About
Research professor Ingunn Eriksen completed her PhD in cultural studies in 2013. Her primary analytical focus has been on the meaning and formation of social groups in school, particularly in relation to ethnicity and gender, and on school environment, bullying and student mental health and wellbeing in school. She has extensive experience with qualitative interviews and participant observation fieldworks.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Humanities Social sciences Social anthropology Sociology
Subject areas
Gender Ethnicity Qualitative methods Youth Mobbing Psykisk helse School School environment
Research groups
Research projects
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Evaluating the Ombudsman against Bullying
NOVA is responsible for a research-based evaluation of the regional ombudsman office.
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Gender, Youth and Leisure
This project explores gendered patterns in youths’ leisure activities.
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Inequality in Youth – A Qualitative, Longitudinal Research Database
Inequality in youth is a qualitative, longitudinal research database on youths in Norway, intended to be a parallel to the quantitative Ungdata surveys.
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Leisure activities for Children and Youth in a Gender Equality Perspective
In this project, NOVA will review research from the last ten years that address children and youth’s leisure time in combination with perspectives on gender, gender equality and gender stereotypes.
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Literacies for Health and Life Skills
The “Literacies for Health and Life Skills” (HLS) project aims to develop and implement a new didactic approach that will enable pre-service teachers to facilitate the development of young people´s health and life skills.
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Parenting and Youth Sports: Inequality in Young People’s Leisure Time Activities?
The focus of this project is how parents influence young people's leisure activities.
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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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Stress among Youths
In this project, we aim to gain knowledge about how and why youths experience stress and stressors.
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The Future of Nordic Youth in Rural Regions: A Cross National Qualitative Longitudinal Study in Four Nordic Countries
The research project aims to understand the experiences of rural youth, their sense of belonging and hopes for the future. It will study similarities and differences between the Nordic countries.
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What Characterizes Adolescents Attending Municipal Youth Clubs in Terms of Well-being?
The purpose of the study is to investigate municipalities’ potential to actively use youth clubs to promote issues concerning adolescents’ health and well-being.
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Young people’s Well-being and Civic Participation During the Norwegian Coronavirus Lockdown
This research project investigates how young people experienced the Norwegian coronavirus lockdown.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Smette, Ingrid; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (2023). From Gendered Borderwork to Ethnic Boundaries: The Case of Two Norwegian Schools. Oeur, Freeden Blume; Pascoe, C. J. (Ed.). Gender replay: On kids, school and feminism. Chapter 6. New York University Press.
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Smette, Ingrid
(2022).
Inequalities in the making: the role of young people’s relational resources through the COVID-19 lockdown.
Journal of Youth Studies
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27708
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari (2021). Mapping young Norwegians' self-projects and future orientations. Nico, Magda; Pollock, Gary (Ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. 20. p. 261-271. Taylor & Francis.
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Ødegård, Guro (2021). Fire typer ungdomsliv: Ressurser, relasjoner og stedets betydning. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. 3. p. 63-86. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Walseth, Kristin (2021). Med kropp som prosjekt. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. 7. p. 153-172. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Pedersen, Willy; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie
(2021).
Distribution of capital and school-related stress at elite high schools.
Journal of Youth Studies
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http://hdl.handle.net/10852/90218
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie
(2021).
Duty, discipline and mental health problems: Young people’s pursuit of educational achievement and body ideals.
Journal of Youth Studies
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13676...
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie
(2021).
Teens’ dreams of becoming professional athletes: the gender gap in youths’ sports ambitions.
Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430...
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari
(2021).
What are youth sports for? Youth sports parenting in working-class communities.
Sport, Education and Society
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Vol. 27.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13573...
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Seland, Idunn (2020). Conceptualizing Well-being in Youth: The Potential of Youth Clubs. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research .