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Wendy Nilsen

Wendy Nilsen

Job title
  • Research Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X461
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 402 32 207
  • Office: +47 672 35 049
E-mail
  • wendy.nilsen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Wendy Nilsen conducts research on family, mental health and work, with a particular focus on the interplay between work, family and technology. Her work covers topics such as flexible working hours, remote work, the right to disconnect, occupational health and gender differences. She has expertise in quantitative research designs, especially analyses of longitudinal data. Nilsen holds a master’s degree in social and community psychology from NTNU (Trondheim) and a PhD in psychology from the University of Oslo. She previously led a longitudinal research project at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that followed families for 18 years (the TOPP study).

Example research questions include:
• When and for whom flexible working hours and workplaces are beneficial or harmful.
• How colleagues and supervisors react when employees choose to disconnect after working hours.
• How long shifts in the health sector affect work home balance and couple relationships.
• Whether remote work can promote work inclusion.

Field of study

Epidemiology   Information technology   Psychology   Quantitative methods   Youth and child   Familylife, parenting, child-care   Mental health   Flexibility   Working time   Work and Family   Psykisk helse   Arbeid og psykisk helse   Work and organisational psychology   Occupational health   Longitudinal studies   Burnout

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Egeland, Cathrine ; Nordberg, Tanja ; Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie ; Nilsen, Wendy (2026). Enhancing Workability and Work Inclusion Through Hybrid Work – A Qualitative Study of Norwegian Employees | Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.361

Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja ; Lescoeur, Kristine ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Egeland, Cathrine (2026). What do we know about limiting after-hours availability expectations and work-related connectivity? A systematic review of interventions and policies. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4277

Rodrigue, Christopher; Nilsen, Wendy ; Dion, Jacinthe (2026). Parental after‐hours telework and adolescent psychological adjustment: Insights from adolescents' perspective. Family Relations.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70133

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Nilsen, Wendy (2026). Remote Work and the Psychosocial Work Environment: The Role of Contact. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.157873

Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Houkes, Inge; Lillebråten, Andreas ; Nilsen, Wendy (2025). The consequences of a compressed workweek: a systematic literature review. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. Vol. 98.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-025-02153-8

Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Nilsen, Wendy (2025). The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work–home conflict among Norwegian workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. Vol. 51.
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4198

Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). Interdisciplinarity and communication across research employing different methods under the loupe: A bibliometric examination of the literature on boundary-crossing ICT use. The Information Society. Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2024.2355945

Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Junker, Nina Mareen; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Cooklin, Amanda; Cho, Eunae; Habib, Laurence ; Hokke, Stacey; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B.; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2024). Boundary-crossing ICT use – A scoping review of the current literature and a road map for future research. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100444

Heglum, Mari Amdahl ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). A life course perspective on the NEET phenomenon: long-term exclusion across cohorts, gender, and social origin among young adults in Norway. Journal of Youth Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2305907

Kingsbury, Mila; Alaie, Iman; Clayborne, Zahra; Reme, Bjørn-Atle; Nilsen, Wendy ; Colman, Ian (2024). Pathways From Early Life Adversities to Youth Marginalization: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training. Journal of Adolescent Health. Vol. 76.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.08.011



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Research reports

Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Tallerås, Kim ; Seglem, Karoline Brobakke ; Drange, Ida ; Massey, David ; Enehaug, Heidi ; Lescoeur, Kristine ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Nilsen, Wendy (2023). Arbeidsmiljø og arbeidshelse – en forenklet kunnskapsoversikt. ISBN: 9788276094701. 60 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3100371

Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Massey, David ; Tallerås, Kim ; Seglem, Karoline ; Enehaug, Heidi ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Lescoeur, Kristine ; Nilsen, Wendy (2023). Protokoll: forenklet kunnskapsoversikt om arbeidsmiljø og arbeidshelse. ISBN: 9788276094657. 61 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3070595

Pedersen, Eirin ; Ballo, Jannike Gottschalk; Nilsen, Wendy (2019). Utprøvingen av Familie for første gang. Sluttrapport av en fireårig følgeevaluering av "Nurse Family Partnership" i Norge. ISBN: 9788276094107. 45 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8920

