According to the World Health Organization, around 15 percent of the population lives with some form of disability. Individuals with disabilities and their families may face many of the same challenges such as stereotypical attitudes, poor facilitation or provision of services and insufficient benefits.
Research on how such challenges affect the opportunities for educational, occupational and social participation among individuals with disabilities and their families are key topics at the research institute NOVA.
The network for disability research brings together knowledge across institutes, research groups and disciplines and counts members from NOVA and other parts of OsloMet.
The network members meet approximately once a month. Our ambition is to invite external and internal researchers to present their research during lunch-seminars to discuss work in progress, paper drafts and research proposals.
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Selected projects
- Mental health and life satisfaction among youth with disabilities and experiences of services in the post-pandemic period (D-youth)
- Consequences of the Pandemic for Living Conditions and Equality
- European Labour Market Under Pressure – New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations (Paths2Include)
- HIRE? A Mixed-method Examination of Disability and Employers Inclusive Working Life Practices
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Disabilities in Children (BUDGET)
- Socio-spatial Inequality among Families with Children with Disabilities who are Entitled to Cash Benefits and Welfare Services (UPTAKE)
- Social and Digital Participation: School and the Internet as an Integration Arena for Children and Young People with Physical Disabilities
- Caring for Children with Disabilities
Selected publications
Metsä-Simola, N.; Heggebø, K.; Kjær Urhøj, S.; Martikainen, P. T; Einiö, E. & Östergren, O. (2024). Neurological conditions and subsequent divorce risk in the Nordic countries: the importance of gender and both spouses' education. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (nih.gov)
Østerud, K.L.; Skjønsberg, E.E.; Früh, E.A. (2024). “My child is my job now” – Care, work and careers of mothers with disabled children in the Norwegian welfare state. Social Science and Medicine (sciencedirect.com)
Heggebø, K. & Elstad, J. I. (2024). Health-related exit from employment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: Analysis of population-wide register data 2013–2021. SSM – Population Health (sciencedirect.com)
Gugushvili, A. m.fl. (2023). No evidence that social-democratic welfare states equalize valued outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Social science & medicine (sciencedirect.com)
Østerud, K.L. et al. (2023). The exclusionary potential of work inclusion policies: Employers addressing their responsibilities towards disabled people. In Takle, M. m.fl. (Ed.): Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. Routledge (taylorfrancis.com)
Finnvold, J.E. & Dokken, T. (2023). How school placement and parental social capital influence children’s perceptions of inclusion in school. A survey of Norwegian children with physical disabilities. European journal of special needs education (tandfonline.com)
Gugushvili, A. et al. (2023). Early-life impairments, chronic health conditions, and income mobility. The British Journal of Sociology (wiley.com)
See more publications at the researchers' employee pages.
