Affiliation
Gerd Marie Solstad is a researcher at the department of youth at Norwegian Social Research – NOVA. Her research is rooted in sociological perspectives, and oriented towards topics that include social change, violence and abuse, socioeconomic inequality, and inclusion/exclusion in organized sport. Solstad holds a PhD in sport science (2019) from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Department of Cultural and Social Studies.
Research projects
Active research projects
Sexual Culture in Youth
The project will investigate how young people negotiate, experience and handle issues related to sexuality, sexual health and risk - in light of both contemporary youth culture, and other social and societal conditions.
Sexual Harassment in Young People’s Digital Everyday Lives
In this project the researchers will investigate how young people aged 13–19 experience and cope with sexual harassment online.
Children and Young People in Sport – Knowledge for a More Inclusive Sports Sector
What influences Norwegian children and young people's participation in organised sport – and who gets left behind?
The Sexual Culture Study – A Qualitative Interview Study and Database (UNGSEX)
How do young people negotiate and navigate questions related to sexuality, sexual health and risk. What are the reasons that so many end up committing or being subjected to sexual violations during precisely this period of life?
Completed research projects
Participation in Sports among Norwegian Youth
The aim of the research project is to gain new knowledge about the social position and status of sport participation among young people in Norway.
Follow-up research of "Sport for all in Oslo"
In this research, NOVA at OsloMet, in collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, evaluate the program «Sport for all in Oslo» from its inception in 2018 until 2024.
Digital Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents
The project will, in a comprehensive literature review, map existing knowledge about digital sexual violence against children and adolescents.
Sports Research at the Ungdata Centre
The project aims to update and widen our knowledge about participation in sports and physical activity and experiences with sports among children and young people in Norway.
Publications and research
Scientific publications (19)
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Strandbu, Åse (2025). Idrettslags håndtering av økonomi som barriere for barn og unges idrettsdeltakelse Etiske dilemmaer når frivillighetsmoral møter profesjonsetikk. Loland, Sigmund; Sæle, Ove Olsen (Ed.). Å løpe en risiko: Etiske refleksjoner om å lede praksis i kroppsøving, idrett og friluftsliv. Fagbokforlaget
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari (2025). Sexual Violations in Youth Sport: Gendered Mechanisms of Alienation?. Hartill, Mike; Rulofs, Bettina (Ed.). Child Abuse in Sport: Critical Perspectives. Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Tokle, Rikke (2023). What Happened to Me? Ambiguity and Surety in Narratives of Intoxicated Sexual Assault. Sociology
- Sandvik, Morten Renslo; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2023). Hva har Hartmut Rosa å si til idrettsforskningen? Betraktninger om inkludering i en eskalerende idrett. Wilhelmsen, Terese; Berg, Ellen; Evensen, Kristin Vindhol; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (Ed.). Fagbokforlaget
- Wilhelmsen, Terese; Berg, Ellen; Evensen, Kristin Vindhol; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (2023). Bevegelsesfellesskap i oppveksten : kritiske perspektiver på inkludering og mangfold. 413 p.. Fagbokforlaget
- Tokle, Rikke; Buvik, Kristin; Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2023). Safety strategies, status positioning and gendered double standards: adolescents’ narratives of sexualised risk in alcohol intoxication contexts. Journal of Youth Studies
- Strandbu, Åse; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Frøyland, Lars Roar (2023). Seksuell trakassering og andre krenkelser i ungdomsidretten: Forekomst og mønstre i utsatthet. Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (NTU). Vol. 4
- Strandbu, Åse; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Sandvik, Morten Renslo (2022). Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours. Social Sciences. Vol. 11. p. 1-13
- Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2021). Festovergrep. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Åse, Strandbu (2021). An Eliasian analysis of students’ views on guidelines against sexual harassment and abuse in sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Strandbu, Åse (2019). Culturally ‘safe sport’: on political mobilisation against abuse in Zambian sport. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Vol. 11. p. 625-637
- Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Strandbu, Åse; Hansen, Maria Louise (2019). Young athletes’ perceptions of coach-athlete sexual relationships: Engaging with competing ethics. Sociology of Sport Journal. Vol. 36. p. 339-346
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2019). Reporting abuse in sport: a question of power?. European Journal for Sport and Society (EJSS). Vol. 16. p. 229-246
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Rhind, Daniel (2018). Sport, safeguarding and transactional sex: a case study of social networks in Zambian sport. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. Vol. 21. p. 1867-1879
- Seippel, Ørnulf; Dalen, Håvard Bergesen; Sandvik, Morten Renslo; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2018). From political sports to sports politics: on political mobilization of sports issues. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Vol. 10. p. 669-686
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Strandbu, Åse (2017). Faster, higher, stronger… safer? : Safety concerns for young athletes in Zambia. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. Vol. 54. p. 738-752
