A key focus area is on processes in welfare bureaucracies whereby local level service providers shape and are shaped by their environments.
We have an institutional and organisational approach to the study of the welfare state. Accordingly, research on institutions, governance and management, innovation, knowledge, learning and development are central theoretical perspectives. We primarily use a case study approach combining qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, often in collaboration with other research milieus specialising in economic and statistical research approaches.
The group is mainly financed through the Research Council of Norway and projects financed by ministries and directorates.
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Most recent scientific publications
Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Ulstein, Julie (2024). Sustainable Employment for People with Disabilities: A Scoping Review on Workplace Practices and Positive Employment Outcomes (sjdr.se) Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Vol. 26.
Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Junker, Nina Maureen; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Cooklin, Amanda; Cho, Eunae; Habib, Laurence ; Hokke, Stacey; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B.; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2024). Boundary-crossing ICT use – A scoping review of the current literature and a road map for future research (sciencedirect.com) Computers in Human Behavior Reports.
Finne, Joakim ; Pedersen, Eirin ; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Tøge, Anne Grete (2024). Examining the Complexities of Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials in Child Welfare Settings (tandfonline.com) Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (EPCAMH).
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Finne, Joakim ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Maiken, Pontoppidan; Dion, Jacinthe; Pedersen, Eirin (2024). Interventions to Reduce Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review with a Narrative Synthesis (springer.com) International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice.
Borg, Elin ; Finne, Joakim (2024). A scoping review of school leadership practices in Lesson Study (tandfonline.com) Cogent Education. Vol. 11.
Høydal, Øyunn Syrstad ; Finne, Joakim ; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (2024). The framing of educational digitalization: A scoping review of empirical studies (wiley.com) European Journal of Education.
Frøyland, Kjetil ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir (2024). Wadel’s concept of ‘incorporation’: A means of improving sustainable work inclusion? (tidsskrift.dk) Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 2025.
Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). Interdisciplinarity and communication across research employing different methods under the loupe: A bibliometric examination of the literature on boundary-crossing ICT use (tandfonline.com) 16 s. The Information Society. Vol. 40.
Valland, Tatanya Claudine Bianca Ducran; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Bjørkelo, Brita (2024). Humour, sexual harassment, and police managers´ discretionary practices (tandfonline.com) Police Practice & Research.
Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Sadeghi, Talieh ; Terum, Lars Inge (2024). Street-level bureaucrats’ attitudes towards clients in discretionary decision-making: Evidence from the Norwegian labour and welfare administration (sagepub.com) Public Policy and Administration.
Lillebråten, Andreas ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Tøge, Anne Grete (2024). Reducing sickness absence: a work environment intervention in Norwegian hospitals (biomedcentral.com) BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 24.
