About
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 groups
Research projects
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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.
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Evaluation 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Wilhelmsen, Terese; Berg, Ellen; Evensen, Kristin Vindhol; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (2023). Bevegelsesfellesskap i oppveksten. Kritiske perspektiver på inkludering og mangfold. ISBN: 9788245041415. 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
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3050191
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
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Vol. 11.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3055337
Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie (2021). Festovergrep. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. Kapittel 10. p. 231-253. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. https://doi.org/ 10.23865/noasp.142.ch10
Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Åse, Strandbu (2021). An Eliasian analysis of students’ views on guidelines against sexual harassment and abuse in sport. 17 p. International Review for the Sociology of Sport .
Solstad, Gerd Marie (2019). Reporting abuse in sport: a question of power?. European Journal for Sport and Society (EJSS) . Vol. 16.
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.
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
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Vol. 36.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2653207
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.
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
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Vol. 10.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2639790
