Siri Øyslebø Sørensen

Professor, head of Center for gender research

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture Faculty of Humanities

siri.sorensen@ntnu.no +47 73598259 +47 91633827

Bygg 11, 11554, Dragvoll

siri.sorensen@ntnu.no

Siri Øyslebø Sørensen is professor in gender and diversity studies, and head of Center for gender research. She has a background is in gender studies and social studies of science and technology (STS). Her work is interdisciplinary, and her research fields include organizational studies, policy studies, and cultural studies of media. In her work she pursues a deeper understanding of the sociocultural dynamics of exclusion/inclusion. She is particularly concerned with questions of how difference and sameness - categorizations and inequality - is produced and possibly changed. This interest requires a commitment to multidimensional, multi-level and multi-site empirical studies, investigating both structural, discursive, material and social dimensions.

Sørensen received her doctoral degree in 2013 based on a dissertation on the making of a policy reform introducing corporate board gender quotas in Norway. The article “Statsfeminismens møte med næringslivet” (“State feminism meets the corporate sector”), based on this study was awarded best article of the year by Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning in 2011. She has co-edited Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice (Routledge, 2018), and Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge (Fagbokforlaget, 2016).

Sørensen has also studied gender and power in non-profit organizations, and is currently researching gender and diversity in academia.

Current teaching:

KULT 3305 Teorier om kjønn, likhet og forskjell
KULT8860 Tale, tekst og tolkning. Forskerkurs i kvalitativ metode

Ongoing projects:

International diversity at NTNU (INTMANG) (NTNU, 2019)
Understanding gender imbalances among university professors. The shaping and reshaping of epistemic living spaces (NFR, BALANSE 2019-2022)
NORDICORE - Gender balance in academia, Nordic Centre of Excellence at Institute for Social Research (NordForsk)
Norway-Japan: Bridging Research and Education in Gender Equality and Diversity (NRC, INTPART 2019-2022),

Previous projects:

Gender equality from below - towards a gender balanced NTNU 2015 (2016-2018, NRC, BALANSE)
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who´s most powerful of them all? Gender as a symbolic and social structure in organizations (2013-2016, as postdoctoral fellow)
Frogs, fuel, finance or food? Cultures, values, ethics, arguments and justifications in the management of agricultural land (2013-2016, as researcher)
Power and Privilege, Meaning and Management - Gender in the Boardroom (2007-2010, as PhD candidate)

Scientific, academic and artistic work

Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

Bjartnes, Kristine Sommerset; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2019) Likestillingsproblemer i integreringspolitikken. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 43 (3).
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2019) Kjønnsbalanse gjennom aksjonsforskning og lokal kunnskaping. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 43 (2).
Løken, Marianne; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Materielle praksiser og erfaringer “kick back”. En sosiomateriell analyse av beretninger om utdanningsvalg. Nordic Studies in Science Education. vol. 14 (4).
Faniko, Klea; Burckhardt, Till; Sarrasin, Oriane; Lorenzi-Cioldi, F.; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Iacoviello, Vincenzo; Mayor, Eric. (2017) Quota women are threatening to men: Unveiling the (counter)stereotypization of beneficiaries of affirmative action policies. Swiss Journal of Psychology. vol. 76 (3).
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2017) The Performativity of Choice: Postfeminist Perspectives on Work–Life Balance. Gender, Work & Organization. vol. 24 (3).
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) Fortellinger om feminisme og motforestillinger mot statsfeminisme. En analyse av norske avistekster 2007-2011 :. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. vol. 38 (3/4).
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) Gender i Forsvaret. Fra teori til praksis. Anita Schølset (red.) 2014. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. vol. 30 (3).
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2013) Technologies of Inclusion. Gender in the Information Society. Knut Holtan Sørensen, Wendy Faulkner & Els Rommes. Tapir Academic Press, 2011. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. vol. 1 (1).
Bjørkhaug, Hilde; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2012) Feminism without Gender? Arguments for Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards in Norway. Comparative Social Research. vol. 29.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2011) Statsfeminismens møte med næringslivet : bakgrunnen og gjennombruddet for kjønnskvotering i bedriftsstyrer som politisk reform. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2010) Cathrine Holst. Hva er feminisme. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2010) Douglas M. Branson: No seat at the table. How corporate governance and law keep women out of the boardroom. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.

