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Ida Merete Solvang

Ida Merete Solvang

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X554
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 930 35 087
  • Office: +47 672 36 631
E-mail
  • ida-merete.solvang@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Field of study

Political discourse   Norwegian Labour and Welfare Offices   Social assistance   Professional discretion   Activation policies

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Solvang, Ida Merete (2025). Countering Social Exclusion among Disadvantaged Urban Youth: Fostering Aspirations and Skills through Temporary Leadership-Positions in Norway. Harris, Marian S.; Serpo, Sandra (Ed.). Social Work - Impacting Lives Around the World | IntechOpen. p. 33-62. IntechOpen.
https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1009020

Solvang, Ida Merete ; Juritzen, Truls (2022). Neoliberal Modes of Governance and Social Policy: A Critical Investigation of How Contractualism Affects Social Work with Unemployed People. Baikady, Rajendra; Sajid, S. M.; Nadesan, Varoshini; Przeperski, Jaroslaw; Rezaul, Islam; Gao, Jianguo (Ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. p. 1-22. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_10-1

Solvang, Ida Merete (2020). Contextualizing social workers’ problem-solving strategies: Fostering personal emancipation and enhancing employability in clients’ activation trajectories. Nordic Social Work Research. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2018.1540355

Solvang, Ida Merete ; Juritzen, Truls I (2018). Between empowerment and discipline: Practicing contractualism in social work. Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318815326

Solvang, Ida Merete (2016). Discretionary Approaches to Social Workers' Personalisation of Activation Services for Long-term Welfare Recipients. European Journal of Social Work. Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2016.1188777

Solvang, Ida Merete ; Engebretsen, Eivind; Heggen, Kristin (2012). Å forme brukers arbeidsvilje. Engebretsen, Eivind; Heggen, Kristin (Ed.). Makt på nye måter. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4168925



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Research reports

Solvang, Ida Merete (2017). When Divergence Appears Coherent: An Investigation of How Ambiguous Policy Rationales Shape the Activation Trajectories of Hard-toemploy Clients. ISBN: 9788283640533. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/5279



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Dissemination

Weihe, Hans-Jørgen Wallin; Solvang, Ida Merete ; Chudasame, Krishna Magan (2022). Sosiale tjenester. Bolstad, Erik (Ed.). Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3289454

Solvang, Ida Merete ; Ausland, Trond; Lunde, Magne; Begnum, Miriam Eileen Nes (2010). Making the creative accessible - Using design and description to make movies more accessible for a visually impaired audience. The International Conference on Universal Technologies. Oslo University College.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4022512



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.
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