Background and activities
Present postion: Professor in Health Science.
Education: Reg. nurse (1983), Stavanger Highest academical degree: Doctoral degree in Sociology (2000) from NTNU.
Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences & Letters.
Research areas: Social inclusion/exclusion in childhood, Social Participation, Children/youth with disabilities and everyday life, Children as next-of-kin
Ongoing research projects:
Inclusive and healthy spaces in early childhood (2015 - 2019). Head of the project.
Global health and disability - a lifespan perspective. (2017 - 2020). Particpant in the project.
Co-supervisor at the following PhD prosjects:
Trine Frafjord (NTNU - MH-fak): Young people's expereinces when mum or dad suffer from cancer.
Fanny Aleksandra Jakobsen (NTNU - MH-fak): Different perspectives on reablement for elderly staying at home.
Janne Liaaen (NTNU - MH-fak): Childhood and adulthood. The meaning of digitial assistive technology in userfocused collaborations when young disabeld people are going to start on their adult career.
Ingunn Fylkesnes (UiN - SV-fak): Children and young people living at child-residences: meaning, particpation and quality of life.
Teaching responsible at masterlevel:
- MH 3004: Qualitative reserch methods in medicine and health science.
- FH 3003: Public health: Children and youth 1.
Teach in special issues at different masterprograms at the Faculty on medicine and health and the Faculty of social science and education at NTNU.
Internasjonal collaboration:
Global health and disability - a lifespan perspective: Savitribai Phule Pune University, Interdisciplinary school of health science, Pune, India.
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Danish project: 'Living with mobility disability - an exploartion from the persepctive of children and youth. (2018 - 2021), Limo Child & Youth Bevica Center, Roskilde Universitet.
Member of the Nordic Network of Disability Research (NNDR), former president of NNDR (2007 - 2011).
National network:
The national research network on children as next-of-kin Barns Beste, see https://sshf.no/helsefaglig/kompetansetjenester/barnsbeste/vare-nettverk/forskernettverket
The national reserch network on disability (NNFF), see https://nondr.wordpress.com
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) Inclusion in Physical Education: Teacher Attitudes and Student Experiences. A Systematic Review. International journal of disability, development and education. vol. 66 (1).
- (2018) Interactional facilitators and barriers in social relationships between students who use AAC and fellow students. Society, health and vulnerability. vol. 9 (1).
- (2018) Gateways to friendships among students who use AAC in mainstream primary school. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. vol. 20 (1).
- (2017) Golden Paper, a Chain and a Bag: A Phenomenology of Queer Things in a Special Needs Education Unit. Phenomenology & Practice. vol. 11 (2).
- (2017) “He is not crying for real”: severe, multiple disabilities and embodied constraint in two special-needs education units. Society, health and vulnerability. vol. 8 (1).
- (2017) A "visitor in the class": Marginalization of students using AAC in mainstream education classes. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. vol. 29 (3).
- (2017) ‘So, how does one define a friendship?’: Identifying friendship among students using AAC in inclusive education settings. European Journal of Special Needs Education. vol. 33 (3).
- (2016) When everyday life becomes a storm on the horizon: families’ experiences of good mental health while hiking in nature. Anthropology & Medicine. vol. 23 (1).
- (2016) Disability leisure: in what kind of activities, and when and how do youths with intellectual disabilities participate?. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. vol. 19 (3).
- (2016) Friendship between children using augmentative and alternative communication and peers: A systematic literature review. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability.
- (2015) Deaf and hearing high-school students' expectations for the role of educational sign-language interpreter. Society, health and vulnerability.
- (2015) Taking home-based services into everyday life; older adults' participation with service providers in the context of receiving home-based services. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. vol. 17 (1).
- (2014) Self-determination of pupils with intellectual disabilities in Norwegian secondary school. European Journal of Special Needs Education. vol. 29 (3).
- (2014) ‘Talking bodies’: Power and counter-power between children and adults in day care. Childhood. vol. 21 (2).
- (2013) Development and change in disabled children's social participation assessed by parents in Norwegian daycare centres: 1999 - 2009. European Journal of Special Needs Education. vol. 28 (3).
- (2012) Participation in Older Home Care Recipients: A Value-Based Process. Activities, Adaptation & Aging. vol. 36.
- (2012) Everyday Segregation Amongst Disabled Children and Their Peers: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study in Norway. Children & society. vol. 26 (3).
- (2010) The use and non-use of assistive technologies from the world of information and communication technology by visually impaired young people: a walk on the tightrope of peer inclusion. Disability & Society. vol. 25 (3).
- (2009) How Children with Parents Suffering from Mental Health Distress Search for ‘Normality’ and Avoid Stigma. Childhood. vol. 16 (4).
- (2009) HOW CHILDREN WITH PARENTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS SEARCH FOR 'NORMALITY' AND AVOID STIGMA To be or not to be ... is not the question. Childhood. vol. 16 (4).