Policy & Administration
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Class and food (27.01.2017)
Johs. Hjellbrekke and Vegard Jarness, in cooperation with Magne Flemmen from University of Oslo, have recently published an article in Sociology. The title is "Class, Culture and Culinary Tastes: Cultural Distinctions and Social Class Divisions in Contemporary Norway."
Ice flakes adrift in the Arctic seas under a grey-clouded sky.
Social scientists strengthening their climate engagement (16.01.2017)
The sociologist Gisle Andersen wants the climate debate to be viewed more from a societal aspect. For this to happen, he believes the social sciences should get more actively involved in both research and the public debate.
Professor emerita Kari Wærness
Kari E. Wærness is knighted (04.01.2017)
The renowned sociologist Kari E. Wærness has been awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav. She receives the order for her services to society.