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Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik

Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik

Job title
  • Professor emerita
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 907 30 697
  • Office: +47 672 38 154
E-mail
  • oddbjorgskjar.ulvik@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Negård, Inger-Lise; Oterholm, Inger; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2025). Supported Transitions in Public Care: A Case Study from a Norwegian Child Welfare Context. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-025-01066-2

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2025). Money, Love, and Work: Transcending Dichotomies in Analyses of Foster Care. Social Inclusion. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10663

Negård, Inger-Lise; Oterholm, Inger; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2025). ‘Community of care’ – Contributions to sustainable care within an arrangement combining residential and foster care. Adoption & Fostering : The Quarterly Journal of British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering. Vol. 49.
https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759251336771

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Bekken, Wenche (2025). Barn i marginaliserte posisjoner: Muligheter for tilhørighet. Borch, Anita; Bilgrei, Ola Røed (Ed.). Barns tilhørighet blant mennesker og ting. p. 199-216. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.250.ch9

Lie, Iselin Huseby ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Aamodt, Hilde Anette (2024). Is participation always appropriate? Social workers' perspectives on when to exclude children from conversations about contact visits. Child & Family Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13148

Skagestad, Linn Julie; Østensjø, Sigrid; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2023). Young Adults with Disabilities and their Transitions to Adult Life and Services: A Sociocultural Analysis of Parents’ Perspectives on their Involvement. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.890

Hogstad, Ingrid Johnsen; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2022). Veiledende begreper for profesjonelle i møte med barn i utsatte situasjoner : involveringspraksis, mulighetsrom og meningsarbeid. Myra, Siv Merete; Faugli, Anne; Lauritzen, Camilla (Ed.). Veiledning i profesjonell praksis : til fagfolk som jobber med barn, ungdom og familier. p. 159-172. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3808840

Tunestveit, Merete ; Mæhle, Magne Olav; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2021). Deltaking i barnevernet - ein analyse av ungdomar sine forteljingar i lys av posisjoneringsteori. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. Vol. 98.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN1891-1838-2021-01-02

Andersen, Nina Helene Barth; Gubrium, Erika ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2020). Young people looking forward: imagined future and normative tensions in urban Norway. Children & society.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12422

Garnier, Pascale; Greve, Anne ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Chantseva, Victoria; Rayna, Sylvie; Fallang, Bjørg; Gulbrandsen, Liv Mette ; Øien, Ingvil (2020). Body practices: negotiations of ‘risk’ in Norwegian and French preschools. International Journal of Early Years Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2020.1848530



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Research reports

Lidén, Hilde; Trætteberg, Håkon Solbu; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2018). Kommunale botiltak for barn og unge: En hvit flekk i velferdsstaten. ISBN: 9788277636092. 150 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2565120

Köhler-Olsen, Julia ; Larsen, Elisabeth; Storø, Jan ; Vindegg, Jorunn ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2012). Høringssvar – Forslag til endringer i Lov om barneverntjenester. 10 p. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5021371

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2005). Fosterfamilie som seinmoderne omsorgsarrangement: En kulturpsykologisk studie av fosterbarn og fosterforeldres fortellinger. ISBN: 9788256922062. 350 p. Unipub forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5026619

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Opaas, Marianne (1995). Støtte til egen mestring. En veileder om organsiering av støtte i lokalsamfunnet, basert på erfaringer fra samarbeidsprosjektet Sorg og Omsorg. 32 p. Statens helsetilsyn.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3550976



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Dissemination

Selseng, Lillian Bruland; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2025). Forståingar av rusmiddelproblem i kultur og samtid. Almvik, Arve; Borge, Lisbet (Ed.). Å sette farger på livet. Samspill og deltakelse i psykisk helse- og rusarbeid. 2. utgave. p. 79-92. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5330782

Omland, Guro Brokke; Phoenix, Ann; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Aadnanes, Margrete; Herland, Mari Dalen; Negård, Inger-Lise; Syrstad, Ellen; Greve, Anne (2022). The Pandemic Child: Vulnerability constructions under COVID-19. The 2nd International CHILDLIFE Conference on Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices. Oslo Metropolitan University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5177147

Negård, Inger-Lise; Oterholm, Inger; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2022). Complexities and dilemmas of organizing care for children in a public care context - the possibilities of a flexible care arrangement combining residential care and foster care. The Childlife Conference. Oslo Metropolitan University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5269640

Aamodt, Hilde Anette ; Wærdahl, Randi ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Bekken, Wenche (2021). Det er naivt å tro at to nye mastergrader skal løse kompetanseproblemet i barnevernet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3579114

Gulbrandsen, Liv Mette ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Munck, Crisstina (2021). Barn, hverdagsliv og velferdsstatens profesjonelle praksiser - nordisk kunnskapsutvikling. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden. Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.5324/barn.v39i2-3.4154

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2020). Mid-Day Meal. Abebe, Tatek (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. p. 1090-1092. Sage Publications.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4822589

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2020). Professional Conversations With Children. Abebe, Tatek (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. p. 1301-1303. Sage Publications.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4519952

Hermansen, Åsmund ; Gubrium, Erika ; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2019). Sats på undervisning for å heve kvaliteten og for å fremme likestilling.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4876291

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (2019). Barn, hverdagsliv og sosial deltakelse - tenkeredskaper fra en sosiokulturell teoritradisjon. Studsrød, Ingunn; Paulsen, Veronika; Kvaran, Inge; Mevik, Kate Eileen (Ed.). Barnevernspedagog : en grunnbok. p. 119-133. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3303627

Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær ; Gulbrandsen, Liv Mette (2019). Measured family lives - a discussion of standardized practices in the Norwegian child welfare services. Measured Lives - Theoretical Psychology in an Era of Acceleration. International Society for Theoretical Psychology.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4633259



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