Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Welfare state Evaluation Process evaluation Steering and reform New Public Mangement RCT NAV
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration's Labour Market Engagement
In this project, WRI and PROBA will examine how Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration's (NAV) caseworkers understand and uphold the objective of meeting employers’ needs for labour (a “market perspective”).
Completed research projects
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Work inclusion in Norway: A scoping review
The aim of this project is to describe and map research regarding work inclusion in a Norwegian context.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Breit, Eric Martin Alexander
;
Andreassen, Tone Alm
;
Fossestøl, Knut
(2022).
Development of hybrid professionalism: street-level managers’ work and the enabling conditions of public reform.
23 p.
Public Management Review.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2022.2095004
Breit, Eric
;
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Pedersen, Eirin
(2019).
Kunnskapsbasert praksis innenfor en samstyringsmodell
En analyse av satsingen «Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i Nav-kontor».
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2019-03-01
Saltkjel, Therese
;
Tøge, Anne Grete
;
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira
; Borg, Elin;
Lyng, Selma Therese
;
Wittrock, Christian
;
Pålshaugen, Øyvind
;
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Christensen, Hanne
; Lund, Torbjørn
(2018).
Research protocol: A cluster-randomised study evaluating the effects of a model for improving inter-professional collaboration in Norwegian primary schools.
International Journal of Educational Research.
Vol. 91.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.07.001
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira
;
Tøge, Anne Grete
;
Fossestøl, Knut
(2018).
Program theory within policy-initiated evaluations: the Norwegian low-income family study.
Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2018.1455161
Breit, Eric
;
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Pedersen, Eirin
(2018).
A knowledge hierarchy in labour
and welfare services?
Evidence-based and
practice-based knowledge
in frontline service innovation.
International Social Security Review.
Vol. 71.
https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12187
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira
;
Tøge, Anne Grete
;
Gyüre, Krisztina
;
Rugkåsa, Marianne
;
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Bergheim, Berit
;
Liodden, Tone
(2017).
Research protocol: A cluster-randomised study evaluating the effectiveness of a skill-training programme for social work professionals for improving the follow-up of low-income families within Norwegian welfare services.
International Journal of Educational Research.
Vol. 86.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.08.005
Breit, Eric
;
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Andreassen, Tone Alm
(2017).
From pure to hybrid professionalism in post-NPM activation reform: The institutional work of frontline managers.
Journal of Professions and Organization.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/jox013
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Breit, Eric
; Borg, Elin
(2016).
Hvorfor lykkes ikke NAV-kontorene med å jobbe mer arbeidsrettet?.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
Vol. 33.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2016-01-02
Fossestøl, Knut
;
Breit, Eric
;
Andreassen, Tone Alm
; Klemsdal, Lars
(2015).
Managing institutional complexity in public sector reform: Hybridization in front-line service organizations.
Public Administration.
Vol. 93.
https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12144
Andreassen, Tone Alm ; Fossestøl, Knut (2014). Utfordrende inkluderings politikk:Samstyring for omforming av institusjonell logikk i arbeidslivet,helsetjenesten og NAV. 29 p. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). Vol. 55.
