About
Halvorsen's main interests are European and comparative welfare policy, social citizenship, EU social policy, and citizenship movements. Halvorsen’s central concern is to contribute new knowledge for the future social Europe. He is the Scientific Coordinator of EUROSHIP - Closing gaps in social citizenship. New tools to foster social resilience in Europe (2020-2023), funded by the EU (Horizon 2020). He has led cross-national and cross-disciplinary research projects funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Nordic Council. He was the Norwegian partner in the European Marie Curie ITN DREAM, partner in the EU FP7 project COPE -Combatting Poverty in Europe and participated in the coordination of DISCIT - Making Persons with Disabilities Full Citizens. Prospective PhD students with an interest in social citizenship are welcome to contact me. See also my blog https://runehalvorsenresearch.wordpress.com and follow me on Twitter: @rune_halvorsen
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Welfare state Disability New Social Movements The European Union Health and welfare politics Comparative studies of poverty Active labour market program Active Citizenship
Regions
Administrative field of work
Research collaboration International cooperation Innovation Public relations
Research groups
Research projects
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EUROSHIP – Closing Gaps in Social Citizenship. New Tools to Foster Social Resilience in Europe
The overall aim of the EUROSHIP project is to provide an original and gender-sensitive assessment of the current gaps in social protection across Europe.
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Making Persons with Disabilities Full Citizens (DISCIT)
DISCIT aims to produce new knowledge enabling Member States, affiliated European countries and the European Union to achieve full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society and economy.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Schoyen, Mi Ah (2019). Hva skal til for å få flere unge funksjonshemmede i arbeid? Et systemperspektiv. Aamodt, Hilde Anette; Dahl, Espen; Gubrium, Erika; Haldar, Marit; Hermansen, Åsmund (Ed.). Sosialt arbeid og sosialpolitikk i samhandling. Kapittel 12. p. 246-266. Fagbokforlaget.
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (2018). Integrated discussion: Managing diversity among youth in Nordic social protection policies. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (Ed.). Youth, Diversity and employment: Comparative perspectives on Labour Market Policies. 9. p. 199-228. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Kuivalainen, Susan; Schoyen, Mi Ah (2018). A new approach to promoting youth inclusion in the labour market? Disability in the Nordic welfare states. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (Ed.). Youth, Diversity and employment: Comparative perspectives on Labour Market Policies. 6. p. 127-149. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (2018). Youth. Diversity and employment in times of crisis and Economic restructuring - an introduction. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (Ed.). Youth, Diversity and employment: Comparative perspectives on Labour Market Policies. 1. p. 1-31. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn (2018). Youth, Diversity and employment: Comparative perspectives on Labour Market Policies. ISBN: 978-1-78347-599-5. 232 p. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Scaratti, Chiara; Leonardi, Matilde; Silvaggi, Fabiola; Ávila, Carolina C.; Muñoz-Murillo, Amalia; Stavroussi, Panayiota; Roka, Olga; Burger, Helena; Fheodoroff, Klemens; Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Beata; Sabariego, Carla; Esteban, Eva; Gruber, Sonja; Svestkova, Olga; Halvorsen, Rune; Kadyrbaeva, Asel; Ferraina, Sabrina (2018). Mapping European Welfare Models: State of the Art of Strategies for Professional Integration and Reintegration of Persons with Chronic Diseases. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health . Vol. 15.
Hvinden, Bjørn; Halvorsen, Rune
(2018).
Mediating Agency and Structure in Sociology: What Role for Conversion Factors?.
Critical Sociology.
Vol. 44.
http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/crs/0/0
Halvorsen, Rune; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Siska, Jan (2017). Life-course Interviews on Disability and Active Citizenship – Collecting and Analysing Big Qualitative Data. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Biggeri, Mario; Tøssebro, Jan; Waldschmidt, Anne (Ed.). Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries : Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 2. 3. p. 36-48. Routledge.
Halvorsen, Rune; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette (2017). Transitions to Active Citizenship for Young Persons with Disabilities – Virtuous and Vicious Cycles of Functionings. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Biggeri, Mario; Tøssebro, Jan; Waldschmidt, Anne (Ed.). Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries : Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 2. 11. p. 175-191. Routledge.
Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Biggeri, Mario; Tøssebro, Jan; Waldschmidt, Anne (2017). Changing Opportunities for Active Citizenship in Europe: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities. Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Biggeri, Mario; Tøssebro, Jan; Waldschmidt, Anne (Ed.). Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries : Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 2. Chapter 1. p. 1-16. Routledge.
