About
Kari Stefansen works as a researcher in the Division for Youth Research. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of Oslo (2011). The thesis explored parenthood as a classed and classing phenomenon. She is currently involved in new projects about parenting, including the KnowMo project, which is based on qualitative interviews with parents of teenagers. In addition to research on parenthood Kari Stefansen is involved in projects on violence and sexual abuse through NOVA's Domestic violence research program.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Youth Parenthood Rape Sexual violence Domestic violence Children's house
Research groups
Research projects
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Digital Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents
The project will, in a comprehensive literature review, map existing knowledge about digital sexual violence against children and adolescents.
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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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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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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.
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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
Stefansen, Kari; Smette, Ingrid; Dullum, Jane Vibeke (2020). The ‘psychological turn’ in self-help services for sexual abuse victims: Drivers and dilemmas. 14 p. International Review of Victimology .
Bakketeig, Elisiv; Dullum, Jane Vibeke; Stefansen, Kari (2019). Samarbeid i saker om vold og overgrep. Mot en hybridisering av hjelpetjenestene?. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning . Vol. 22.
Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari; Heinskou, Marie Bruvik
(2019).
A Nordic research agenda on rape and sexual violence.
Heinskou, Marie Bruvik; Stefansen, Kari; Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.).
Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change. Kapittel 1. p. 1-17.
Routledge.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/74950
Heinskou, Marie Bruvik; Stefansen, Kari; Skilbrei, May-Len
(2019).
Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change.
ISBN: 9780429467608.
262 p.
Routledge.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/978042946760...
Stefansen, Kari (2019). Understanding unwanted sexual touching A situational approach. Heinskou, Marie Bruvik; Stefansen, Kari; Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.). Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change. 4. Routledge.
Stefansen, Kari; Løvgren, Mette; Frøyland, Lars Roar (2019). Making the case for ‘good enough’ rape-prevalence estimates Insights from a school-based survey experiment among Norwegian youths. Heinskou, Marie Bruvik; Stefansen, Kari; Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.). Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change. 5. Routledge.
Strandbu, Åse; Bakken, Anders; Stefansen, Kari (2019). The continued importance of family sport culture for sport participation during the teenage years. 15 p. Sport, Education and Society .
Smette, Ingrid; Bredal, Anja; Stefansen, Kari
(2019).
Fra kamp til konsensus? Sivilsamfunnets rolle i framveksten av voldsfeltet.
Skjørten, Kristin; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Bjørnholt, Margunn; Mossige, Svein (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner: Forståelser, konsekvenser og tiltak. 8. p. 143-158.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://www.idunn.no/vold_i_naere_relasjoner/kapit...
Persson, Marlene; Espedalen, Lars Erik; Stefansen, Kari; Strandbu, Åse (2019). Opting out of youth sports: how can we understand the social processes involved?. 13 p. Sport, Education and Society .
Stefansen, Kari; Solstad, Gerd Marie; Strandbu, Åse; Hansen, Maria Louise
(2019).
Young Athletes’ Perceptions of Coach-Athlete Sexual Relationships: Engaging with Competing Ethics.
8 p.
Sociology of Sport Journal
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2653207
