About the research group
The research cluster "Mobility, Culture, and Gender" involves researchers from the Department of Global Development and Planning (IGUS) and the Department of Sociology and Social work (ISS) as well as associated members. The group members represent different academic disciplines, including development studies, sociology, social anthropology, religion and philosophy, human geography, political science, and medicine. Moreover, through its group members, the research cluster encompasses a wide range of geographical and contextual experience.
The research group has emerged because of a joint interest in mobility, culture, and gender as (interlinked) topics for research. These topics are also relevant for the University's educational programs, such as the BA and Masters' program in Global Development and BA and MA courses in Sociology and Social Work, as well as in the minor Gender, Power and Diversity given at BA level at the faculty.
Members of the research clusters are mainly qualitative researchers working with ethnography or Institutional ethnography. Furthermore, we have a collaboration with modelers to combine ethnography, modelling, and simulation in exploring civic engagement and citizen initiatives.
In our research group, there is a general belief that research should relate intimately to the field of practice and that we as researchers need to start out in the everyday life, i.e. the doings and perceptions of people themselves, as well as exploring the relations that shape these doings and perceptions.
Ongoing projects
- Gender and Digitalisation across Context (GENDIG). NORHED project with University of Agder, University of Dar es Salaam and Makerere University https://gendig.uia.no/
- Gender and health-seeking behaviour: Exploring FGS in South Africa. EU project with several partners https://www.uia.no/forskning/prosjekter/sv/dualsave-fgs.html
- What’s missing? Innovative Inter-disciplinary Methods for Hard-to-Reach Environments, in collaboration with partners in US and Canada https://www.storymodelers.org/
- FEMPROF: exploring institutional relations for a gender equal and diverse academia (Norwegian Research Council) https://femprof.uia.no/
- Understanding gendered faculty careers across academic contexts (Peder Sæther grant, UC Berkeley)
- Exploring Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity across contexts (VMASC, Old Dominion University, CAOS, Radboud University)
Previous projects
- Becoming a (female) professor. Research in connection with the BALANSE project at the University of Agder (KABAL) (2015- 2019). Financed by the Norwegian Research Council and the University of Agder.
- Microfinance and the Impact on Family Welfare: a case study from Indonesia (2015-2018). Collaboration with Gadja Mada University, Indonesia. Financed by UiA/Indonesian Embassy.
- Refugee men and their everyday life concerns: Exploring masculinities in Arendal municipality (2016-2018) Financed by Pro-Nett, UiA.
- Immigrant women and work-life in Kristiansand (2016-2020). Post.doc. project May Linda Magnussen Financed by the University of Agder.
- Child poverty and welfare in Lyngdal. Financed by Lyngdal Municipality (2018-2019)
- Highly skilled immigrant women and work-life in Lister (2016-2018). Financed by fylkesmannen i Agder.
- Researching resource groups for refugees in the Lindesnes region in Agder (2016-2018). Financed by fylkesmannen i Agder and the Lindesnes region.
- Exploring integration as emplaced practice, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder (2016-2018). A collaboration with the University of Malmö. Financed by RFF Agder, the Centre for Gender and Equality, the Lindesnes region and Agderforskning.
- Exploring the role of the voluntary sector in integration in Lister and Lindesnes, Vest-Agder (2016-2017). Financed by Centre for gender and equality
- A pilot study on honor-related violence (2016). Funded by the Centre for gender and equality and IMDi Sør.
- Immigrant women's access to paid work in Lyngdal (2013- 2015). Funded by the Centre for gender and equality.
- A pilot study of the refugee service in Lindesnes (2013-2014). Funded by Agder Research, the Centre for gender and equality, fylkesmannen in Agder and IMDi Sør.
- Breadwinning in men's everyday lives in the Agder region. PhD-project (2007-2015). Financed by Sørlandets kompetansefond and Agderforskning.
