About
Ivan Harsløf holds a Master in social science and international studies from Aalborg University (1998) and a PhD in Sociology, University of Oslo (2007). As part of his master's and doctoral studies, he has had longer-term stays at Sonoma State University, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Università Milano-Bicocca. He has worked at the Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI), Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), and since 2006 at HiOA. Here he has been the Managing Director of the Group for Inclusive Social Welfare (2006-2010), acting research leader for the interfaculty program, Care, Health and Welfare (2010-2012) and from 2011, Assistant Dean for research at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
He teaches Comparative Social Welfare Theory and Concepts at the Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy. Research interests include comparative welfare state research, the organization of social services, social inequalities in health, poverty and European social policy.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Social work Sociology Political science and organisational theory
Subject areas
Working life Cross-national comparison Welfare and poverty Inequalities in Health Arbeidsrettet rehabilitering Active social policies New social risks
Regions
Administrative field of work
EU Research training Research quality Contract work Research cooperation agreements Research ethics Research infrastructure Research strategy
Research groups
Research projects
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EUROSHIP – Closing Gaps in Social Citizenship. New Tools to Foster Social Resilience in Europe
The overall aim of the EUROSHIP project is to provide an original and gender-sensitive assessment of the current gaps in social protection across Europe.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Greve, Bent; Harsløf, Ivan; Gerven, Minna van; Nieuwenhuis, Rense; Strigén, Jacob
(2023).
How Have the Nordic Welfare States Responded to the Unexpected Increase in Inflation?.
13 p.
Social Policy and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000313
Harsløf, Ivan; Larsen, Kristian; Bambra, Clare
(2022).
When health is wealth: occupationally differentiated patterns of health capital in post-industrial Europe.
Social Theory & Health.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00187-3
Harsløf, Ivan; Zuev, Dennis
(2022).
Temporary transnational labour mobility and gendered individualization in Europe.
Mobilities.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2022.2092417
Larsen, Kristian; Harsløf, Ivan (2021). ‘The human bottom line’: New institutionalism and Bourdieu’s field theory on the growing prominence of healthiness in Nordic work organizations. Robinson, Sarah; Ernst, Jette; Larsen, Kristian; Thomassen, Ole Jacob (Ed.). Pierre Bourdieu in Studies of Organization and Management. Societal Change and Transforming Fields . Routledge.
Larsen, Kristian; Harsløf, Ivan (2020). Promoting Health as a Form of Capital: The Transformation of the Danish Healthcare Field as Experienced By Private Healthcare Professionals. Collyer, Fran; Willis, Karen (Ed.). Navigating Private and Public Healthcare: Experiences of Patients, Doctors and Policy-Makers. p. 201-223. Palgrave Macmillan.
Asimakopoulou, Koula; Hoorens, Vera; Speed, Ewen; Coulson, Neil; Antoniszczak, Dominika; Collyer, Fran; Deschrijver, Eliane; Dubbin, Leslie; Faulks, Denise; Forsyth, Rowena; Goltsi, Vicky; Harsløf, Ivan; Larsen, Kristian; Manaras, Irene; Olczak‐Kowalczyk, Dorota; Willis, Karen; Xenou, Tatiana; Scambler, Sasha
(2020).
Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID‐19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice.
Health Expectations.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13134
Odgaard, Lene; Harsløf, Ivan; Stubbs, Peter W.
(2019).
Return to Work After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Diverse Labour Market and Welfare State Contexts.
Harsløf, Ivan; Poulsen, Ingrid; Larsen, Kristian (Ed.).
New dynamics of disability and rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary perspectives. p. 145-170.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7346-6_7
Harsløf, Ivan; Slomic, Mirela; Håvold, Ole Kristian Sandnes
(2019).
Establishing Individual Care Plans for Rehabilitation Patients: Traces of Self-Targeting in the Norwegian Universal Welfare State.
23 p.
Nordic Journal of Social Research.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njsr.2686
Harsløf, Ivan; Poulsen, Ingrid; Larsen, Kristian (2019). New dynamics of disability and rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary perspectives. ISBN: 978-981-13-7345-9. 328 p. Palgrave Macmillan.
Harsløf, Ivan; Poulsen, Ingrid; Larsen, Kristian
(2019).
Northern European Rehabilitation Services in the Context of Changing Healthcare, Welfare, and Labour Market Institutions: A Theoretical Framework.
Harsløf, Ivan; Poulsen, Ingrid; Larsen, Kristian (Ed.).
New dynamics of disability and rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary perspectives. p. 23-42.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7346-6_2
