På oppdrag fra Kunnskapsdepartementet har Oslo Economics i samarbeid med Oslo Research gjennomført en kartlegging av norske kommuners kjennskap til saker om barn og unge som etterlates i utlandet mot sin vilje. Prosjektet er en del av regjeringens handlingsplan mot negativ sosial kontroll, tvangsekteskap og kjønnslemlestelse.
Author Archives: ORES
NKVTS project on sexual and gender-based violence against women migrants and refugees: analysing causes and effective policy response
NKVTS and six international partners in Europe, the Middle East and Canada have received a grant for a three-year study on “Violence against women migrants and refugees: analysing causes and effective policy response.” Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt from NKVTS is principal investigator for the Norwegian part of the project. The project is funded by the Joint Call on Gender and UN Sustainable Development Goals under Horizon 2020. Read more on gbvmigration.cnrs.fr
Oslo Economics and Oslo Research awarded contract by the Ministry of Education under the Government’s Action Plan to Combat Negative Social Control, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation
Oslo Economics and Oslo Research have been awarded a contract by the government to survey to which extent children and youth with a migration background have been left behind abroad and to assess how local government authorities respond to their situation. The project is part of the Government’s Action Plan to Combat Negative Social Control, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation. The project will result in a report to the government by the end of 2019.
– We lack knowledge about animal abuse and human violence
– We lack knowledge about animal abuse and human violence, argues Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt from NKVTS and ORES in an article in Dagsavisen. In 2013 she carried out the first study in Norway on the connection between animal abuse and human violence on behalf of the the Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance.
Journal article: Same but different: Polish and Norwegian parents’ work–family adaptations in Norway
Margunn Bjørnholt and Kari Stefansen have published a new article in the Journal of European Social Policy.
Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt spoke on prevention of violence against women in the Nordic countries
Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt from NKVTS and ORES spoke on “Gender-blind or gender-based prevention” at the Nordic conference “Preventing violence against women in the Nordic countries” on 8 March 2018. The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Children and Equality and marked the conclusion of the Norwegian presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2017. Read more on Regjeringen.no.
Book chapter: On the move: Transnational family practices among Polish parents working and caring for children in Norway
Margunn Bjørnholt and Kari Stefansen have published a book chapter in a new book on transnational Polish families in Norway.
ORES receives grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers for research network on care in the Nordic welfare states
Oslo Research (ORES), the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University (Denmark) and the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (Finland) have received a grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Gender Equality Fund for a research network on care in the Nordic welfare states.
Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt joins advisory board of Rethinking Economics
Research Professor Margunn Bjørnholt was appointed as a member of the advisory board of Rethinking Economics.
Journal article: The Role of Family Policy Regimes in Work–Family Adaptations: Polish Parents in Norway and Poland
As part of the Polish–Norwegian research project EFFECT, Margunn Bjørnholt, Kari Stefansen, Agata Wężyk and Dorota Merecz-Kot have published a new article in Central and Eastern European Migration Review.
Book chapter: Balancing acts: Policy frameworks and family care strategies in Norway
Margunn Bjørnholt, Kari Stefansen, Liridona Gashi and Marie Louise Seeberg have published a chapter in the book Understanding Care Policies in Changing Times: Experiences and Lessons from the Czech Republic and Norway.
Conference marked the end of successful Polish–Norwegian research collaboration
A well attended international conference in Łódź, Poland co-hosted by Oslo Research (ORES) marked the end of a successful research collaboration between ORES, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM) in Poland. NOVA Director Bjørn Hvinden gave the opening address, sharing important experiences from international research collaborations.