About
Sigurd Eid Jacobsen is a researcher at the Department of Health and Welfare Studies at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). He holds a master's degree (2019) in sociology from the University of Oslo and a PhD in social science from OsloMet (2024). In his PhD he investigated how families with disabled children navigate health- and welfare services. Jacobsen is interested in topics such as social inequality, welfare state, disability, health, family, and youth.
Jacobsen uses both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Families with disabled children Qualitative methods Quantitative methods Social inequalities Youth Disability Social theory Class analysis
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Mental health and life satisfaction among youth with disabilities and experiences of services in the post-pandemic period (D-youth)
This project will provide new knowledge on mental health, life satisfaction, and use of services among youth with disabilities in the Nordic countries during the post-pandemic period.
Completed research projects
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Including Children and Young People in the Voluntary Service
The purpose of this project is to look into how well different groups of young people are included in the volunteering, and what tools organisations and authorities use to include these young people.
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Socio-spatial Inequality among Families with Children with Disabilities who are Entitled to Cash Benefits and Welfare Services (UPTAKE)
The research project will provide insight into the uptake and delivery of benefits and services among parents of children with disabilities.
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Youth in Traffic
The project is a literature review of research on youth in traffic.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
(2023).
Social class, disability, and institutional interactions: the case of families with disabled children in the welfare state.
Disability & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2023.2230349
Albertini Früh, Elena
;
Østerud, Kaja Larsen
;
Vedeler, Janikke Solstad
; Anvik, Cecilie Høj;
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
(2023).
Er koordinatorordningen for familier med funksjonshemmede barn bærekraftig?.
Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfo.9.2.7
Løvgren, Mette
;
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
(2023).
Motivation, development and use of Ungdata Junior: An annual general survey among children in Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221150038
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
(2023).
Negotiating the Administrative Burden: The Navigation of Welfare Services by Parents with Disabled Children.
12 p.
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1044
Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid
; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette
(2023).
Affective Citizenship: Social Exclusion of Families with Disabled Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Takle, Marianne; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Ed.).
Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. p. 123-133.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347279-11