Background and activities

I am professor in gender and diversity studies, and head of Center for gender research. I am also professor II at the University in Bergen, associated with the project GenderAct. 

My educational background is in sociology, gender studies and social studies of science and technology (STS). I work interdiciplinary and my research fields include organizational studies, policy studies, and cultural studies of media. I have conducted empirical studies of the making of gender equality policies, gender and power in non-profit organizations, and I am currently researching gender and diversity in academia. 

Throughout my work I pursue an enhanced understanding of the sociocultural dynamics of exclusion/inclusion. I am particularly concerned with questions of how difference and sameness - categorizations and inequality - is produced and possibly changed. I am interested in exploring lived experience and the potential for change embedded in the everyday experiences we share, and currently I am engaged in learning the method of micro-phenomenology. 

I received my doctoral degree in 2013 based on a dissertation on the making of a policy reform introducing corporate board gender quotas in Norway. I co-edited Bodies, Symbols and Organizational Practice (Routledge, 2018), and Reproduksjon, kjønn og likestilling i dagens Norge (Fagbokforlaget, 2016).

Ongoing research projects:

Scientific, academic and artistic work

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Journal publications

Artistic productions

  • Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2020) Toolbox for gender balance. Toolbox for gender balance

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

  • Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Matsuda, Derek. (2021) Making it in academia: A study of career narratives of men and women professors in Norway and Japan. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway. Same but different?.
  • Vinge, Heidi; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø. (2020) From Agri-Culture to Agri-Nature: New Allianced or Farmland Preservation in Norway. Finance or Food?: The Role of Cultures, Values, and Ethics in Land Use Negotiations.
  • 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.