Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner
Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner
Associate Professor
Center for Care Research Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Health Sciences GjøvikBackground and activities
Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner has a PhD in political science/European studies from the University of Bath, UK (2011) and has worked at the Centre for Care Research at NTNU in Gjøvik since 2013. She works primarily with care service research, but also does supervision and teaching in research methods. She is currently supervising three PhD candidates.
Research interests:
- Organisation and development of the municipal health and care services
- Coordination and collaboration between different health services (horizontal and vertical)
- Organisation and development of the recently introduced municipal in-patient acute care units (KAD)
- Voluntary, unpaid work in the municipal health and care services
Research projects:
- 2020-2023 Lead researcher of work package 3A. Project title: Impact and Outcome in long-term care: introducing a measure of Care-Related Quality of Life (QUALcare). HELSEVEL project funded by the Research Council of Norway. Project partners: University of Kent (UK), Norwegian Institute of public health and three Norwegian municipal centres of development of institutional and home care services (USHT). Budget: TBC.
- 2017-2021 Researcher and project management. Project title: Prioritizing Care: emerging dilemmas in the Norwegian care service landscape (PriCare). HELSEVEL project funded by the Research Council of Norway. Project partners: Centre for Care Research West (HVL), NORCE, KORA (Denmark) and University of Cardiff (UK). Budget: 14.4M NOK.
- 2016-2020 Researcher. Project title: A cross-sectoral approach to high quality health care transitions for older people (Crosscare-old). HELSEVEL project funded by the Research Council of Norway. Project partners: OsloMet University and Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). Budget: 19M NOK.
- 2013-2018 Project manager. Project title: Voluntary work in Norwegian Long Term Care - Prevalence, Forms, Interaction with Professionals and Potentials for the Future. HELSEVEL project funded by the Research Council of Norway. Project partners: Centre for Care Research West (HVL), Institute for Social Research and Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College. Budget: 9M NOK.
- 2012-2016 Researcher and leader of work package. Project title: Process evaluation of the Coordination Reform: State policy instruments, municipal innovations. Leader of work package on the organisation of municipal in-patient acute care units. EVASAM project funded by the Research Council of Norway. Project partners: University of Oslo, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). Budget: 9M NOK.
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) Volunteers and informal carers’ contributions and collaboration with staff in Norwegian long-term care. Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
- (2020) The Development of a New Care Service Landscape in Norway. Health Services Insights (HSI Journal). vol. 13.
- (2020) The Development of a New Care Service Landscape in Norway. Health Services Insights (HSI Journal). vol. 13.
- (2020) A nation-wide cross-sectional study of variations in homecare nurses’ assessments of informational continuity – the importance of horizontal collaboration and municipal context. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 20 (464).
- (2019) Frivillige i omsorgssektoren – muligheter og barrierer. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. vol. 22 (1).
- (2019) Challenges in the coordination of volunteer activities in long-term care services. International Journal of Care and Caring. vol. 3 (3).
- (2018) Voluntary Work in the Norwegian long-term Care Sector: Complementing or substituting formal Services?. European Journal of Social Work. vol. 22 (6).
- (2016) Interkommunalt samarbeid om døgnåpne kommunale akuttenheter og legevakt: Tar helsekommunen form?. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. vol. 2 (2).
- (2015) Døgnåpne kommunale akuttenheter: En helsetjenestemodell med rom for lokale organisasjonstilpasninger. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. vol. 1 (2).
- (2015) Enveiskjørt samarbeid? En studie av kommunale ledere og legers erfaringer fra samarbeid med helseforetak om kommunale akutte døgnenheter. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning. vol. 11 (2).
- (2013) Different Varieties of Euroscepticism? Conceptualizing and Explaining Euroscepticism in Western European Non-Member States. Journal of Common Market Studies. vol. 51 (1).
- (2012) Norwegian Euroscepticism: Values, Identity or Interest?. Journal of Common Market Studies. vol. 50 (3).
- (2010) Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism. Journal of Contemporary European Research. vol. 6 (3).
Report/dissertation
- (2019) En balansegang mellom ulike behov: Frivilliges erfaringer med fleksibel avlastning og aktivitet for personer med demens og deres pårørende. 2019. ISBN 978-82-8340-086-1.
- (2015) Oppsummering av kunnskap og erfaringer fra de første fire årene med kommunalt øyeblikkelig hjelp døgnopphold. 2015. Senter for omsorgsforskning – Rapportserie (2015/13).
- (2015) Organiseringen av kommunalt akutt døgnopphold. 2015.
- (2015) Skeptiske leger og tomme senger? Bruken av de kommunale akutte døgnplassene. 2015. Senter for omsorgsforskning – Rapportserie (2015/10).
- (2014) Kommunenes planer for øyeblikkelig hjelp døgntilbud: status per 2012/2013. 2014. ISBN 978-82-93269-70-0. Senter for omsorgsforskning, rapportserie (5/2014).
- (2011) From Ambiguity to Euroscepticism? A Case Study of the Norwegian Progress Party’s Position on the European Union. 2011.
- (2011) Norwegian Euroscepticism: Values, Identity or Egotism? A Multi-level Mixed Methods Investigation. 2011.