Ingrid Smette

Research projects

• Descendants of Immigrants and the Concerned Welfare State

  This project examines the ongoing, relational negotiations between the welfare state and the public's understanding of problems, on the one hand, and processes of change in the minority population, on the other.

• Evaluation of minority counsellor pilot projects in upper secondary schools and adult learning centres

  NOVA researchers will evaluate two pilot projects placing minority counsellors in secondary schools in vulnerable urban areas and adult learning centres.

• 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.

• Norwegian Schools’ Experiences with and Handling of Exemptions and Absences on Religious Grounds

  In this project, we aim to investigate how schools handle requests for exemption from teaching and school activities based on religion and life stance.

• Parenting in Ethnic and Religious Minority Contexts in Norway

  The aim of the project is to develop research-based knowledge about different forms of parenthood that co-exist in Norway, based on parents’ own perspectives.

• The Domestic Violence Research Programme

  The programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems.

• Tomorrow’s Inequalities in the Making: Processes of Life Chance Differentiation within and outside of Education (LIFECHANCES)

  In LIFECHANCES we investigate how differences between young people may become inequalities in life chances over time.

• Upbringing, Family Life, and Seeking Help in 'Closed' Religious Communities

  This project aims to build knowledge about upbringing and family life in religious communities that can be understood as closed, and the significance of this closed nature for children's rights.