Field of study
Gender Adolescence Quality of Life Qualitative methods Cultural Analysis Popular Culture Addiction Alcohol
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Youth Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Digital Era (DIGISEX)
The project will shed light on how digital media has created both new opportunities and new forms of risk concerning youth sexuality.
Completed research projects
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Adolescents in Oslo in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The aim of the study was to map young people’s everyday life and quality of life, and how they experience the COVID-19 pandemic while they were still subject to strict restrictions.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Tamnes, Christian K.; Bekkhus, Mona; Eilertsen, Maja; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Prydz, Monica Beer; Ystrom, Eivind; Aksnes, Eira Ranheim; Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Ask, Helga; Ayorech, Ziada; Baier, Tina; Beck, Dani; Berger, Eirik Jerven; Bjørndal, Ludvig D.; Boer, Olga D.; Bos, Marieke G. N.; Caspi, Avshalom; Cheesman, Rosa Catherine Gillespie; Chegeni, Razieh; Cortés-García, Laura; Demange, Perline A.; Ebeltoft, Joakim Coleman; Edvoll, Maud Clemson; Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Fang, Yuan; Ferschmann, Lia; Fluit, Sam; Folstad, Siri Hausland; Fredriksen, Eivor; Gashi, Liridona; Gustavson, Kristin; Hansen, Thomas; Hofgaard, Live Skow; Karl, Valerie Christine;
Kozák, Michal
; Krogshus, Kristian G.; Liu, Jinrui; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; MacSweeney, Niamh; Maes, Hermine H. M.; Mayerhofer, Lilian Juliane Kozlowski; McAdams, Thomas Andrew; Moffitt, Terrie; Naseri, Nasimeh; Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Norbom, Linn B.; Nygaard, Egil; Oftedal, Aurora;
Pedersen, Willy
; Qin, Qi; Rodríguez-Cano, Rubén; Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse; Smajlagic, Dinka; Solberg, Ole Martin; Tandberg, Anneli Desire; Teulings, Irene Johanna Elisabeth; Torvik, Fartein Ask;
Tsotsi, Stella
; Ulset, Vidar Sandsaunet; Vira, Emily Gabriela; Røysamb, Espen;
Soest, Tilmann von
(2025).
The nature of the relation between mental well-being and ill-being.
Nature Human Behaviour.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02319-x
Tokle, Rikke
;
Pedersen, Willy
(2025).
‘Cubs of Wall Street’: Cocaine Use in Top-Boy Culture.
British Journal of Sociology.
Vol. 76.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13212
Frøyland, Lars Roar
;
Pedersen, Willy
;
Enstad, Frøydis
;
Soest, Tilmann Martin von
(2025).
School party culture as a driver of cocaine use among Norwegian adolescents: A cross-classified multilevel analysis.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Vol. 271.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112627
Pedersen, Willy
(2025).
Rusmidlenes skjønnhet og smerte.
ISBN: 9788202816025.
264 p.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337714
Pedersen, Willy
(2025).
De rike drikker mest, de fattige rammes hardest: Rus og sosial ulikhet.
ISBN: 9788202868901.
197 p.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.233
Schwencke, Ellen Oftedal
; Berger, Eirik Jerven;
Pedersen, Willy
(2024).
«Vi er jo ikke stonere»: bruk av cannabis og symbolske grenser blant ungdommer vest i Oslo.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nost.8.1.2
Pedersen, Willy
;
Frøyland, Lars Roar
;
Enstad, Frøydis
;
Soest, Tilmann Martin von
(2024).
Oslo – den delte byen: ungdom, rus og sosioøkonomisk status.
Forebygging.no.
https://doi.org/10.21340/pe70-hr10
Berger, Eirik Jerven; Sandberg, Sveinung;
Pedersen, Willy
(2024).
Dealing blant fattige og rike.
Forebygging.no.
https://doi.org/10.21340/h57v-g689
Frøyland, Lars Roar
;
Pedersen, Willy
;
Stefansen, Kari
;
Soest, Tilmann Martin von
(2023).
Sexual and Physical Victimization and Health Correlates Among Norwegian Adolescents.
Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Vol. 52.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02604-8
Pedersen, Willy
; Røgeberg, Ole; Holst, Cathrine
(2023).
Nederlag for rusreformen?.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
Vol. 64.
https://doi.org/10.18261/TFS.64.2.2