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Einar Øverbye

Einar Øverbye

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X571
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 926 62 588
  • Office: +47 672 38 134
E-mail
  • einar.overbye@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Einar Overbye works at the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, Oslo Metropolitan University. His main research area is Social Policy and Health Policy. His main applied interest is comparative studies of policy implementation, while his main theoretical interest concerns the intersection between principal-agent theory and semiotics. Two current projects from these strands of interest, referred in Research Gate, are 'Studies in comparative social and health policy" (applied social science), and "Kuhnian puzzle-solving in the social sciences" (basic stuff).

Link to Research Gate:

a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Einar-Overbye">Einar Overbye on ResearchGate</a>

 

Field of study

EU   Welfare   Social Politics   Security

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Øverbye, Einar (2025). Tre perspektiver på borgerrollen knyttet til valget mellom offentlig og privat velferd. Bay, Ann-Helén; Røiseland, Asbjørn (Ed.). Offentlige eller private velferdstjenester? Politiske spenninger og faglige nyanser. p. 31-50. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5361228

Øverbye, Einar (2025). Evidens och erfrenhetskunskap. Bjørk, Alexander (Ed.). p. 159-185. Liber.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5343615

Øverbye, Einar (2024). What kind of welfare states are on the rise in the Global South?. Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel; Pellissery, Sony (Ed.). The Politics of Welfare in the Global South. Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197698716.001.0001

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Erfaring, evidens og faglig skjønn. ISBN: 9788279354086. 182 p. Abstrakt forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4369531

Fekjær, Silje ; Øverbye, Einar ; Terum, Lars Inge (2023). Who deserves to be sanctioned? A vignette experiment of ethnic discrimination among street-level bureaucrats. Acta Sociologica.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231156486

Danquah, Jones; Øverbye, Einar (2022). Dilemmas when implementing conditional cash transfers: Lessons for Ghana and the rest of us. International Social Security Review. Vol. 75.
https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12288

Øverbye, Einar (2019). Norske trygder i et europeisk og globalt perspektiv. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. p. 68-84. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3366054

Øverbye, Einar (2019). Fødsel og død. Aamodt, Hilde Anette; Dahl, Espen; Gubrium, Erika; Haldar, Marit; Hermansen, Åsmund (Ed.). Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. p. 229-245. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3356510

Øverbye, Einar (2018). Er selektivisme bedre enn universalisme i velferdspolitikken?. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift. Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2535-2512-2018-01-04

Terum, Lars Inge ; Torsvik, Gaute; Øverbye, Einar (2018). Discrimination against ethnic minorities in activation programme? Evidence from a vignette experiment. Journal of Social Policy. Vol. 47.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279417000113



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Textbooks

Øverbye, Einar ; Halvorsen, Knut ; Stjernø, Steinar (2022). Innføring i Helse- og Sosialpolitikk, 8. utgave. ISBN: 9788215063614. 302 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4466890

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2019). Innføring i helse - og sosialpolitikk, 7. utgave. ISBN: 9788215032528. 342 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4864008

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2016). Innføring i helse- og sosialpolitikk, sjette utgave. ISBN: 9788215026831. 299 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5031297

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2013). Innføring i helse- og sosialpolitikk. ISBN: 9788215021966. 281 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4279802



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Research reports

Øverbye, Einar (2017). Impact of Reforms on Inequalities in Norway:A Thematic Review 2017. ISBN: 9788283640557. 24 p. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4799981

Øverbye, Einar ; Gubrium, Erika (2016). Social Services and Territorial Cohesion: Are Social Services Particularly Vulnerable to Cutbacks during an Economic Crisis?. 20 p. COST Action IS1102- Social Services, Welfare State and Places.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3642198

Øverbye, Einar (2014). The evolution of social welfare systems in Europe 1883-2013. From limited to broad coverage, and from fragmented to integrated systems. 70 p. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Beijing.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3850678

Nielsen, Johannes; Øverbye, Einar (2006). Sustainable social and health development in the Nordic countries. ISBN: 9788789702582. 136 p. Nordic Social-Statistical Committee.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4536705

Øverbye, Einar (2004). Hva kan vi lære av Danmark?. 76 p. Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4968758

Øverbye, Einar (2004). Hva kan vi lære av Danmark? Sosialforvaltning i en desentralisert velferdsstat. 76 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3370928

Snartland, Vemund; Øverbye, Einar (2003). Skal jeg bli eller skal jeg gå? Pensjonsforventninger hos lærere og ingeniører. ISBN: 9788278941751. 73 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5056058

Blekesaune, Morten; Øverbye, Einar (2003). Familieendring, helse og trygd. Fire longitudinelle studier. ISBN: 9788278941768. 89 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3397255

Øverbye, Einar (2003). Globalisation, the World Bankd and the New Welfare State. 60 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3983830

Øverbye, Einar ; Blekesaune, Morten (2002). Early retirement and social citizenship. Marginalisation and integration in the Nordic countries. 59 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4779267



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Dissemination

Øverbye, Einar (2024). Flexibility or predictability? Balancing legal rights and room for discretion when providing welfare. RC26: Sociology of Social Policy and Social Welfare, European Sociological Association (ESA) 16th Conference. European Sociological Association (ESA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4437768

Wel, Kjetil A. van der ; Dahl, Espen ; Øverbye, Einar (2024). Proportionate Universalism: What is it, and what does it imply if implemented in a Social Democratic Welfare State?. Sustainable Welfare in Global Context: Responding to Societal and Environmental Transformations. ISA RC19 Annual Conference.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4063117

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Er arbeid et onde eller et gode?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4324175

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Den trøblete trygda.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4122449

Øverbye, Einar ; Fekjær, Silje ; Terum, Lars Inge (2023). Behandler Nav "Abdi" og "Stian" ulikt?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4600529

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Converging and diverging trends in global welfare outcomes and policies. RC55 (Social indicators), XX ISA World Congress in Sociology. International Sociological Association (ISA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4887955

Øverbye, Einar ; Fekjær, Silje ; Terum, Lars Inge (2023). Activation policies: Who deserves to be sanctioned? A Vignette Experiment of possible Ethnic Discrimination among Norwegian Street-Level Bureaucrats. RC19 (Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy), XX World Congress in Sociology. International Sociological Association (ISA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3684016

Øverbye, Einar (2023). “Capitalism with a human face” and European pension systems: Historical change, present reform directions, and possible relevance for the Republic of Korea. Korean National Pension Conference. Korean Social Security Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4955422

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Erfaring, evidens og faglig skjønn. Boklanseringsseminar. Institutt for sosialfag, OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3433513

Øverbye, Einar (2023). How do politicians get away with path-breaking pension reforms?. Korean National Pension Conference. Korean Social Security Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4378727



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