About
Erika Gubrium has a PhD in sociology and history of education from the University of Florida (2006), a masters in International Social Welfare and Health Policy (MIS) from OsloMet (2009) and is Professor of social work and social policy at the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy (SCSP). She teaches qualitative methods at MIS and Social Work in a Global Perspective at the bachelors level. Gubrium leads education-research collaboration projects with National Law School University, Bangalore and Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Her research expertise lies within the fields of international and comparative anti-poverty policy, with a focus on the social psychological aspects of poverty; temporality, space, policy and belonging processes experienced by immigrants; the intersection between social work and social policy in theory and practice; and qualitative research methodology. She is currently Deputy Editor of the journal, Nordic Social Work Research.
Research groups
Research projects
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Critical perspectives on work integration of immigrants
The project focuses on how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings.
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Replay or renew? Learning from 20+ years of Norwegian-Russian collaboration on health and social welfare in the Barents region (RE:BARENTS)
RE:BARENTS will examine the impact of Norwegian–Russian collaboration on health and social welfare in the Barents region since 2000.
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Work Inclusion in North and South: Comparative Urban Contexts (WINS)
The WINS project focuses on how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hansen, Helle Cathrine
;
Gubrium, Erika
(2023).
Norwegian labour activation: Building or limiting social citizenship for service users far from the labour market?.
Takle, Marianne; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Ed.).
Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. p. 134-147.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347279-12
Hansen, Helle Cathrine
;
Gubrium, Erika
(2022).
Moving forward, waiting or standing still? Service users’ experiences from a Norwegian labour activation programme.
European Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2022.2077316
Hansen, Helle Cathrine
;
Gubrium, Erika
(2021).
Activating the person in the changing situation: A dynamic analytical approach to labour activation.
Journal of Comparative Social Work.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v16i1.373
Gubrium, Erika
;
Leirvik, Mariann Stærkebye
(2021).
Taking Time Seriously: Biographical Circumstance and Immigrant Labor Integration Experience.
Journal of International Migration and Integration.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00830-4
Khoronzhevych, Mariya; Maximova-Mentzoni, Tatiana;
Gubrium, Erika
; Muller, Ashley Elizabeth
(2021).
Participant Engagement in Supported Employment: A Systematic Scoping Review.
12 p.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-09987-2
Andersen, Nina Helene Barth;
Gubrium, Erika
;
Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær
(2020).
Young people looking forward: imagined future and normative tensions in urban Norway.
Children & society.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12422
Gubrium, Erika ; Hansen, Helle Cathrine (2019). Klientifisering og generaliserte forestillinger om arbeidsaktiveringsløp. Aamodt, Hilde Anette; Dahl, Espen; Gubrium, Erika; Haldar, Marit; Hermansen, Åsmund (Ed.). Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. p. 350-368. Fagbokforlaget.
Gubrium, Erika ; Bekken, Wenche (2019). Holdninger til velferd. Bruk av dybdeintervju. Aamodt, Hilde Anette; Dahl, Espen; Gubrium, Erika; Haldar, Marit; Hermansen, Åsmund (Ed.). Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. p. 212-225. Fagbokforlaget.
Aamodt, Hilde Anette ; Dahl, Espen ; Gubrium, Erika ; Haldar, Marit ; Hermansen, Åsmund (2019). Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. ISBN: 9788245023572. Fagbokforlaget.
Gubrium, Erika
; Leibetseder, Bettina; Dierckx, Danielle; Raeymaeckers, Peter
(2017).
Investing in work: exclusionary inclusion in Austria, Belgium and Norway.
International journal of sociology and social policy.
Vol. 37.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2017-0001
