Background and activities
Guro Korsnes Kristensen
I am working as a Associate Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture. I hold an MA in social anthropology and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture. My research interest are:
- Gender and gender equality
- Migration and integration
- Reproduction and family planning
- Family life and domestic- and carework
- Human-machine relations and robotic welfare technology
At the momment I am working on three projects:
- Living Integration. At the crossroads between official policies, public discourses and everyday practices (FRIHUMSAM, RCN)
- Making gender balance from below. Stimulating gender equality among university professors (BALANSE, RCN)
- Language, Integration, Media. A Majority-Inclusive Approach to Migration (FINNUT, RCN)
Previous projects:
- Robotic Care. Networks of health, technology and culture
- Buying and selling gender equality. Feminized migration and (gender) equality in contemporary Norway. https://www.ntnu.no/kult/bsge
- Familieplanlegging - bak tallene. Fortellinger om reproduksjon i det flerkulturelle Norge. (Family planning - behind the numbers. Narratives on reproduction in the multi-cultural Norway).
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
- (2017) `My home is my castle?. The Norwegian home in times of paid migrant domestic labour. Culture and Organization. vol. 23 (4).
- (2017) 'My home is my castle'. The Norwegian home in times of paid migrant domestic labour. Culture and Organization.
- (2015) Hjemme- og lønnsarbeidets mening og verdi. Norske pars fortellinger om det å kjøpe private husholds- og omsorgstjenester. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 39 (3-4).
- (2015) The voices heard and the voices silenced: recruitment processes in qualitative interview studies. Qualitative Research. vol. 15 (6).
- (2009) Tobarnskull møter stua full? Innvandreres fødselstall i norsk offentlig diskurs. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.
- (2009) Tobarnskull møter stua full? Innvandreres fødselstall i norsk offentlig diskurs. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 33 (4).
- (2007) Barn og foreldreroller hos ”dem” og ”oss”. Barn.
- (2007) Barn og foreldreroller hos "dem" og "oss". Barn. vol. 25 (03.apr).
Books
- (2016) Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe. Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-51741-8.
- (2016) Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge. Fagbokforlaget. 2016. ISBN 978-82-450-1921-6.
Part of book/report
- (2016) Paid Migrant Domestic Labour, Gender Equality, and Citizenship in a Changing Europe: An Introduction. Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe. Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship.
- (2016) Preface. Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe. Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship.
- (2016) Familieplanlegging i nye omstendigheter. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
- (2016) Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in Gender-Equal Norway: A Win–Win Arrangement?. Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe. Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship.
- (2016) Buying and Selling Gender Equality: Concluding Reflections. Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe. Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship.
- (2016) Feministiske perspektiver på reproduksjon. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
- (2016) Likestilt reproduksjon?. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
- (2016) Reproduksjon i dagens Norge. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
- (2015) A Fair Deal? Paid Domestic Labour in Social Democratic Norway. Employers, Agencies and Immigration. Paying for Care.
- (2014) Unger i store dunger? Fortellinger om familieplanlegging i det flerkulturelle Norge. Biopolitikk. Kropp, kunnskap og teknologi.