About
Political, cultural and institutional changes in welfare states. How different modes of governance intersects and shape new patterns of practice. Governance and coordination in human service organizations. Care work in ageing and diversifying societies.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Care-taking of elders Nursing Homes Interprofessional collaboration Care services Human service organization Governance trends Co-production Care ideology Reablement / restorative home care
Research groups
Research projects
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CONTEXT – Creating Integrated Person-centred Care in Different Settings
This project addresses how settings and contexts which enhance people-centred care can be created.
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Improving trust-based management in Nordic urban governance and management education
This project explores how ongoing management reforms are conceptualised and put into practice in two Nordic cities.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Vabø, Mia; Zechner, Minna; Stranz, Anneli; Graff, Lea; Sigurveig, Sigurdadottir (2022). s Nordic elder care facing a (new) collaborative turn?. Social Policy & Administration .
Øye, Christine; Norvoll, Reidun; Vabø, Mia
(2021).
'Keeping up appearances' - Negotiating identities of being fit in older age: A multi-site ethnographic study of daily life in contemporary day centres.
Ageing & Society
.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2833200
Elstad, Jon Ivar; Vabø, Mia
(2021).
Lack of recognition at the societal level heightens turnover considerations among Nordic eldercare workers: a quantitative analysis of survey data.
10 p.
BMC Health Services Research
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Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06734-4
Drange, Ida; Vabø, Mia (2021). A Cross-sectional Study of Sustainable Employment in Nordic Eldercare. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies . Vol. 11.
Vabø, Mia; Drange, Ida; Amble, Nina
(2019).
Den vanskelige deltidsknuten en særnorsk utfordring som rammer unge helsefagarbeidere.
Fagbladet samfunn og økonomi
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https://fagbladet.no/mapper/dokumenter/Deltidsknut...
Vabø, Mia (2019). Tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid i ulike styringskontekster- hverdagsrehabilitering som eksempel. Bjørkquist, Catharina; Fineide, Mona Jerndahl (Ed.). Organisasjonsperspektiv på samordning av helse- og velferdstjenester. Kapittel 3. p. 69-95. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Vabø, Mia
(2018).
Omsorgsarbeid i et hverdagslivsperspektiv.
Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning
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Vol. 4.
https://www.idunn.no/sok#?q=Vab%C3%B8&j=tidsskrift...
Vabo, Signy Irene; Vabø, Mia (2016). Kontroll og tilsyn som kilder til kvalitetsforbedring :. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier . Vol. 18.
Vabø, Mia
(2015).
Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation.
Engelstad, Fredrik; Hagelund, Anniken (Ed.).
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia. kapittel 13. p. 242-262.
De Gruyter Open.
http://hdl.handle.net/10642/3494
Næss, Anders; Fjær, Eivind Grip; Vabø, Mia (2015). The assisted presentations of self in nursing home life. Social Science and Medicine . Vol. 150.
Rasmussen, Bente; Vabø, Mia (2014). Inneklemt ledelse. Vabø, Mia; Vabo, Signy Irene (Ed.). Velferdens organisering. Kapittel 6. p. 94-108. Universitetsforlaget.
Vabø, Mia (2014). Reformtrender og endringsparadokser. Vabø, Mia; Vabo, Signy Irene (Ed.). Velferdens organisering. Kapittel 4. p. 62-79. Universitetsforlaget.
Vabø, Mia (2014). Bakkebyråkratiet - der emosjonelt arbeid blir politikk. Vabø, Mia; Vabo, Signy Irene (Ed.). Velferdens organisering. Kapittel 2. p. 29-47. Universitetsforlaget.
Vabø, Mia (2014). Dilemmaer i velferdens organisering. Vabø, Mia; Vabo, Signy Irene (Ed.). Velferdens organisering. Kapittel 1. p. 11-29. Universitetsforlaget.
Vabø, Mia; Vabo, Signy Irene (2014). Velferdens organisering. ISBN: 9788215023755. 224 p. Universitetsforlaget.
Næss, Anders; Vabø, Mia (2014). Negotiating Narratives of Elderly Care: The Case of Pakistani Migration to Norway. Ageing International . Vol. 39.
Fjær, Eivind Grip; Vabø, Mia (2013). Shaping social situations: A hidden aspect of care work in nursing homes. Journal of Aging Studies . Vol. 27.
Vabø, Mia; Christensen, Karen; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Trætteberg, Håkon Dalby (2013). Marketisation in Norwegian Eldercare: preconditions, trends and resistance. Szebehely, Marta; Meagher, Gabrielle (Ed.). Marketisation in Nordic eldercare: a research report on legislation, oversight, extent and consequences. 5. p. 163-202.
Vabø, Mia; Fadnes Jacobsen, Frode; Christensen, Karen; Dalby Trætteberg, Håkon
(2013).
Marketization in Norwegian eldercare:preconditions, trends and resistance.
Szebehely, Marta; Meagher, Gabrielle (Ed.).
Marketisation in Nordic eldercare: a research report on legislation, oversight, extent and consequences. Chapter 5. p. 163-203.
http://www.normacare.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/0...
Næss, Anders; Vabø, Mia; Havik, Anders Kvale
(2013).
Contested Spaces – The Perpetual Quest for Change in Norwegian Nursing Homes.
Hujala, Anneli; Rissanen, Sari; Vihma, Susann (Ed.).
Designing Wellbeing in Elderly Care Homes. 4. p. 68-83.
https://www.taik.fi/kirjakauppa/images/a99fd3b90ac...
Vabø, Mia (2012). Norwegian home care in transition - heading for accountability, off-loading responsibilities. Health and Social Care in the community . Vol. 20.
Vabø, Mia; Szebehely, Marta (2012). A caring state for all older pople?. Anttonen, Anneli; Häikiö, Liisa; Stefánsson, Kolbeinn (Ed.). Welfare State, Universalism and Diversity. kapittel. p. 121-144. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Vabø, Mia (2011). Active citizenship in Norwegian elderly care. From activation to consumer activism. Newman, Janet; Tonkens, Evelien (Ed.). Participation, Responsibility and Choice. Summoning the Active Citizen in Western European Welfare States. Kapittel 5. p. 87-107. Amsterdam University Press.
Vabø, Mia (2011). Changing governance, changing needs interpretations. Implications for universalism. International journal of sociology and social policy . Vol. 31.
Vabø, Anne Marie (2010). Nýskipan ¥ opinberum rekstri. Stjórnunarhættir nýfrjálshyggjunnar. Stefánsson, Kolbeinn; Baruchello, Giorgio (Ed.). Eilífðarvélin. Uppgjör við nýfrjálshyggjuna. Kapittel. p. 113-138. Háskólaútgáfan.
Vabø, Mia (2009). Home care in transition: The complex dynamic of competing drivers of change in Norway. Journal of Health Organisation and Management . Vol. 23.
Vabø, Mia (2009). Rådløs kunnskap og kunnskapsløse råd. Christensen, Johan; Nuland, Bjørn Richard; Tranøy, Bent Sofus (Ed.). Hjernen er alene : institusjonalisering, kvalitet og relevans i norsk velferdsforskning. Kapittel. p. 177-199. Universitetsforlaget.
Vabø, Mia (2006). Caring for people or caring for proxy consumers?. European Societies . Vol. 8.