Publications
Steen-Johnsen, T., Magnussen, M. L., & Trysnes, I. (2024). Emotional Labour in the Neoliberal University: The Standpoint of Female Academics in Norway with Experience of Sick Leave. NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/08038740.2024.2419441
Haaland, Kinsbergen, Schulpen and Wallevik (eds.) (2023) The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations : The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors Routledge Explorations in Development Studies series. Nivå 2
Kinsbergen, S. H. Haaland, L. Schulpen and H. Wallevik (2023) The Articles of Faith of Citizen Aid actors – between Dreams and Realities in Haaland, Kinsbergen, Schulpen and Wallevik (eds.) The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations : The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors Routledge Explorations in Development Studies series. Nivå 2
Haaland, H. L. M. Shults and H. Wallevik (2023) Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS) as new development actors in Norway – an exploration of how and why they emerge, in Haaland, Kinsbergen, Schulpen and Wallevik (eds.) The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations : The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors Routledge Explorations in Development Studies series. Nivå 2
Korsvik, V. P., L.M. Shults, H. Haaland and H. Wallevik (2023) Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS), frontier Africans, and experiences of trans-local networking in Haaland, Kinsbergen, Schulpen and Wallevik (eds.) The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations : The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors Routledge Explorations in Development Studies series. Nivå 2
Frydenlund, E., H. Haaland J. J. Padilla and H. Wallevik (2023) Citizen initiatives in humanitarian aid: Lesvos, Greece as a case in bottom-up humanitarian assistance mobilization in Haaland, Kinsbergen, Schulpen and Wallevik (eds.) The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations : The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors Routledge Explorations in Development Studies series. Nivå 2
Magnussen, M. L., Lund, R. W., & Mydland, T. S. (2022). Uniformity dressed as diversity? Reorienting female associate professors. Gender inequalities in tech-driven research and innovation, 109-123. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2ngx5c4
Shults, Lee Michael; Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege (2021). Localizing Global Solidarity: Humanitarian Aid in Lesvos. Frontiers in Political Science. ISSN: 2673-3145. doi:10.3389/fpos.2021.690907.
Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2021). A Social Capital Perspective on the Peace Work of Religious Women. Journal of Ecumenical Studies. ISSN: 0022-0558. 56 (1). s 55 - 75.
Rapisarda, Daniela Lucia; Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2021). Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. ISSN: 0809-7291. 1
Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Dulieu, Nicole; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Mothering Practices in Cambodia: Making Sense of Physical Disciplining. Journal of Comparative Social Work. ISSN: 0809-9936. 16 (1).
Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal; Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2021). The lamination machine and laminating as thing-power in early childhood pedagogical practice. Children's Geographies. ISSN: 1473-3285. doi:10.1080/14733285.2021.1965089.
Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal (2021). The politics of emotion in a parenting support programmes for refugees in Norway. Emotions and Society. ISSN: 2631-6897. doi:10.1332/263169021X16152829478746.
Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2020). The rhetoric of love in religious peacebuilding. Journal of Contemporary Religion. ISSN: 1353-7903. 35 (3). s 433 - 448. doi:10.1080/13537903.2020.1810972.
Magnussen, May-Linda (2020). Men’s Family Breadwinning in Today’s Norway: A Blind Spot in the Strive for Gender Equality. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. ISSN: 0803-8740. doi:10.1080/08038740.2020.1790658.
Frydenlund, Erika; Padilla, Jose; Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege (2020). The Rise and Fall of Humanitarian Citizen Initiatives: A Simulation-Based Approach. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). ISSN: 0302-9743. 12268s 255 - 265. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61255-9_25.
Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege; Frydenlund, Erika; Padilla, Jose J (2020). Modelers and Ethnographers as Co-Creators of Knowledge: Do We Belong Together? Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. ISSN: 2411-3387. s 1113 - 1121.
