Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Stratification Labour market Security Unemployment Social inequalities and health Health inequalities
Research groups
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
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. 10. p. 148-161. Routledge.
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. 3. p. 48-63. Routledge.
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.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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Vol. 77.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3065190
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.
Heggebø, Kristian; Hvinden, Bjørn (2022). Attitudes towards climate change and economic inequality: a cross-national comparative study. Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe. Social Policy and Climate Change. ch. 3. p. 53-79. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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.
Elstad, Jon Ivar; Heggebø, Kristian (2021). ‘Crowded out’? Immigration Surge and Residents’ Employment Outcomes in Norway1. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies . Vol. 11.
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.
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 .
