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Childhood, school and education

Sexual assault in social settings can take many different forms

A new study provides insight into the different ways that sexual assault can occur among teenagers and young adults.

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Skinner, M.S., Veenstra, M. & Sogstad, M. (2021). Nurses' assessments of horizontal collaboration in municipal health and care services for older adults: A cross-sectional study. Research in Nursing & Health (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Eriksen, I.M. (2021). Duty, discipline and mental health problems: young people’s pursuit of educational achievement and body ideals. Journal of Youth Studies (tandfonline.no)
Aarland, K., Santiago, A.M., Galster, G. & Nordvik, V. (2021). Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway. Journal of Housing Economics (Sciencedirect.com)
Khol, S. & Sørvoll, J. (2021). Varieties of Social Democracy and Cooperativism: Explaining the Historical Divergence between Housing Regimes in Nordic and German-Speaking Countries. Social Science History (cambridge.com)
Andersen, L.C. (2021). Phronetically Guided Use of Knowledge: Interstitial Work at Barnahus and How It Can Inform the Knowledge Debate in Social Work. The British Journal of Social Work (academic.oup.com)
Kleppang, A.L.; Haugland, S.H.; Bakken, A. & Stea, T.H. (2021). Lifestyle habits and depressive symptoms in Norwegian adolescents: a national cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health (bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com)
Waldegrave, C.; Aartsen, M. et al. (2021). Conflicting relations, abuse and discrimination experienced by older adults. I Walsh, K. et al. (red.). Social exclusion in later life. Interdisciplinary and policy perspectives. Springer (springer.com)
Vangen, H., Hellevik, T. og Herlofson, K. (2021). Associations between paid and unpaid work among Norwegian seniors: competition, complementarity or continuity? European Journal of Ageing (link.springer.com)
Bjørnholt, M., & Rosten, M. (2021). Male victims of violence and men’s rights struggles: a perfect match? I L. Gottzén, M. Bjørnholt & F. Boonzaier (red.): Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence (routledge.com). Routledge

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Childhood, school and education

Researchers have been following 40-somethings since their teens: Who gets left behind?

Researchers from Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) at OsloMet have been following the same people for more than 28 years. They now wish to investigate why some people have experienced marginalisation as adults.

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Childhood, school and education

Researchers seek to better understand the lives of young people in Norway

Using a variety of methods, OsloMet researchers are gaining new insights into young people's opinions, struggles and aspirations.

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Working life, society and welfare

Young people may face particular challenges in the post-Corona labour market

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in both a global health crisis and a financial crisis on a scale never before seen in modern times. The labour market that emerges in the wake of the crisis may impact younger workers harder than others.

Working life, society and welfare

Old age and happiness: some common misconceptions

Are older people more likely to feel loneliness? Will having children make you happier when you get old? And are old men really as irritable as we think?

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Five measures that can prevent violence against children

Less severe violence against children and young people is declining, whereas severe forms of violence remain stable. According to OsloMet researchers, there are five measures that can reduce severe violence.

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