Fields of study
Subject areas
Stratification Labour market Security Unemployment Social inequalities and health Health inequalities
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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From Boys to Men: Diverging Developments of Masculinity with Varying Consequences? (FRAGMEN)
What are the characteristics of masculinity and masculine practices in contemporary Norway?
Completed research projects
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Crisis Management in a Polycentric Nordic Local Democracy: Different Governance Structures – Different Results? (POLYGOV)
The overall goal of the project is to identify the differences in the Nordic countries’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcomes thereof and to relate these differences to policy, governance, organisation and management.
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Evaluation of Ritual Circumcision of Boys (RITOM)
This evaluation shall produce research-based knowledge on whether the Norwegian law on ritual circumcision of boys functions according to its purpose.
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Solidarity in European Societies: Empowerment, Social Justice and Citizenship (SOLIDUS)
Overall, the project analyses the acts and policies of solidarity we see developing across Europe, the extent to which they involve dialogic and inclusive processes, and what outcomes and relevance for policy developments they have.
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Under Pressure? Migration and Labor Market Integration in Norway (UPMIN)
The overarching research question in the UPMIN project is: What institutional and contextual factors enhance immigrants’ and refugees’ employment participation?
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Welfare State Life Courses: Social Inequalities in the Co-evolution of Employment, Health and Critical Life Events (WELLIFE).
This project is a multidisciplinary Nordic collaboration researching inequalities in health and opportunities in the Nordic welfare states, and how they unfold over individuals life courses.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Heggebø, Kristian
;
Elstad, Jon Ivar
(2024).
Health-related exit from employment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: Analysis of population-wide register data 2013–2021.
10 p.
SSM - Population Health.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101598
Heggebø, Kristian
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2024).
How severe was the COVID-19 pandemic in the Nordic countries?.
Haug, Are Vegard (Ed.).
Crisis Management, Governance and COVID-19 : Pandemic Policy and Local Government in the Nordic Countries. p. 17-27.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035336
Frøyland, Lars Roar
;
Heggebø, Kristian
(2024).
Childhood Maltreatment and Revictimization in Young Adulthood: Is Problematic Substance Use a Mediator? A Linked Survey–Register Data Study.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241301787
Metsä-Simola, Niina;
Heggebø, Kristian
; Kjaer Urhoj, Stine; Martikainen, Pekka; Einiö, Elina; Östergren, Olof
(2024).
Neurological conditions and subsequent divorce risk in the Nordic countries: The importance of gender and both spouses' education.
8 p.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-221328
Elstad, Jon Ivar
;
Heggebø, Kristian
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2023).
Lønner det seg å jobbe? Inntektsutvikling blant stønadsmottakere som øker sin arbeidsdeltakelse.
15 p.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
https://doi.org/10.18261/spa.40.2.3
Heggebø, Kristian
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2023).
The Norwegian Welfare State Adjusting to Crisis: Temporary Changes in Unemployment Benefit Regulations during the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Long-Term Implications.
Takle, Marianne; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Ed.).
Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. p. 48-63.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347279-5
Elstad, Jon Ivar
;
Heggebø, Kristian
(2023).
Economic preconditions for full citizenship: Refugees’ economic incorporation into the Norwegian welfare state.
Takle, Marianne; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Ed.).
Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. p. 148-161.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347279-13
Long, Di; Mackenbach, Johan P.; Klokgieters, Silvia; Kalėdienė, Ramunė; Deboosere, Patrick; Martikainen, Pekka;
Heggebø, Kristian
; Leinsalu, Mall; Bopp, Matthias; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Costa, Giuseppe; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Nusselder, Wilma J
(2023).
Widening educational inequalities in mortality in more recent birth cohorts: a study of 14 European countries.
8 p.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Vol. 77.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220342
Elstad, Jon Ivar
;
Heggebø, Kristian
;
Dahl, Espen
(2022).
Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221101304
Heggebø, Kristian
(2022).
Gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway 2000–2017: a register‑based study of hospital admissions, health‑related benefit utilisation, and mortality.
13 p.
BMC Public Health.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14899-8
