About
Terje Olsen is Research director at NOVA, in the section for research on childhood, family and child welfare. He holds a master’s degree in social anthropology (NTNU, 1994) and a PhD in sociology (Uppsala University, 2009). He works extensively with research on welfare state and welfare services, and has been particularly interested in childhood, youth and exclusion, and the situation of people with disabilities.
Terje has extensive experience from leading and participating in research projects, evaluations and follow-up studies, and he has extensive experience as a research director.
Together with David Pålsson at Stockholm University, Terje Olsen is the editor-in-chief of the journal Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research.
Field of study
Welfare state Disability Discrimination Childhood and youth Inclusion in the Labour Market Marginalisering Health and care services
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Disability and Reproductive Health and Rights in Norway
The project will examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health services in their encounters with people with different disabilities in relation to their reproductive rights.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Frisell, Gunhild;
Olsen, Terje
(2025).
«Er dette noe jeg ikke skal akseptere?» Mikroaggresjon, funksjonsvariasjon og utenforskap | Fontene.no.
Fontene forskning.
Vol. 18(2).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5332912
Østern, Tone Pernille;
Olsen, Terje
; Øyen, Elen; Lien, Lise; Holum, Lene Christin; Ogundipe, Anne; Jorem, Kaja Tvedten
(2024).
Towards a Cripping of Research Practices – Peeling off Ableist Structures in an Arts, Culture and Disability Researcher and Commissioner Collaboration in Norway.
Glørstad, Vibeke; Østern, Tone Pernille; McCaffrey, Tony; Chikonzo, Kelvin; Chivandikwa, Nehemiah (Ed.).
Theatre and Performing Arts, Disability Citizenship and Community Development - Perspectives from the Global South and North. p. 255-277.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.226.ch12
Olsen, Terje
; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Mjøen, Odd Morten
(2023).
Døve og hørselshemmede i møte med strafferettspleien.
Dahl, Nina Christine (Ed.).
Skyldig?: Funksjonshemmedes møte med strafferettspleien.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4046332
Alsos, Kristin; Fløtten, Tone; Kavli, Hanne Cecilie;
Olsen, Terje
; Trygstad, Sissel Charlotte
(2023).
Innledning.
Fløtten, Tone; Kavli, Hanne Cecilie; Trygstad, Sissel Charlotte (Ed.).
Ulikhetens drivere og dilemmaer.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215065403-23-01
Hansen, Inger Lise;
Olsen, Terje
(2023).
Når velferdstjenestene ikke strekker til: Oppfølging av personer med rus- og psykiske helseproblemer.
Fløtten, Tone; Kavli, Hanne Cecilie; Trygstad, Sissel Charlotte (Ed.).
Ulikhetens drivere og dilemmaer. p. 211-225.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215065403-23-12
Hansen, Inger Lise; Bråthen, Ketil;
Olsen, Terje
(2022).
Sammen om trygg bosetting. I møte med psykiske helseproblemer, rus og mulig voldsrisiko.
ISBN: 9788215063638.
224 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3739097
Olsen, Terje
; Hansen, Inger Lise; Bråthen, Ketil
(2022).
Bolig – mer enn tak over hodet.
Hansen, Inger Lise; Bråthen, Ketil; Olsen, Terje (Ed.).
Sammen om trygg bosetting. I møte med psykiske helseproblemer, rus og mulig voldsrisiko. p. 59-83.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4504248
Kermit, Patrick Stefan;
Olsen, Terje
(2021).
Barriers to Access in the Norwegian Criminal Justice System.
Brown, Robyn; Maroto, Michelle; Pettinicchio, David (Ed.).
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability. p. 1-22.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093167.013
Wulf-Andersen, Trine; Follesø, Reidun;
Olsen, Terje
(2021).
Involving Youth Research—Closing Reflections.
Wulf-Andersen, Trine; Follesø, Reidun; Olsen, Terje (Ed.).
Involving Methods in Youth Research. Reflections on Participation and Power. p. 267-274.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3249894
Wulf-Andersen, Trine; Follesø, Reidun;
Olsen, Terje
(2021).
Involving Methods in Youth Research—Reflections on Participation and Power.
Wulf-Andersen, Trine; Follesø, Reidun; Olsen, Terje (Ed.).
Involving Methods in Youth Research. Reflections on Participation and Power. p. 1-15.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75941-4