Salimi, Khadijeh; Frydenlund, Erika; Padilla, Jose J; Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege (2019). How does humanitarianism spread? Modeling the origins of citizen initiatives through norm diffusion. Winter simulation conference : proceedings. ISSN: 0891-7736. 2018-Decembers 33 - 44. doi:10.1109/WSC.2018.8632287.
Salimi, Khadijeh; Frydenlund, Erika; Padilla, Jose J; Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege (2019). The role of elites in the diffusion of social norms of humanitarianism. Simulation Series. ISSN: 0735-9276. 51 (1). doi:10.23919/SpringSim.2019.8732925.
Steen-Johnsen, T (2019). Methodological Challenges to the Study of Religious Peacebuilding. In Repstad, P (ed.) Current issues in Sociology of Religion. Brill
Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2019). Methodological Challenges to the Study of Religious Peacebuilding. Political Religion, Everyday Religion: Sociological Trends. ISBN: 978-90-04-39796-5. Brill. 6. s 84 - 103.
Magnussen, May-Linda (2019). Making gendering visible: Institutional ethnography's contribution to Nordic sociology of gender in family relations. Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. ISBN: 9780429019999. Routledge. 10. s 128 - 137.
Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2019). The Early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence. Journal of Early Childhood Research. ISSN: 1476-718X. doi:10.1177/1476718X19860558.
Fylkesnes, June (2019). Motivations behind citizen aid: Norwegian initiatives in The Gambia. Third World Quarterly. ISSN: 0143-6597. 40 (10). s 1799 - 1815. doi:10.1080/01436597.2019.1656061.
Haaland, Hanne; Wallevik, Hege (2019). Beyond Crisis Management? The role of Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity in humanitarian aid: the case of Lesvos. Third World Quarterly. ISSN: 0143-6597. 40 (10). s 1869 - 1983. doi:10.1080/01436597.2019.1656060.
Leer-Helgesen, Arnhild (2019). Negotiating Religion and Development: Identity Construction and Contention in Bolivia. London: Routledge.
Padilla J.J., Frydenlund E., Wallevik H., Haaland H. (2018) Model Co-creation from a Modeler's Perspective: Lessons Learned from the Collaboration Between Ethnographers and Modelers. In: Thomson R., Dancy C., Hyder A., Bisgin H. (eds) Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling. SBP-BRiMS 2018.
Haaland H. and H. Wallevik (2017) "Citizens as actors in the development field: The case of an accidental Aid Agent's activities in aid land" in Forum for development studies Vol. 44 2017. Routledge: London
Steen-Johnsen, T. (2017) State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding. In Brewer, J (ed) Compromise after Conflict series. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Cruickshank, J. and H. Wallevik (2016) "Power and knowledge" in HCG Johnsen et al. (2016) Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System: Balancing validity, meaning and convenience. London: Routledge.
Regalsky, P. and Haaland, H (2016) Ethno-development, education and development in Raqaypampa, Bolivia" in Skinner, A, M Baillie Smith, E. Brown and T. Troll (eds) (2016) Education, Learning and the transformation of development. Routledge.
Haaland H. and Wallevik (2016) "Reflections on gender and diversity in cross-cultural online teaching" in Women and gender research 1/16
Haaland H and Wallevik H (2016) "Comparative reflection" in Applied research in the regional knowledge system: balancing validity, meaning and convenience (2016) Garmann Johnsen, H Chr, Hauge,E, Magnussen M and Ennals, R. Routledge.
Magnussen, May-Linda and Ingunn Kvamme (2016). «Social integration of refugees" I: Johnsen, Hans C. G., Elisabet Hauge, May-Linda Magnussen and Richard Ennals (red.). Applied research in the regional innovation system. Balancing meaning, relevance and convenience. London: Routledge.
Baker, J. and Wallevik, H. (2014) "Changing lifeworlds and contested space: Seclusion practices among the Iraqw of Northern Tanzania" in Bouju, J. and de Bruijn, M. (eds.) Ordinary Violence and Social Change in Africa. Brill: The Netherlands.
