Welfare, Inequality and Life Course
Welfare, inequality and life course cover a broad field of interest and is well represented in the curriculum at the Department of Sociology. These fields have been a main focus for research at the department throughout its history.
Main content
Research is closely linked to the group's broad sociological interest in social inequality in relation to gender, class, ethnicity, and more specifically the welfare changes in social, economic and political institutions in society. Basic premises for much of the research have been that welfare and inequality must be studied and understood in relation to developments in the labor market, family and civil society, and that individuals' lives and welfare must be understood within the framework of historical period and social context.
Research on welfare includes family relations and practices, health, care for the elderly, disability, Nordic welfare policy, citizenship and user participation. Inequality includes marginalization, migration, unemployment, gender, class and exclusionary mechanisms. Life course research involves young people's life development and the relationship between generations.
Questions concerning VUL?
For questions concerning the activities of the research group, please contact Associate Professor Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt.
For questions concerning spesific projects or publications, please contact the person in question.
Profile areas
- Work, Knowledge, Economy and Education
- Welfare, Inequality and Life Course
- Migration, Environment and Development
FORSKNINGSFELT
- Working Life
- Family and Lifecourse
- Historical sociology
- Migrasjon
- Environmental sociology
- Welfare state and welfare
- Political sociology
- Social inequality
- Gender
- Sociological theory
- Youth and Education
- Economic Sociology
