About
Professor at Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, the Centre for Work Inclusion, OsloMet. Main position at VID Specialized University, Oslo.
I am a 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.
I am 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
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
;
Alecu, Andreea Ioana
;
Bråthen, Magne
;
Dahl, Espen
(2025).
Labour Market Programmes, Service Individualisation and Employment Outcomes.
10 p.
Social Policy & Administration.
https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13132
Nilsen, Michaela
;
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
;
Kleppe, Lise Cecilie
(2025).
Is it all about the money? - a study of specialized frontline work in the Norwegian social assistance service.
32 p.
Journal of Comparative Social Work.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v19i2.696
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (2025). Profesjoner. Brodtkorb, Elisabeth; Rugkåsa, Marianne (Ed.). Mellom mennesker og samfunn: sosiologi og sosialantropologi for helse- og sosialprofesjonene. p. 39-55. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S.
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
;
Leseth, Anne Birgitte
(2024).
Waiting as sociality–relational waithood in Norwegian activation.
European Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2315561
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
; Nicolaisen, Heidi
(2024).
Work First or Education First? Frontline Service Challenges of Providing Enabling Activation.
11 p.
Social Policy and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746424000472
Myraunet, Ingunn
; Strøm, Anita;
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
(2023).
From Model to Everyday Practice: A Qualitative Observational Study of Daily Fact Team Board Meetings.
10 p.
International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC).
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7555
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.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2023.2212875
Gjersøe, Heidi Moen
;
Leseth, Anne
(2022).
Rettigheter, behov og plikter i aktivitetspolitikken:
Forståelser av aktivitetsplikt for unge sosialhjelpsmottakere.
Kritisk juss.
Vol. 48.
https://doi.org/10.18261/kj.48.1.7
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.
14 p.
Journal of Applied Youth Studies (JAYS).
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00031-x
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).
17 p.
Journal of Social Policy.
Vol. 52.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000933
