Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Stratification Labour market Educationalsociology Unemployment Social inequalities and health
Research groups
Research projects
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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
Friedman, Joseph; Calderon-Villarreal, Alhelí; Heggebø, Kristian; Balaj, Mirza; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (2021). COVID-19 and the Nordic Paradox: a call to measure the inequality reducing benefits of welfare systems in the wake of the pandemic. 4 p. Social Science and Medicine . Vol. 289.
Heggebø, Kristian (2021). Om insentiv og sånn: motsvar til Steinar Holden og Knut Røed. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning . Vol. 62.
Gauffin, Karl; Heggebø, Kristian; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2021). Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015. European Societies .
Elstad, Jon Ivar; Heggebø, Kristian (2020). ‘Crowded out’? Immigration Surge and Residents’ Employment Outcomes in Norway. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies .
Heggebø, Kristian; Bråthen, Magne; Hermansen, Åsmund
(2020).
Deltakelse på arbeidsmarkedstiltak – hjelp til selvhjelp? Helserelatert ulikhet i sysselsetting blant langtidsmottakere av økonomisk sosialhjelp.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet
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Heggebø, Kristian; Dahl, Espen; van der Wel, Kjetil A. (2020). Disentangling the dynamics of social assistance: A linked survey—Register data cohort study of long-term social assistance recipients in Norway. PLOS ONE . Vol. 15.
Heggebø, Kristian (2020). Kva er arbeid – eigentleg? Cato Wadel og Sysselsettingsutvalet. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning . Vol. 61.
Heggebø, Kristian; van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Dahl, Espen (2019). Does social capital matter more when health status is poor? Labour market attachment among long-term recipients of social assistance in Norway. European Journal of Social Work .
Elstad, Jon Ivar; Heggebø, Kristian (2019). Et voksende prekariat? Langvarige tilknytninger til arbeidslivet blant kjernegruppene i arbeidsmarkedet. Søkelys på arbeidslivet . Vol. 36.
Heggebø, Kristian; Bell, Justyna; Tolgensbakk, Ida; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2019). «Crowded out»? Relative forskjeller og relativt store tolkningsproblemer. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning . Vol. 60.