Publications in Norwegian
Magnussen, M.L., Haaland, H., Steen-Jonsen, T. Trysnes, I. og Wallevik, H. (2024, i trykk), Fleksibilitet og friksjon: Forskningssamarbeid, kjønn og styring i den globale kunnskapsøkonomien. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. Årgang 48, nr. 4-2024, s. 248–264
Cruickshank og Haaland (2024) Planutdanning ved Universitetet i Agder – mangfold som ressurs i Samfunnsplanlegging gjennom 50 år. Tverrfagleg utdanning for lokal og regional utvikling (2024)http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/7.7879
Magnussen, M.L., Steen-Johnsen, T. og Synnes, K.M. (2023) Følelsesstyrt? Om styringsrelasjoner, følelser og tilgang til ulike ståsteder I Nilsen, A.C og Magnussen, M.L. (2023) Erfaringer med Institusjonell Etnografi Cappelen Damm akademisk https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.195
Haaland, H., Lund, R. W. B., Magnussen, M. L., & Wallevik, H. (2022). Professorkvalifiseringens affektive økonomi. Styring, følelser og motstand. I I.W. Owesen & H. Aarseth (Red.), Kjønn og akademia. På vei mot BALANSE? (s. 171–193). Fagbokforlaget. https://doi.org/10.55669/oa160809
Haaland H, M-L Magnussen and H. Wallevik (2021) «Å bruke erfaringene til nyankomne mannlige syriske flyktninger til å utfordre den store norske integreringsfortellingen» i Berit Gullikstad, Guro K. Kristensen og Turid Sætermo (eds.) (2021, forthcoming) Fortellinger om Integrering. Universitetsforlaget.
Haaland, H, M-L Magnussen, H. Wallevik M. and Povrzanovik-Frykman (2021) «Ulike måter å ‘sikre sted’: Flyktningers fortellinger om integrering inn i et lokalsamfunn i Sør-Norge» i Berit Gullikstad, Guro K. Kristensen og Turid Sætermo (eds.) (2021, forthcoming) Fortellinger om Integrering. Universitetsforlaget.
Magnussen, May-Linda (2020). Jeg er klar til å bidra. Utforskning og utfordring av bakkebyråkraters kategorisering av flyktninger som prøver å komme i jobb i dagens Norge.. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN: 0809-2052. 23 (1). s 63 - 75. doi:10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2020-01-05.
Magnussen, May-Linda (2020). Kjønnede hverdagsliv og likestillingsutfordringer på Agder. Regionale særtrekk og variasjoner i landsdelen. Grenseløst Agder. Det som skilte og det som bandt. ISBN: 9788202696825. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. Kapittel 7. s 148 - 171.
Magnussen, M.L., Lund, R. WB, Wallevik, H. (2018) Et kjønnet rom for akademisk skriving. Den akademiske skrivingens sosiale organisering, sett fra ståstedet til kvinnelige førsteamanuenser ved Universitetet i Agder. I Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, 2018, Vol.42(1-2), p.85-103 https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-1781-2018-01-02-06
Lund, R, and M-L Magnussen (2018) “Intersektionalitet, virksomhedskundskab og styringsrelationer Institutionel Etnografi og hverdagens sociale organisering” i Tidskrift for kjønnsforskning, årgang 42, nr 4-2018.
Magnussen, M.L, R. Lund og H. Wallevik (2018) «Et kjønnet rom for akademisk skriving. Den akademiske skrivingens sosiale organisering, sett fra ståstedet til kvinnelige førsteamanuenser ved Universitetet i Agder» i Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, årgang 42, nr 1-2 2018
Haaland, H og H. Wallevik (2017) «Frivillig sektor som inngangsport til det norske» i Eide, B. (red.) På vandring og på flukt. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Magnussen, May-Linda (2015) «Å utforske menns forsørgerarbeid» I: Widerberg, Karin (red.) I hjertet av velferdsstaten. En invitasjon til institusjonell etnografi. Oslo, Cappelen Damm.