About
May-Britt Solem is a Professor of Social Work at OsloMet. She earned her PhD from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo (UiO) in 2011 with the dissertation titled “Parenting Stress and Coping Practices: A Salutogenic Approach.”
Solem has authored and edited three academic books/anthologies:
Sosialt arbeid, en situert praksis (2017), edited by Ragnhild Hansen and May-Britt Solem, Gyldendal Akademisk.
Critical Realism for Welfare Professions (2018), edited by Monica Kjørstad and May-Britt Solem, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Critical Realism for Health and Social Research (2025), edited by May-Britt Solem and Dag Jenssen, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Solem holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and has completed further education in family therapy. She developed the later Master’s program in family therapy, has led the program, and has served as coordinator since 2008. She has also developed and led the course Mental Health Conditions, and has taught salutogenesis, coping, critical realism, and facilitated workshops in the master’s clinic, including dialogue meetings with the field of practice.
Solem’s expertise encompasses professional practice, teaching, and research in social work. Her research interests and methodological expertise include parenting practices and parental stress, MMD, mixed methods, and longitudinal methodology.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Solem, May-Britt
;
Jenssen, Dag
(2024).
Critical Realism for Health and Social Research.
ISBN: 9781032616476.
232 p.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032639130
Tilden, Terje;
Solem, May-Britt
; Thuen, Frode; Lorås, Lennart; Stokkebekk, Jan Kristian; Whittaker, Kristoffer James
(2024).
Taking empirical evidence seriously v. 2.0.
Journal of Family Therapy.
Vol. 46.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12448
Huang, Lihong
; Mossige, Svein;
Solem, May-Britt
(2022).
Access to Public Support Systems Related to Severity of Adversities and Resilience among Adolescents.
Children.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070948
Tilden, Terje;
Solem, May-Britt
; Thuen, Frode; Lorås, Lennart; Stokkebekk, Jan; Whittaker, Kristoffer
(2022).
Å ta empirien på alvor v.2.0.
Fokus på familien/ Nordisk tidsskrift for familie- og relasjonsarbeid.
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.18261/fokus.50.4.5
Solem, May-Britt
;
Helgeland, Ingeborg Marie
; Brannen, Julia; Phoenix, Ann
(2020).
Transitions to Adulthood of ‘At Risk’ Young Men: New Analysis from Two Norwegian Qualitative Longitudinal Studies.
Children & society.
Vol. 34.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12369
Natland, Sidsel
;
Solem, May-Britt
(2019).
Et situert blikk på praksis. Praksisnær forskning innen sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk.
Aamodt, Hilde Anette; Dahl, Espen; Gubrium, Erika; Haldar, Marit; Hermansen, Åsmund (Ed.).
Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. p. 125-143.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4173288
Hansen, Ragnhild
;
Solem, May-Britt
(2017).
Profesjonelt sosialt arbeid som kunnskapsbasert praksis.
Hansen, Ragnhild; Solem, May-Britt (Ed.).
Sosialt arbeid. En situert praksis. p. 155-177.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5066628
Kjørstad, Monica
;
Solem, May-Britt
(2017).
Basic concepts in critical realism.
Kjørstad, Monica; Solem, May-Britt (Ed.).
Critical realism for welfare professions. p. 13-23.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315517537-2
Solem, May-Britt
(2017).
Parenting stress and coping practies in a critical realist perspective.
Kjørstad, Monica; Solem, May-Britt (Ed.).
Critical realism for welfare professions. p. 107-118.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315517537-8
Solem, May-Britt
(2017).
Styrkebaserte perspektiver.
Hansen, Ragnhild; Solem, May-Britt (Ed.).
Sosialt arbeid. En situert praksis. p. 94-115.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3646536
