About
Monika Marie Bergflødt is a PhD Candidate in Social Sciences at OsloMet, affiliated with NOVA's interdisciplinary department for research on childhood, family, and child welfare. Her dissertation examines how young people from stigmatised neighbourhoods negotiate identity and belonging in their everyday lives, in the face of societal perceptions. The project adopts a critical perspective on how categorisations of «at-risk youth» are constructed and given meaning through discourses, institutional practices and everyday narratives. Bergflødt primarily works with phenomenological and everyday sociology approaches, combining traditional qualitative methods with creative storytelling formats inspired by contemporary media culture.
Academic background
Bergflødt holds a master’s degree in interdisciplinary health research from the University of Oslo, with a background in public health and sociology. Her master’s thesis, conducted as part of the project Inequality in Youth — A Qualitative, Longitudinal Research Database, is a phenomenological study of embodied experiences and health among girls with multicultural backgrounds. Bergflødt was nominated for the STK Prize for best master’s thesis with a gender perspective in 2021. Following her studies, she worked as a research assistant (2021–2022) and researcher (2022–2023) at NOVA.
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Field of study
Gender Ethnicity Familylife Children and young people School segregation Majority-minority relations Creative methods Belonging and place
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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«Socially excluded» Youth in Disadvantaged Areas?
This PhD project examines how young people experience and negotiate identity and belonging in their everyday lives, in the face of stigma and societal perceptions.
Completed research projects
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Family Counselling: Equal Services for a Diverse Population?
The researchers investigate what it implies for the family services to provide equal services in different local contexts, and what kind of challenges the services experience when trying to provide equal services.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bossy, Dagmara
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Bergflødt, Monika Marie
(2023).
Menn på familievernkontoret. Alliansearbeid mellom terapeuter og klienter.
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfk.47.2.5
