Mira Aaboen Sletten

About

Mira Aaboen Sletten holds a PhD in sociology and is researcher at NOVA, section for youth research. Her research interests include dropout and completion in education, time trends in mental health and research on living conditions with a youth perspective. Sletten has written a PhD on the importance of participation and inclusion among peers in adolescence.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Sociology Social sciences

Subject areas

Youth Drop-out Psykisk helse Vulnerable youth Living conditions of children and youths

Research groups

Youth Research

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

A Boost for Youth Clubs – A Research Project for Better Youth Services
How can youth clubs be strengthened to provide better services for young people? From 2025, we will follow the five-year initiative "A Boost for Youth Clubs" to develop knowledge about quality, framework conditions, and the club’s role in the local community.
Follow-up Research – Living Conditions, Upbringing and Education. Area Studies in Loddefjord and Olsvik
The theme of this project is the process and implementation of an area initiative in the Municipality of Bergen.
The Potential of ‘GameChange’: Supplementary Educational Measures to Facilitate Secondary Education Completion Among At-Risk Youth (GameChanger)
What can be done to enable more students to complete secondary school? The project GameChanger focuses on the impact that initiatives outside of school can have on students when they are in school.

Completed research projects

Adolescents in Oslo in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The aim of the study was to map young people’s everyday life and quality of life, and how they experience the COVID-19 pandemic while they were still subject to strict restrictions.
Evaluating the Ombudsman against Bullying
NOVA is responsible for a research-based evaluation of the regional ombudsman office.
Evaluation of Guttas Campus 2024–2025
In 2024 and 2025, NOVA will carry out an evaluation of the learning course Guttas Campus.
Follow-up research of "Sport for all in Oslo"
In this research, NOVA at OsloMet, in collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, evaluate the program «Sport for all in Oslo» from its inception in 2018 until 2024.
Including Children and Young People in the Voluntary Service
The purpose of this project is to look into how well different groups of young people are included in the volunteering, and what tools organisations and authorities use to include these young people.
Qualification and Social Inclusion in Upper Secondary Vocational Education and Training (SAFETY-VET)
The main objective of the project is to generate knowledge about factors of importance for attainment in and completion of upper secondary VET among student groups with a potential risk of non-completion or drop out. We also study the importance of gender-segregated educational choices and young people's educational and occupational aspirations.

Scientific publications

Borg, Elin; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2025). Teachers’ Experiences with an Early Warning and Monitoring System to Prevent School Dropout. 18 p. Nordic Studies in Education. Vol. 45.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v45.6116

Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (2023). Effects of an early warning system on student absence and completion in Norwegian upper secondary schools: a cluster-randomised study. 15 p. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2022.2116481

Bakken, Anders ; Hegna, Kristinn; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2021). Offline, online. Digitale ungdomsliv gjennom tre tiår. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/90692

Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Rosten, Monika ; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom (2021). Svartmaling av gutter og sykeliggjøring av jenter. Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.). UNGDOMMEN. p. 87-110. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.142.ch4

Von Soest, Tilmann ; Bakken, Anders ; Pedersen, Willy ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2020). Livstilfredshet blant ungdom før og under covid-19-pandemien. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet).
https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.20.0437

Von Soest, Tilmann ; Pedersen, Willy ; Bakken, Anders ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2020). Compliance with infection control rules among adolescents in Oslo during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet).
https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.20.0449

Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie ; Pedersen, Eirin ; Seland, Idunn (2019). Grenser for skolens ansvar? Skolelederes perspektiv på mandat i det frafallsforebyggende arbeidet. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. Vol. 96.

Strandbu, Åse; Bakken, Anders ; Sletten, Mira Åboen (2019). Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?. 19 p. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2017.1389056

Arntzen, Annett; Bøe, Tormod; Dahl, Espen ; Drange, Nina Eirin; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Fosse, Elisabeth; Krokstad, Steinar; Syse, Astri ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Strand, Bjørn Heine (2019). 29 recommendations to combat social inequalities in health. The Norwegian Council on Social Inequalities in Health. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Vol. 47.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819851364

Bakken, Anders ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (2018). Generasjon prestasjon? Ungdoms opplevelse av press og stress. Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning.

