Guro Korsnes Kristensen
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 Head of Department and project manager for the research project Norway-Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender 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:
- Norway - Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender Equality and Diversity
- Family Planning in Times of Climate Crisis
Previous projects:
- Living Integration. At the crossroads between official policies, public discourses and everyday practices (FRIHUMSAM, RCN)
- Language, Integration, Media. A Majority-Inclusive Approach to Migration (FINNUT, RCN)
- 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)
- 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
- (2021) Bioteknologiske framtider. Refleksjoner over endringene i bioteknologiloven fra et kjønnsforskningsperspektiv. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 45 (02-03).
- (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.
- (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) Rural authenticity as cosmopolitan modernity? Local political narratives on immigration and integration in rural Norway. Politics and policies of rural authenticity.
- (2021) Hvordan lykkes med integrering? Stedsproduserende fortellinger om integreringsarbeid i to rurale kommuner. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn.
- (2021) Å studere fortellinger om integrering i en lokalsamfunnskontekst: en introduksjon til et komplekst forskningsfelt. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn.
- (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.