About
Mette Løvgren works as a researcher in the Division for Youth Research. She has a PhD in Professional Studies from the Centre for the Study of Profession at Oslo and Akershus University College. She has a master in sociology from the University of Oslo. She is involved in survey-research into the well-being of children; Ungdata junior and Children's Worlds. She also works with projects about violence and sexual abuse through NOVA's Domestic violence research program. Løvgren is member of the editorial board of Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift.
Field of study
Child care Gender and Workin life Domestic violence Child surveys
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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National Safety Survey
The project will map concern for crime and victims of crime in Norway.
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Sexual Harassment in Young People’s Digital Everyday Lives
In this project the researchers will investigate how young people aged 13–19 experience and cope with sexual harassment online.
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The Domestic Violence Research Programme
The programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems.
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Youth Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Digital Era (DIGISEX)
The project will shed light on how digital media has created both new opportunities and new forms of risk concerning youth sexuality.
Completed research projects
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National Safety Survey 2020
The project will map concern for crime and victims of crime in Norway.
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Practices and policies of belonging among minority and majority children of low-income families (BELONG)
This project seeks to increase current knowledge of the practices causing marginalization and social exclusion of minority and majority children of low-income families.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Kotsadam, Andreas;
Løvgren, Mette
(2025).
Is it Time to Put a Moratorium on List Experiments for Domestic Violence Elicitation?.
Sociological Methods & Research.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241251372542
Løvgren, Mette
;
Borch, Anita
(2025).
Tilhørighetens pris: Barn og unge fra familier med lav inntekt.
Borch, Anita; Bilgrei, Ola Røed (Ed.).
Barns tilhørighet blant mennesker og ting. p. 29-52.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.250
Borch, Anita
;
Løvgren, Mette
;
Hyggen, Christer
(2025).
Belonging matters: a scoping review of survey instruments—prevalent measures and omissions.
Social Psychology of Education.
Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10062-4
Løvgren, Mette
;
Hyggen, Christer
(2023).
Barns bruk av sosiale medier. Om ensomhet, samvær med venner og livskvalitet blant jenter og gutter.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nost.7.6.4
Løvgren, Mette
;
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
(2023).
Motivation, development and use of Ungdata Junior: An annual general survey among children in Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221150038
Løvgren, Mette
; Orupabo, Julia
(2022).
Gender Essentialism at Work? The Case of Norwegian Childcare Workers.
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society.
Vol. 30.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxac040
Stefansen, Kari
;
Løvgren, Mette
;
Frøyland, Lars Roar
(2019).
Making the case for ‘good enough’ rape-prevalence estimates Insights from a school-based survey experiment among Norwegian youths.
Heinskou, Marie Bruvik; Stefansen, Kari; Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.).
Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429467608
Løvgren, Mette
;
Stefansen, Kari
;
Smette, Ingrid
; Mossige, Svein
(2017).
Barn og unges utsatthet for fysisk vold fra foreldre. Endringer i mild og grov vold fra 2007 til 2015.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 94.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-1838-2017-02-04
Storø, Jan
;
Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth
;
Løvgren, Mette
(2017).
Hva muliggjør godt institusjonsarbeid?.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 94.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-1838-2017-03-04
Løvgren, Mette
(2017).
Taking the initiative: determinants of parental self-referral to the Norwegian Child Welfare Services<sup>*</sup>.
Nordic Social Work Research.
Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2017.1309677