- Palmer, Helen; Håberg, Asta; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Iversen, Vegard Moe; Hoff, Jan; Helgerud, Jan; Eikenes, Live (2013). Structural brain changes after 4 wk of unilateral strength training of the lower limb. Journal of applied physiology. Vol. 115. p. 167-175
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Helgerud, Jan; Iversen, Vegard Moe; Hoff, Jan (2011). Test-Retest Reliability of V-Wave Responses in the Soleus and Gastrocnemius Medialis. Journal of clinical neurophysiology. Vol. 28. p. 217-221
- Fimland, Marius Steiro; Helgerud, Jan; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Iversen, Vegard Moe; Leivseth, Gunnar; Hoff, Jan (2009). Neural adaptations underlying cross-education after unilateral strength training. European Journal of Applied Physiology. Vol. 107. p. 723-730
Research reports (6)
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Skilbred, Anette; Enstad, Frøydis (2025). Idrett for alle i Oslo? Sluttrapport fra et følgeforskningsprosjekt 2019–2024. 159 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Sandvik, Morten Renslo (2024). Frivillig i idrettslag: Idrettsorganisering i spennet mellom forening og forretning. 110 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Sandvik, Morten Renslo; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2022). Deltakelse, trivsel og inkludering i barne- og ungdomsidretten. Delrapport fra forskningen om Idrett for alle i Oslo. 129 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Frøyland, Lars Roar; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Andersen, Patrick Lie; Tveito, Siri Berg; Folstad, Siri Hausland; Skilbrei, May-Len (2021). Seksuelle overgrep mot barn og unge via digitale medier. En kunnskapsoppsummering. 211 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Bakken, Anders (2020). Evaluering av «Idrett for alle i Oslo». Kartleggingsrapport 2020. 124 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2019). Safe sport for all?: Exploring safety and safeguarding in Zambian sport. Norges idrettshøgskole
Dissemination (20)
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Strandbu, Åse (2026). No harm, no foul? Physical violations in Norwegian youth sport. NYRIS 2026: Nordic Youth Research Symposium
- Tokle, Rikke; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2026). Digital vigilance. Navigating sexual harm in digital youth culture. Nordic Youth Research Symposium 2026 (NYRIS): Dialogues in Youth Studies. Theories, Methodologies, Ethics.
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Enstad, Frøydis; Dyb, Halvard Naterstad (2025). Har Oslo knekt koden for å få flere barn inn i idretten?
- Iversen, Birgitte; Enstad, Frøydis; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2025). Oslo-idretten: Flere jenter med minoritetsbakgrunn deltar
- Stefansen, Kari; Strandbu, Åse; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2024). Seksuelle krenkelser i ungdomsidretten: Hva handler det egentlig om?
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2024). Frivillig i idrettslag: Idrettsorganisering i spennet mellom forening og forretning. Organisert fritid for alle - er det mulig?
- Tokle, Rikke; Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Buvik, Kristin (2023). «Fulle jenter er lette bytter»: Seksuell risiko og beskyttelsesstrategier blant ungdom på fest
- Berg, Ellen; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2023). Inkluderende bevegelsesfellesskap. Visjoner og virkelighet. Wilhelmsen, Terese; Berg, Ellen; Evensen, Kristin Vindhol; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (Ed.). Fagbokforlaget
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2022). Hvorfor slutter de fleste med organisert idrett i løpet av ungdomsårene?
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2022). Barn skjuler at de blir mobbet: – Vi trenere har en ekstremt viktig oppgave
- Tokle, Rikke; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Frøyland, Lars Roar (2022). Seksualkultur i ungdomstiden. Ungdatakonferansen
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Sandvik, Morten Renslo (2022). Deltagelse, trivsel og inkludering i barne- og ungdomsidretten - rapportlansering. Digitalt frokostseminar: Hvordan tilrettelegge for bred deltakelse og varig trivsel i idretten?
- Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Tokle, Rikke (2022). A typology of intoxicated sexual assault: Participation, desire and socio-sexual status dynamics. NYRIS 2022
- Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Tokle, Rikke (2022). A typology of intoxicated sexual assault: Participation, desire and socio-sexual status dynamics. NSA 2022
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Sandvik, Morten Renslo (2022). Hvorfor slutter ungdom med idrett? Eller: Hvorfor fortsetter de?. Trener- og Lederkonferansen
- Solstad, Gerd Marie; Sandvik, Morten Renslo (2021). Er mer alltid bedre? Refleksjoner om trender i norsk barneidrett. Barne- og ungdomstrenerkonferansen 2021
- Solstad, Gerd Marie (2021). Festovergrep. Ungdatakonferansen
- Stefansen, Kari; Strandbu, Åse; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2018). Coach-athlete sexual relationships (CASR). Young athletes’ views (Paper). EASS 2018
- Palmer, Helen; Eikenes, Live; Fimland, Marius; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Hoff, Jan; Helgerud, Jan; Håberg, Asta (2011). Changes in the brain in response to maximal strength training: a DTI study. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
- Palmer, Helen; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Iversen, Vegard Moe; Hoff, Jan; Helgerud, Jan; Håberg, Asta (2009). Maximal strength training of the plantar flexors: can changes in the brain be detected using functional magnetic resonance imaging?. Physiology 2009
These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.