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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 (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.

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.

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.

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

Leibetseder, Bettina; Anttonen, Anneli; Øverbye, Einar ; Pace, Charles; Vabo, Signy Irene (2017). The Horizontal "re-mix" in social care: trends and implications for service provision. Martinelli, Flavia; Anttonen, Anneli; Mätzke, Margitta (Ed.). Social Services Disrupted: Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity. p. 134-154. Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117.00015

Terum, Lars Inge ; Torsvik, Gaute; Øverbye, Einar (2017). Når vilkår og aktivitetskrav brytes. Frontlinjearbeideres tilnærming til sanksjoner. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. Vol. 34.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2017-03-01



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Textbooks

Øverbye, Einar ; Halvorsen, Knut ; Stjernø, Steinar (2022). Innføring i Helse- og Sosialpolitikk, 8. utgave. ISBN: 9788215063614. 302 p. Universitetsforlaget.

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2019). Innføring i helse - og sosialpolitikk, 7. utgave. ISBN: 9788215032528. 342 p. Universitetsforlaget.

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2016). Innføring i helse- og sosialpolitikk, sjette utgave. ISBN: 9788215026831. 299 p. Universitetsforlaget.

Øverbye, Einar ; Stjernø, Steinar ; Halvorsen, Knut (2013). Innføring i helse- og sosialpolitikk. ISBN: 9788215021966. 281 p. Universitetsforlaget.



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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.

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.

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.

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

Øverbye, Einar (2004). Hva kan vi lære av Danmark?. 76 p. Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring.

Øverbye, Einar (2004). Hva kan vi lære av Danmark? Sosialforvaltning i en desentralisert velferdsstat. 76 p. NOVA.

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

Blekesaune, Morten; Øverbye, Einar (2003). Familieendring, helse og trygd. Fire longitudinelle studier. ISBN: 9788278941768. 89 p. NOVA.

Øverbye, Einar (2003). Globalisation, the World Bankd and the New Welfare State. 60 p. NOVA.

Øverbye, Einar ; Blekesaune, Morten (2002). Early retirement and social citizenship. Marginalisation and integration in the Nordic countries. 59 p. NOVA.



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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).

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.

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Er arbeid et onde eller et gode?.
https://www.altinget.no/arbeidsliv/artikkel/einar-

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Den trøblete trygda.

Øverbye, Einar ; Fekjær, Silje ; Terum, Lars Inge (2023). Behandler Nav "Abdi" og "Stian" ulikt?.

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).

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).

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.

Øverbye, Einar (2023). Erfaring, evidens og faglig skjønn. Boklanseringsseminar. Institutt for sosialfag, OsloMet.

Øverbye, Einar (2023). How do politicians get away with path-breaking pension reforms?. Korean National Pension Conference. Korean Social Security Association.



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