Guro Korsnes Kristensen
Background and activities
Guro Korsnes Kristensen
Head of Department, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture.
I am professor in gender-, equality-, and diversity studies. I hold an MA in social anthropology (2003) and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, with a specific focus on gender (2011). I am project manager for the research project Norway-Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender Equality and Diversity.
My main research areas are:
- Reproduction and family planning
- Migration and integration
- Gender and gender equality
- Family life and domestic- and carework
On-going projects:
- Family Planning in Times of Climate Crisis (2019-)
- Norway - Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender Equality and Diversity
- Teaching Gender Equality and Diversity in Norway and Japan (UTFORSK: 2021-2025)
Courses
- KULT3308 - Norway as a gender equality country. History, culture and knowledge
- KULT3306 - Culture and Gender Studies - Special Version
- HFO1003 - Diversity and integration: Transcultural dynamics
- KULT3394 - Master's Thesis in Equality and Diversity
- KULT3302 - Methodes of Qualitative Research Processes
- KULT6502 - Gender and Diversity in Theory and Practice
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
- (2020) Offentlige samtaler om fruktbarhet i dagens Norge. Mellom vnasjonsl velferdsstatskrise og global klimakrise. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 44 (2).
- (2019) Kjønnsbalanse gjennom aksjonsforskning og lokal kunnskaping. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 43 (2).
- (2017) `My home is my castle?. The Norwegian home in times of paid migrant domestic labour. Culture and Organization. vol. 23 (4).
- (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.
- (2007) Barn og foreldreroller hos ”dem” og ”oss”. Barn.
Artistic productions
- (2020) Toolbox for gender balance. Toolbox for gender balance
Books
- (2021) Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn. Universitetsforlaget. 2021. ISBN 9788215042954.
- (2021) Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?. Routledge. 2021. ISBN 9781003185222.
- (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
- (2021) "Vi er jo et mangfoldssamfunn". Mangfold som offentlig integreringsfortelling: (re)produksjon av likhet og ulikhet. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn.
- (2021) Forord. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn.
- (2021) Introduction: Comparative perspectives on gender in Japan and Norway. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?.
- (2021) Preface and Acknowledgements. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?.
- (2021) Rural authenticity as cosmopolitan modernity? Local political narratives on immigration and integration in rural Norway. Politics and policies of rural authenticity.
- (2021) Gender and home in Japan and Norway: Considering the past and contemplating the future. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?.
- (2021) A matter of gender (in)equality? Public discourses on declining fertility rates in Japan and Norway. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?.
- (2021) Hvordan lykkes med integrering? Stedsproduserende fortellinger om integreringsarbeid i to rurale kommuner. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn.