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 sciences 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
Administrative field of work
Research cooperation agreements EU Research training Research ethics Research infrastructure Research quality Research strategy Contract work
Research groups
Research projects
Completed 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
Harsløf, Ivan (2025). The importance of 'system knowledge' among Norwegian social workers in host settings. Harsløf, Ivan; Innvær, Simon; Jenssen, Dag; Bekken, Wenche; Bode, Ingo (Ed.). Hybrid Social Work Contested Knowledge, Fragile Collaboration and Social Citizenship. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bode, Ingo;
Innvær, Simon
;
Jenssen, Dag
;
Bekken, Wenche
;
Harsløf, Ivan
(2025).
Evolving hybrid worlds of social work.
Harsløf, Ivan; Innvær, Simon; Jenssen, Dag; Bekken, Wenche; Bode, Ingo (Ed.).
Hybrid Social Work
Contested Knowledge, Fragile Collaboration and Social Citizenship.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035327218
Harsløf, Ivan ; Innvær, Simon ; Jenssen, Dag ; Bekken, Wenche ; Bode, Ingo (2025). Hybrid Social Work Contested Knowledge, Fragile Collaboration and Social Citizenship. ISBN: 9781035327201. 268 p. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Harsløf, Ivan (2024). Rethinking research on young adults’ labour market inclusion: A critical analysis of ambivalent outcome categories. Solem, May-Britt; Jenssen, Dag (Ed.). Critical Realism for Health and Social Research. Routledge.
Harsløf, Ivan ; Lødemel, Ivar (2024). Norway: Activation in the Labouring Society. Jørgensen, Henning; Schulze, Michaela (Ed.). Unemployment and Activation Policies in Europe and the US. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Harsløf, Ivan (2024). Exchanging theories and concepts on welfare policies between North and South. Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel; Pellissery, Sony (Ed.). The Politics of Welfare in the Global South. Oxford University Press.
Harsløf, Ivan
(2024).
Nordic egalitarianism at the face of evolving social risks.
Problemy Polityki Społecznej.
Vol. 65.
https://doi.org/10.31971/pps/176253
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
