Carla Dahl-Jørgensen
Background and activities
Carla Dahl-Jørgensen is professor of social anthropology at the Department of Social Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She received her Ph.D from NTNU in 1993. Research was conducted in Puebla, Mexico focusing on working life, gender and family planning. In 1993 she started working as a researcher at SINTEF Industrial Management at the department of Social Research in Industry (IFIM) and in the year of 2000 transferred to the department of New Praxis as a senior researcher within SINTEF. In 2003 she received her professorship at the Department of Social Anthropology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.
Dahl-Jørgensen’s research interest includes: organizational anthropology, work identity, work migration, health and work environment as well as globalization and internationalization of working life.
Dahl-Jørgensen has extensive experience managing and participating in research project in these fields. Some of her research projects has been: “Health in Working Life” (1995-2001), a multidisciplinary project funded by the Norwegian Research Council (Health and Medicine) which was a coordinating project between SINTEF and NTNU; “Boundless Working Environment as a result of Globalization” (2000-2001), and “The Faceless Worker: How to develop Call Centers into an attractive working environment?” (2001-2003).The latter two projects were funded by the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO). She also participated in an EU-financed project on Work Organisation and Restructuring in the Knowledge Society (WORKS) (2005-2009) an Integrated Project (IP) coordinated by Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Her most recent project is one funded by the Norwegian Research Council “Work Unlimited: Identity Construction in a Global Context” (2008-2014). This project focuses on processes of social integration and dis-integration of transnational work migrants in Norway.
Dahl-Jørgensen is also an active participant of the Community of Organizational Anthropology (COA) established at NTNU.
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
- (2013) Language Policy in Practice: Re-bordering the Nation. International migration. vol. 51 (2).
- (2013) Migrant Labor in the Workforce. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies. vol. 7 (1).
- (2010) Work Migration from Poland to Norway: A New Institutional Approach. Intergraph: Journal of Dialogic Anthropology. vol. 2 (2).
- (2010) Identity, Over-Commitment, Work Environment, and Health Outcomes among Immigrant Workers. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies. vol. 4 (2).
- (2005) An evaluation of the impact of two workplace interventions on the health of service workers. International Journal of Health Services. vol. 35 (3).
- (2005) The impact of two organizational interventions on the health of service sector workers. International Journal of Health Services. vol. 35.
- (2003) Håndtering av usikkerhet i en global verden - å tenke lokalt som en overlevelsesstrategi. Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv.
- (2003) Sur la ligne de feu: transformation du travail relationnel dans un centre commercial et une banque en Norvege. Travailler - Revue International de Psychopathologie et de Psychodynamique du Travail. vol. nr. 9 - 2002.
- (2002) Utvidet egenmelding som strategi for å bedre subjektiv helse og redusere sykefravær. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. vol. 43.
- (2002) A process evaluation of individual and organizational occupational health and stress interventions. Work & Stress. vol. 16.
- (2001) A Process Evaluation of Individual and Organizational Occupational Stress and Health Interventions. Work & Stress.
Books
- (2002) Tiltaket utvidet egenmelding. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2002. ISBN 82-02-21801-2. Aslaug Mikkelsen (red). Tiltak mot sykefravær (.).
- (2002) Kartlegging med kvalitative metoder. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2002. ISBN 82-02-21801-2. Aslaug Mikkelsen (red). Tiltak mot sykefravær (.).
- (2002) Tiltaket lederutvikling. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2002. ISBN 82-02-21801-2. Aslaug Mikkelsen (red). Tiltak mot sykefravær (.).
- (2002) Forutsetninger for å sette i gang med tiltak. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2002. ISBN 82-02-21801-2. Aslaug Mikkelsen (red). Tiltak mot sykefravær (.).
- (2002) �Vi må gjøre noe med sykefraværet�. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2002. ISBN 82-02-21801-2. Aslaug Mikkelsen (red). Tiltak mot sykefravær (.).
- (1995) THE FAMILY Anthropological Approaches. Festschrift to Professor. 1995. ISBN 82-519-1215-6.
Part of book/report
- (2002) Ansiktsløs på avstand. Arbeid for livet.
- (1998) Hjemme langt hjemmefra: globalisering og arbeidsliv uten grenser. Mot et bedre arbeidsliv.
Report/dissertation
- (2003) Arbeidsmiljø i norsk Call Center. 2003. ISBN 82-14-02119-7. Rapportserie Ny praksis 020-099 (STF38 A03021).