This group is multi-disciplinary, comprising mostly sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists. Empirical research on adolescents is based on local and regional qualitative and quantitative studies, as well as national representative surveys. Main research topics are youth culture and leisure activities, school adjustment, transitions from school to employment, alcohol and drug use, delinquency and conduct problems, intergenerational relations and issues concerning ethnicity and the multi-cultural society.
Head of research group
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Members
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Projects
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DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
DigiGen aims to develop knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the te...
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Inequality in Youth – a Qualitative, Longitudinal Research Database
Inequality in youth is a qualitative, longitudinal research database on youths in Norway, intended to be a parallel to the quantitative Ungdata surveys.
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Democracy, Equality, Learning and Mobilisation for Future Citizens (DEMOCIT)
How does Norwegian youths develop political efficacy and belief in their own participation in democratic society? The aim of DEMOCIT is to partake in reducing a growing civic empowerment gap within Norwegian democracy.
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Ungdata
Ungdata is a cross-national data collection scheme, designed to conduct youth surveys at the municipal level in Norway. NOVA administers the national database which is used as a basis for many research projects.
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Measures against Youth Crime and Delinquency in Oslo. Evaluation and Research
The project aims to produce knowledge about preventive measures aimed at reducing youth delinquency in Oslo.
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Participation in Sports among Norwegian Youth
The aim of the research project is to gain new knowledge about the social position and status of sport participation among young people in Norway.
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DARE – Dialogue on Radicalisation and Equality
The project investigates how young people aged between 12 and 30 respond to messages and agents of radicalisation.
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DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
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Publications
- Frøyland, L.R.; Bakken, A.; von Soest, T. (2020). Physical Fighting and Leisure Activities among Norwegian Adolescents—Investigating Co-occurring Changes from 2015 to 2018 (link.springer.com). Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Ødegård, G.; Fladmoe, A. (2020). Are immigrant youth more likely to be involved in voluntary organizations than their non-immigrant peers are to be engaged in politics? Survey evidence from Norway (journals.sage.com). Acta Sociologica.
- Strandbu, Å.; Bakken, A.; Stefansen, K. (2019). The continued importance of family sport culture for sport participation during the teenage years (tandfonline.com). Sport, Education and Society
- Heinskou, M.B.; Skilbrei, M-L. & Stefansen, K. (Eds.) (2019). Rape in the Nordic Countries: Continuity and Change (taylorfrancis.com). Routledge
- Hvinden, B.; O'Reilly, J.; Schoyen, M.A.; Hyggen, C. (Eds.) (2019). Negotiating Early Job Insecurity Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth (elgaronline.com). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Eriksen, I.M.; Huang, L. (2019). Discrepancies in school staff’s awareness of bullying: A Nordic comparison (journals.hioa.no). Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education
- Jacobsen, C.M.; Vestel, V.J. (2018). 'Look into my eyes': music, religion, and the politics of Muslim youth in Norway brill.com). Journal of Muslims in Europe
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