Affiliation
Miriam Abildsnes is a PhD fellow at NOVA, Section for Youth Research. She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Oslo (2015) and has several years of experience working with education policy and administration in the public sector. Her research interests include social inequality in schooling, cross-sector collaboration, and the living conditions of children and young people. Her work draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods and is informed by an organizational-theoretical perspective.
Miriam is enrolled in the PhD programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, specializing in sociology. At NOVA, she is affiliated with the research project 'The Potential of ‘GameChange’: Supplementary Educational Measures to Facilitate Secondary Education Completion Among At-Risk Youth (GameChanger)'. Her PhD period runs from 2025 to 2029.
Research projects
Active research projects
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
Motivation and Mastery. Evaluation of Flyt
To what extent does the programme help to build up the students who participate and make them better equipped to complete and pass upper secondary school?
Publications and research
Research reports (3)
- Rogstad, Jon; Abildsnes, Miriam (2025). Forebygging i fellesskap. Tre livsmestringsprogrammer for å redusere utenforskap blant ungdom. 150 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Rogstad, Jon; Abildsnes, Miriam (2024). Flyt – et skolesupplerende program som gir resultater. Erfaringer fra første og femte kull. 33 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Bakken, Anders; Abildsnes, Miriam; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2024). Fritidsprofiler blant ungdom. Fritid, sosial ulikhet, livskvalitet og endringer over tid. 142 p.. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
Dissemination (4)
- Abildsnes, Miriam (2026). Sense and Sensibility in Youth Work. European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Oslo 2026: Situations, Power, and Persuasion
- Abildsnes, Miriam; Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Rogstad, Jon (2025). Skolesupplerende tiltak – trussel eller redning for enhetsskolen?. Skolesupplerende tiltak – trussel eller redning for enhetsskolen?
- Alves, Daniele Evelin; Lorenzen, Sara Berge; Hagen, Aina Landsverk; Murray, Ane Evenstad; Aschehoug, Erik; Abildsnes, Miriam; Juul, Cathrine (2023). Hva med sklier i stedet for trapper? Elevers medvirkning ved byggeprosjekter i nabolaget. Bedre Skole. Vol. 2023. p. 42-49
- Abildsnes, Miriam (2020). Er noen barneskoler i Oslo mer foretrukket enn andre? Oppslutning og skolebytting i skoleinntaksområder i Oslo. Oslospeilet
These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.