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Research reports

Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Rogstad, Jon (2025). «Hva jeg lette etter». Guttas Campus 2024/2025: erfaringer, utbytte og læring. ISBN: 978-82-7894-888-0. 90 p. NOVA, OsloMet .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3190725

Bakken, Anders ; Abildsnes, Miriam ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2024). Fritidsprofiler blant ungdom. Fritid, sosial ulikhet, livskvalitet og endringer over tid. ISBN: 978-82-7894-878-1. 142 p. NOVA, OsloMet .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3164514

Moberg, Karolin ; Rogstad, Jon ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Liv,lek og lære - Erfaringer med undervisningsprogrammet Robust Ungdom. ISBN: 978-82-7894-817-0. 82 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Solstad, Gerd Marie ; Sandvik, Morten Renslo; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2022). Deltakelse, trivsel og inkludering i barne- og ungdomsidretten. Delrapport fra forskningen om Idrett for alle i Oslo. ISBN: 978-82-7894-796-8. 129 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2838461

Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid ; Andersen, Patrick Lie ; Nordø, Åsta Dyrnes; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Arnesen, Daniel (2021). Sosial ulikhet i barn og unges deltakelse i organiserte fritidsaktiviteter. ISBN: 978-82-7763-693-1. 87 p. Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2728534

Seland, Idunn ; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie ; Løvgren, Mette ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2020). Evaluering av ordning med fylkesvise mobbeombud for barnehage og grunnskole. Utvidelse til landsdekkende ordning 2018–2020. ISBN: 9788278947456. 154 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5929

Bakken, Anders ; Pedersen, Willy ; von Soest, Tilmann ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2020). Oslo-ungdom i koronatiden. En studie av ungdom under covid-19-pandemien. ISBN: 978-82-7894-747-0. 77 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/4221

Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Borg, Elin; Gyüre, Krisztina (2019). Å forebygge frafall i videregående opplæring - en klyngerandomisert evaluering av IKO-modellen. ISBN: 978-82-8364-152-3. 134 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://skriftserien.hioa.no/index.php/skriftserie

Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Gyüre, Krisztina ; Borg, Elin; Alves, Daniele Evelin (2017). Systematisk frafallsforebygging i videregående skole – en evaluering med klyngerandomisert design: Andre underveisrapport. 129 p. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.

Eriksen, Ingunn Marie ; Sletten, Mira Åboen ; Bakken, Anders ; von Soest, Tilmann (2017). Stress og press blant ungdom: Erfaringer, årsaker og utbredelse av psykiske helseplager. ISBN: 978-82-7894-621-3. 111 p. NOVA. Vol. 2017.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-

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Dissemination

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2024). Glade gutter og triste jenter?. BUFF – Barne- og ungdomsfaglig forum . Barne- og ungdomsfaglig forum .

Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Rogstad, Jon; Abildsnes, Miriam (2024). The strengths of alternative learning programs: A systematic Scoping Review. NYRIS 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium. Tampere University (TAU).

Andersen, Patrick Lie ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen ; Fladmoe, Audun (2024). Relative deprivation in organized leisure among youth? The importance of economic resources at the community- and family-level in Norway. NYRIS2024 Youth in a Just and Fair World - 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium . Tampere Univ,Finnish Youth Research Society,Univ of Helsinki.

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Unge i Norge, trender og utvikling. Ungdomskonferansen NAV Vestre Viken. NAV Vestre Viken.

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Ungdomsliv i Norge - trender og utviklingstrekk. Internseminar Barnevernsavdelingen i Barne- og familiedepartementet . Barnevernsavdelingen i Barne- og familiedepartementet .

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Ungdomsliv i Norge - trender, kjønn og risiko. Internseminar LDO (Likestillings- og diskrimineringsombudet). Likestillings- og diskrimineringsombudet.

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Barn og unges deltagelse i fritidsaktiviteter. Tverrdepartementalt frokost seminar - i forbindelse med melding om sosial utjevning. Barne- og familiedepartementet.

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Barn og unge i dag. Røde Kors’ oppvekstssamling 18.-19. april!. Røde kors.

Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2023). Sosial ulikhet i ungdomstida. Hvordan skapes forskjeller og hvor bør vi sette inn innsatsen?. Nettverkssamling for psykologer i kommunen. Korus Midt m.fl..

Ødegård, Guro ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2022). Tøffe gutter og sårbare jenter? Ti teser om ungdommen episode 6.

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