About
Borch was educated sociologist at the University of Oslo and took her Ph.D. degree at the University of Helsinki on gambling and gambling problems in households. Today, Borch holds a position as Research Professor at Consumption Research Norway (SIFO) at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). She leads the NCR-financed project “Practices and Policies of Belonging among Minority and Majority Children of Low-Income Families” (BELONG, 2021-2025), and writes a book about literature reviews for social scientists to be published by Cappelen Damm Akademiske in Summer 2024. Borch has worked at SIFO since 1994 and has throughout her career studied several subjects, such as obesity, food insecurity, environmental sustainability, responsible research and innovation (RRI), Christmas gift giving, digital media, children and youths’ consumer literacy and relation to lootboxes in online games and TV-commercials.
Research groups
Research projects
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Practices and policies of belonging among minority and majority children of low-income families (BELONG)
This project seeks to increase current knowledge of the practices causing marginalization and social exclusion of minority and majority children of low-income families.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Borch, Anita (2022). Channeling gambling. The case of Norway. Nikkinen, Janne; Marionneau, Virve; Egerer, Michael (Ed.). The Global Gambling Industry. Structures, Tactics, and Networks of Impact . p. 235-254. Springer Gabler.
Borch, Anita
(2022).
Immigrant Children’s Connections to People and the World Around Them: A Critical Discourse Review of Academic Literature.
13 p.
Social Inclusion.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i4.5253
Borch, Anita
;
Throne-Holst, Harald
(2021).
Does Proof of Concept Trump All? RRI Dilemmas in Research Practices.
Science and Engineering Ethics.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00288-8
Myhr, Anders; Røyne, Frida; Brandtsegg, Andreas Saur; Bjerkseter, Catho;
Throne-Holst, Harald
;
Borch, Anita
; Wentzel, Alexander; Røyne, Anja
(2019).
Towards a low CO2 emission building material employing bacterial metabolism (2/2): Prospects for global warming potential reduction in the concrete industry.
26 p.
PLOS ONE.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208643
Borch, Anita ; Kjærnes, Unni (2019). Food Insecurity. Gronow, Jukka; Holm, Lotte (Ed.). Everyday Eating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. A comparative Study of Meal Patterns 1997-2012. p. 141-159. Bloomsbury Academic.
Borch, Anita
;
Harsløf, Ivan
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Laitala, Kirsi
(2019).
Inclusive Consumption: Immigrants' Access to and Use of Public and Private Goods and Services.
ISBN: 9788215031682.
183 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://www.idunn.no/inclusive_consumption
Borch, Anita
;
Bøyum, Live Standal
(2019).
What refugees should know about consumption. Observations from a course in personal finances.
Borch, Anita; Harsløf, Ivan; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Laitala, Kirsi (Ed.).
Inclusive Consumption: Immigrants' Access to and Use of Public and Private Goods and Services. p. 101-116.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215031699-2019-06
Borch, Anita
(2019).
Parallel societies—a biased discourse ignoring the impact of housing market and policy.
Borch, Anita; Harsløf, Ivan; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Laitala, Kirsi (Ed.).
Inclusive Consumption: Immigrants' Access to and Use of Public and Private Goods and Services. p. 79-97.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215031699-2019-05
Borch, Anita
;
Strandbakken, Pål
(2019).
User Involvement of People with Mild Disabilities in Technology Innovations: Does It Make a Difference?.
Social Inclusion.
Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i1.1597
Borch, Anita
(2018).
Why Restrict? Seven Explanations for the Electronic Gambling Machines Monopoly in Norway.
Egerer, Michael; Marionneau, Virve; Nikkinen, Janne (Ed.).
Gambling Policies in European Welfare States. Current Challenges and Future Prospects. p. 175-195.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90620-1_10
