About
Sørvoll holds a PhD in history from the University in Oslo. His research interests include housing and housing policy, social policy and the welfare state in a comparative and historical perspective.
Sørvoll has published articles in journals such as Housing, Theory and Society and the International Journal of Housing Policy, and heads HOUSINGWEL, the centre for housing and welfare research, a research centre funded by the Ministry of Local government and Regional Development.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Welfare state Housing Social housing
Research groups
Research projects
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Activity Friend for Persons with Dementia
The project addresses what role the "activity friend" volunteers play in municipal health care and for people with dementia in Norway.
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Area Review of Housing Solutions and Health and Care Services for the Elderly
How can the state and municipality more effectively facilitate elderly people to age in place?
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Disadvantaged in the Housing Market: Effects of Public Interventions (DISADVANTEGED)
This project aims to evaluate all major social housing policy instruments in Norway, aimed at helping disadvantaged individuals to better and more stable housing.
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Housing Market and Housing Policy in Norway – an International Comparison
In this project the researchers compare central features of the Norwegian housing market and housing policy with those of Sweden, Denmark, Austria, UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
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Housing Market Mobility in Old Age: Attitudes, Drivers and Barriers
The project adresses how elderly people adapt their housing consumption in light of the physical and mental changes associated with ageing.
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HOUSINGWEL – Centre for Housing and Welfare Research
HOUSINGWEL aims to be a hub for research on housing and welfare in Norway.
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Social Rented Housing in Oslo. Dilemmas in a Market-oriented and Means-tested Housing Sector
Social rented housing is one of the most important policy instruments in the municipality of Oslo’s social housing policy. In this research project, we examine the main challenges of this strictly means-tested and market-oriented housing sector in five policy briefs.
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The Housing Bank – 75th anniversary
The project is an historical analysis of Norwegian housing policy and the Norwegian state’s Housing Bank in recent decades (1996-2020). An illustrated academic book in Norwegian based on a comprehensive selection of oral and written sources is the end goal of the project.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sørvoll, Jardar
(2021).
Husbanken og boligpolitikken 1996-2021.
ISBN: 9788202711788.
312 p.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://www.cappelendammundervisning.no/_husbanken...
Gautun, Heidi; Sørvoll, Jardar (2021). Hjemmetjenester eller institusjonsomsorg? Et forvaltningskommunalt dilemma i norsk eldreomsorg. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning . Vol. 24.
Kohl, Sebastian; Sørvoll, Jardar (2021). Varieties of Social Democracy and Cooperativism: Explaining the Historical Divergence between Housing Regimes in Nordic and German-Speaking Countries. Social Science History . Vol. 45.
Nordvik, Viggo; Sørvoll, Jardar; Astrup, Kim (2021). Hvem er vanskeligstilt på boligmarkedet?. Boligsosialt arbeid. Kapittel 4. p. 71-88. Universitetsforlaget.
Sørvoll, Jardar; Nordvik, Viggo (2021). Boligsosiale virkemidler. En teoretisk veileder. Boligsosialt arbeid. Kapittel 5. p. 89-121. Universitetsforlaget.
Sørvoll, Jardar (2021). Norsk boligpolitikks fortid, nåtid og framtid (1945-2020). På vei mot et nytt systemskifte i boligpolitikken?. Boligsosialt arbeid. Kapittel 10. p. 203-223. Universitetsforlaget.
Solstad, Asgeir; Astrup, Kim; Bliksvær, Trond; Hansen, Inger Lise Skog; Iversen, Marit; Kjellevold, Alice; Nordvik, Viggo; Sørvoll, Jardar (2021). Boligsosialt arbeid. ISBN: 97-882-15-04149-0. 232 p. Universitetsforlaget.
Sørvoll, Jardar; Nordvik, Viggo; Magnusson Turner, Lena
(2020).
Bostedssegregasjon og politiske strategier. Erfaringer fra Norge og Oslo.
Samfundsøkonomen
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Vol. 38.
https://www.djoef-forlag.dk/openaccess/samf/samfdo...
Sørvoll, Jardar; Gautun, Heidi (2020). Brukermedvirkning i norsk eldreomsorg – følger kommunene opp statens styringssignaler?. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning . Vol. 6.
Sørvoll, Jardar (2019). Hvorfor bør boligforskere interessere seg for fortida?. Tidsskrift for boligforskning . Vol. 2.