About
Marianne Dæhlen is sociologist with a Ph.D. from University of Oslo. She has conducted research on school motivation, educational transition and drop-out, particularly related to vulnerable groups in the vocational track in upper secondary school. Dæhlen has previously held positions as head of research and head of studies.
Field of study
Quantitative methods Youth Vocational course Educational inequality Child welfare children and education School and work studies Educational transitions
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Sustainable Staffing: Barriers and Opportunities for Strengthening the Role of Vocationally Trained Healthcare Workers in Elderly Care
The project focuses on the largest group of employees in the long-term care sector and examines the conditions that facilitate or hinder their competence development and their willingness to remain in their jobs.
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Transitions after Year 2 of Vocational Education and Training: Experiences at School, Vocational Specialisation and Subsequent Choices
How do students’ experiences at school and in vocational specialisation relate to their pathways after Year 2 of vocational education and training?
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Vocational Teachers as Facilitators in the School-to-Work Transition (School4Work)
We will develop knowledge that will enable vocational teachers to facilitate students’ transition from the school-based part of vocational education and training (VET) to apprenticeship.
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VocEdData
The project studies students’ motivation, mastery, and learning experiences in both school-based and workplace-based training, aiming to generate knowledge that can enhance vocational education.
Completed research projects
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Against All Odds?
Why do some care leavers end up doing well as young adults, against all odds? What does "doing well" mean to young women and men, with majority backgrounds? These are questions we seek to investigate in this project.
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From Unskilled to Skilled workers – Adults Obtaining a Trade Certificate through the Practice Candidate Scheme
PhD project exploring how adults without upper secondary education learn their trade, develop a vocational identity, and obtain a trade certificate through the Norwegian practice candidate scheme.
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Upper Secondary Education and Training in the Child Welfare Population
A vast amount of research has shown a persistent educational disadvantage in the child welfare population. The project investigates this theme further.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gilberg, Arnfinn
;
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2026).
Fra frafall til fagbrev: «skolske» erfaringer i praktisk opplæring.
Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 110.
https://doi.org/10.18261/npt.110.3-4.11
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2026).
Relational support, social inequality and completion in upper-secondary VET to age 28: evidence from a linked survey-register cohort in Norway.
Journal of Vocational Education and Training.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2026.2714387
Bødtker-Lund, Daniel
;
Dæhlen, Marianne
; Fooladi, Erik Cyrus
(2024).
Hvem er herre over smaken? Unge kokkeelevers opplevelse av smak.
Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.23865/up.v18.6054
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2023).
Sosiale forskjeller i grunnskolen.
Thorsen, Kirsten; Christensen, Hanne; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (Ed.).
Jeg er lærer. Reflektert, analytisk, kompetent. p. 55-74.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3419022
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2018).
Sikrer gode karakterer fullføring? Videregående opplæring blant jenter med hjelp fra barnevernet.
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning.
Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2018-02-01
Dæhlen, Marianne
;
Rugkåsa, Marianne
(2018).
Early school leaving in the care population - Differences by county of origin.
Child & Family Social Work.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12468
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2017).
Fullføring på bygg- og anleggsteknikk. En sammenlikning av unge gutter med og uten hjelp fra barnevernet.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
Vol. 34.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2017-01-02
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2017).
Child welfare clients and educational transitions.
Child & Family Social Work.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12243
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2017).
Betydningen av opphold i fosterhjem for livet som voksen - en kunnskapsoversikt.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 94.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-1838-2017-04-02
Dæhlen, Marianne
(2017).
Transition from school-based training in VET.
Education + Training.
Vol. 59.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-10-2015-0096