Books

Bolsø, Agnes; Svendsen, Stine Helena Bang; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice. The Gendered Dynamics of Power. Routledge. 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-23370-6. Routledge Research in Gender and Society.
Ravn, Malin Noem; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge. Fagbokforlaget. 2016. ISBN 978-82-450-1921-6.

Part of book/report

Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2019) "Lessons from Norway" - how gender quotas on corporate boards was transformed from unthinkable to exportable. Nordic Gender Equality Policy in a Europeanisation Perspective.
Bolsø, Agnes; Svendsen, Stine Helena Bang; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Preface. Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice. The Gendered Dynamics of Power..
Bolsø, Agnes; Svendsen, Stine Helena Bang; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Transdisciplinary interventions. Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice. The Gendered Dynamics of Power..
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Women to the rescue? Gender, power and idealism in the third sector. Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice. The Gendered Dynamics of Power..
Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Ravn, Malin Noem; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Feministiske perspektiver på reproduksjon. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Ravn, Malin Noem; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Likestilt reproduksjon?. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Ravn, Malin Noem; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Reproduksjon i dagens Norge. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Karrierekvinne og mor: Et kulturanalytisk blikk på kombinasjonslivets balansekrav. Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge.
Faniko, Klea; Fabio, Lorenzi-Cioldi; Ghisletta, Paolo; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Manushi, Erjona; Shalsi, Fiorela; Chipeaux, Marion. (2015) When meritocracy opposes quota policy: how education and policy strength impact opinions about affirmative action. Gender and Social Hierarchies. Perspectives from social psychology.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Blå feminisme - feminisme for næringslivet?. Kjønn og næringsliv i Norge.
Bolsø, Agnes; Bjørkhaug, Hilde; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2013) Gender-balanced corporate boards. Getting Women on to Corporate Boards: A snowball starting in Norway.

Report/dissertation

Flikke, Julie Katrine; Gullikstad, Berit; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2020) International diversity at NTNU - A qualitative study of the experiences of incoming researchers, management and administrative staff. 2020.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2018) "Verktøykasse" for bedre kjønnsbalanse. En håndbok for instituttledere som vil bedre kjønnsbalanse blant vitenskapelig ansatte. 2018.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) En ujevn utvikling. Kjønnsbalansen i vitenskapelige stillinger ved NTNU 2004-2014. 2016.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Sørensen, Knut H.; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2013) Likestilling uten kjønn? En studie av hvordan kjønnskvotering til bedriftsstyrer ble montert som politisk reform. 2013. ISBN 978-82-471-4635-4.
Bolsø, Agnes; S¿rensen, Siri ¯ysleb¿. (2005) Girlpower = Maskulinitetskrise. Kulturanalyse av forhandlinger om maskulinitet i jenteblader. 2005.

