Background and activities
Guro Korsnes Kristensen
Guro K Kristensen is professor in gender-, equality-, and diversity studies. She holds an MA in social anthropology (2003) and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, with a specific focus on gender (2011). Kristensen is teaching on Master in Equality and Diversity and on PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture.
Currently, Kristensen is Deputy Head of Department and the leader of the study programme in Equality and Diversity.
Kristensen's main research areas 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
On-going projects:
- Living Integration. At the crossroads between official policies, public discourses and everyday practices (FRIHUMSAM, RCN)
- Norway - Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender Equality and Diversity
- Making gender balance from below. Stimulating gender equality among university professors (BALANSE, RCN)
- International diversity at NTNU. The experiences of international researchers, students and the researchers' support center (NTNU)
- Language, Integration, Media. A Majority-Inclusive Approach to Migration (FINNUT, RCN)
- Sharing neighbourhoods - The role of digital sharing platforms in social interaction in neighbourhoods (BYFORSK, RCN)
Previous projects:
- Robotic Care. Networks of health, technology and culture
- Buying and selling gender equality. Feminized migration and (gender) equality in contemporary Norway.
- 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
- (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.
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.
- (2014) Hvem kan reprodusere Norge? Normering av reproduksjon og foreldreskap som biopolitikk. Biopolitikk. Kropp, kunnskap og teknologi.
- (2012) "Muslimer får mange barn". Motgift: Akademisk respons på den nye høyreekstremismen.