About
Professor at VID Specialized University, Oslo, and senior researcher at Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, OsloMet. Co-editor for the KAI Chronicle (KAI-kronikken) at the Centre for Work Inclusion.
My research area is within social policy, street-level bureaucracy and welfare conditionality. My PhD was a study of the design and the local implementation of the Work Capability Assessment in the context of activation policies, in Norway and the UK.
Associate editor for International Journal of Social Welfare.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Social Politics Qualitative methodologies Norwegian Labour and Welfare Offices User perspective Young adults Welfare policy The Norwegian employment and welfare reform Autonomy and discretion Social security Activation policies Reception NEET
Countries
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Jones, Katy; Leseth, Anne; Scullion, Lisa; Martin, Philip
(2023).
Refraining from rights and giving in to personalised control: young unemployed peoples’ experiences and perceptions of public and third sector support in the UK and Norway.
European Journal of Social Work
.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3069752
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Leseth, Anne
(2022).
Rettigheter, behov og plikter i aktivitetspolitikken: Forståelser av aktivitetsplikt for unge sosialhjelpsmottakere.
Kritisk juss
.
Vol. 48.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3012063
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Strand, Anne Hege Henden (2021). The Street-Level Organisation in-between Employer Needs and Client Needs: Creaming Users by Motivation in the Norwegian Employment and Welfare Service (NAV). Journal of Social Policy .
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (2021). Providing help or restrictions? Frontline workers’ understandings of behavioural conditionality for health-related social insurance and social assistance benefit in a joined-up governance context. European Journal of Social Work .
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Leseth, Anne
(2021).
Time to work – opposing political rationality with young peoples’ experiences of working in a mandatory activation context in Norway.
Journal of Applied Youth Studies (JAYS)
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Vol. 4.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2987404
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (2020). Frontline provision of integrated welfare and employment services: Organising for activation competency. International Journal of Social Welfare . Vol. 30.
Leseth, Anne; Vilhena, Susana; Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
(2020).
Aktivitetspliktens innside og utside – Unge mottakere av sosialhjelp og deres erfaringer med aktivitetsplikt.
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning
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Vol. 23.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2660110
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Leseth, Anne; Vilhena, Susana (2019). Frontline implementation of welfare conditionality in Norway: A maternalistic practice. Social Policy & Administration . Vol. 54.
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (2019). Profesjoner. Brodtkorb, Elisabeth; Rugkåsa, Marianne (Ed.). Mellom mennesker og samfunn : sosiologi og sosialantropologi for helse- og sosialprofesjonene. Kapittel 2 Profesjoner. p. 41-61. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
(2016).
Vurdering av arbeidsevne i NAV: Et spørsmål om kunnskap?.
Sosiologi i dag
.
Vol. 46.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2476733