Others

Lilleslåtten, Mari; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Ny leder for kjønnsforskningen i Trondheim. kjonnsforskning.no [Internett]. 2018-04-24.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2018) Articulating alternatives - the role of feminist organization studies. Gender, Work & Organization conference 2018 . Maquairie University; Sydney. 2018-06-13 - 2018-06-16.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Bolsø, Agnes; Svendsen, Stine H. Bang. (2018) Speil, speil på veggen der - hvem er mektigst i landet her? Resultater fra forskningsprosjektet Mirror, mirror - who´s most powerful of them all?.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2018) Should I stay, or should I go? How early career researchers imagine the (im)possible future in academia. Researchers night . Akademinet for yngre forskere; Trondheim. 2018-09-28 - 2018-09-28.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2017) Fra ord til handling? Om instituttledernes rolle i arbeidet for å skape kjønnsbalanse i akademia. Akademisk kjønnskultur i endring? . UiO ved STK og FRONT/MatNat; Blindern. 2017-05-03 - 2017-05-03.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2017) Managing gender balance. How heads of departments deals with challenges of equal opportunities. 4S Annual Meeting 2017 . Society for Social Studies of Science; Boston. 2017-08-29 - 2017-09-02.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2017) Researching for getting published - methodological malnutrition?. After method in organization studies . Mälardalen universitet; 2017-09-27 - 2017-09-29.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2017) Should I stay, or should I go? How young researchers imagine the (im)possible future in academia. 4S Annual Meeting 2017 . Society for Social Studies of Science; Boston. 2017-08-29 - 2017-09-02.
Bjørkhaug, Hilde; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Excenteraften: Kvotering - virker det egentlig?. Excenteraften i Biblioteket . Studentersamfundet Trondheim; Studentersamfundet Trondheim. 2016-11-01 - 2016-11-01.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) The uneven development: diversities in the gender balance among university professors. 9th European Conference on Gender Equality and Research ; Paris. 2016-09-12 - 2016-09-14.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Engaging or dis-engaging: How heads of departments approach gender balance issues. 4S/EASST conference ; Barcelona. 2016-08-31 - 2016-09-03.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Farmland as non-renewable resource: Environmentalist strategies resisting marketization. Sustainable and Just Rural Transitions: Connections and Complexities, ISRA Congress 2016 . Ryerson University; Toronto. 2016-08-10 - 2016-08-14.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2016) Publication patterns - Gender gap or local practises?. 4S EASST conference 2016 . 4S EASST; Barcelona. 2016-08-31 - 2016-09-03.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Bjørkhaug, Hilde. (2016) Likestillingstvang? Om kjønnskvotering som virkemiddel. Excenteraften . Studentersamfundet; 2016-11-01 - 2016-11-01.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2016) Kjønnsbalanse ved NTNU - hva kan gjøres?. Seminar om likestilling og rekruttering, NTNU . HR/ personal NTNU; 2016-10-21 - 2016-10-21.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2016) Exploring academic publications patterns: the role of organizational context and local practices. 9th Biennal conference Gender, Work and Organization . University of Keele; Keele, UK. 2016-06-28 - 2016-07-02.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Blåfeminisme. NEON konferansen 2015 . NEON - Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge; 2015-11-26 - 2015-11-27.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Booking ut av balanse?. Paneldebatt, Trondheim Calling 2015 . Feminalen; Dokkhuset. 2015-01-31 - 2015-01-31.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) "Farmland is nature". The construction of farmland protection as environmental policy. NESS 2015 ; 2015-06-09 - 2015-06-11.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Feminisme i media. En analyse av motstand mot statsfeminisme. Forskerstafett, 8. mars programmet . Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU; Trondheim. 2015-03-05 - 2015-03-05.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Gender Equality in Scandinavia - Politics and Culture. Nordic Center at Fudan University, 20th Anniversary conference . The Nordic Center at Fudan University; Fudan University, Shanghai. 2015-10-21 - 2015-10-22.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Gender equality from below - Towards a gender balanced NTNU?. Sustaining gender balance in research and innovation . The 'Gender Equality Implementation in Research Institutions; Vilnius. 2015-01-15 - 2015-01-16.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Kjønn, kompetanse og nettverk - debatt om kjønn i musikkbransjen:"utdanning eller street smart". Feminalen 2015 . Feminalen; Rockheim, Trondheim. 2015-11-14 - 2015-11-15.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Maskulinitet i endring. Hva forventes av dagens mann?. Høstdialogene Havstein . Sverresborg menighetsråd; 2015-11-18 - 2015-11-18.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Metodisk mangfold i organisasjonsforskningen - hvilke muligheter har vi?. NEON PhD dag . NEON - Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge; 2015-11-25 - 2015-11-25.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) The differences that “choice” make. Women, careers and post feminism. The Gendered Dynamics of Power workshop . Birkbeck University and Mirror Mirror, NTNU; 2015-03-25 - 2015-03-25.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2015) Virkemidler for kjønnsbalanse. Balansekunstseminar på By:Larm . Balansekunstnettverket; Oslo. 2015-03-06 - 2015-03-06.
Mayor, Eric; Faniko, Klea; Lorenzi-Cioldi, F.; Sarrasin, O.; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) How gender and strength of affirmative action policy contribute to feminization of policy's beneficiaries. 22nd International congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology . the Association for Developing Cross-Cultural Psychology; Reims. 2014-06-15 - 2014-06-19.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) Forskningens samfunnsansvar - ikke et spørsmål om nytte. SAMKUL programseminar . SAMKUL; Trondheim. 2014-11-04 - 2014-11-04.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) Gender quotas - potentials and concerns in policy making. Workshop: Lasting change for gender balance . NIAS (Netherlands Institute for adv study in the hum/sam); Wassenaar. 2014-02-26 - 2014-02-27.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2014) Gendering - degendering: feminist perspectives on gender as practice. Teoretiske posisjoner i norsk kjønnsforskning . Den nasjonale forskerskolen for kjønnsforskning; 2014-12-02 - 2014-12-05.

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