Pedersen, Eirin ; Nilsen, Wendy (2018). Følgeevaluering av "Familie for første gang". Delrapport 2: Prosjektfase 2017-2018. 84 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/1297

Nilsen, Wendy ; Pedersen, Eirin (2018). Følgeevaluering av Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) i Norge: Familie for Første Gang. Delrapport 1: Oppstartsprosessen 2016-2017. 47 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4671802

Nilsen, Wendy ; Johansen, Sissel; Blaasvær, Nora; Hammerstrøm, Karianne; Berg, Rigmor C. (2015). Effekt av tiltak rettet mot innsatte foreldre og deres barn. ISBN: 9788281219663. 226 p. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten, Kunnskapssenteret nr. 15 – 2015.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2475814

Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Johansen, Sissel; Blaasvær, Nora; Hammerstrøm, Karianne; Nilsen, Wendy (2014). Effekt av psykososiale tiltak for forebygging og behandling av depresjon og angst blant risikoutsatte barn og ungdommer. Oversikt over systematiske oversikter. ISBN: 9788281218468. 151 p. Folkehelseinstituttet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2478043

Johansen, Sissel; Borren, Ingrid; Hammerstrøm, Karianne; Nilsen, Wendy (2014). Effekt av, og erfaringer med, tiltak for å øke befolkningens tillit til politiet. Systematisk oversikt. ISBN: 9788281218499. 261 p. Folkehelseinstituttet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2477863

Hammerstrøm, Karianne; Wollscheid, Sabine; Nilsen, Wendy (2012). Forebygging av Fotballvold. Notat 2012 - Systematisk litteratursøk med sortering. ISBN: 9788281214699. 45 p. Najsonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2477083

Nilsen, Wendy (2012). Depressive symptoms in adolescence : A longitudinal study of predictors, pathways, and consequences. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3641821



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Dissemination

Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Nilsen, Wendy (2026). Physical activity in Norwegian employees with possibilities to work from home. 19th WFOT Congress. World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5367863

Egeland, Cathrine ; Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie ; Aksnes, Siri Yde (2024). Hjemmekontor i passe mengder kan bidra til å fremme helse.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4945891

Nilsen, Wendy ; Egeland, Cathrine (2024). Tar fleksibiliteten knekken på norsk arbeidsliv?. Arendalsuka 2024. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet - OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3540735

Lescoeur, Kristine ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Runge, Malte ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). Connecting After Hours: A Multilevel Analysis of How Off-Clock Work Affects Psychological Detachment and Emotional Exhaustion. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. Work and Family Researchers Network.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4879924

Nilsen, Wendy ; Seglem, Karoline ; Junker, Nina Mareen; Derks, Daantje; Lescoeur, Kristine ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2024). Stability and Change of Work-Related Connectivity Among Employees Before and After Mandatory Teleworking Periods – A Latent Growth Curve and Trajectory Approach Across a Two-Year Period. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. Work and Family Researchers Network.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3590382

Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir (2024). Frokostseminar 08.01.24: Alltid på - Hva nå? Dilemmaer med hybride og fleksible arbeidstidsmønstre. Alltid på - Hva nå? Dilemmaer med hybride og fleksible arbeidstidsmønstre. Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4743006

Nilsen, Wendy ; Hansen, Per Bonde (2024). Nye perspektiver på fleksibelt arbeid. Foreløpige funn om hjemmekontor. Møte i arbeidspolitisk utvalg. Offshore Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3730683

Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). "Det er ikke egentlig arbeid" – Arbeidsmønstre og oppfatninger av tid og arbeid når arbeidet blir med hjem. Norlife-Seminar. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI - OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4236484

Egeland, Cathrine ; Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir (2023). Bidrar Zoom og smarttelefon til at nordmenn får færre barn?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4061298

Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Ballo, Jannike Gottschalk; Lillebråten, Andreas ; Nilsen, Wendy ; Lundberg, Camilla Stub ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2023). Organisational predictors of hiring NEETs in a Norwegian full-population registry study. Joint Congress of ICOH-WOPS and APA-PFAW 2023 "Imagine! Decent work beyond COVID-19". ICOH-WOPS & APA-PFAW.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5176323



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