Tor-Ivar Karlsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1724415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tor-Ivar Karlsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tor-Ivar |
| FAMILY NAME | Karlsen |
| SIGNATURE | KARLSEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Agder |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6050-7901 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do You Really Want to Give Up an Eternity in Heaven for a Moment of Carnal Desire?”—Queer Norwegians’ Experiences of Nonaccepting Religious Environments
This article examines how queer individuals in Norway navigate tensions between their sexual or gender identities and the expectations of nonaccepting religious environments. Based on ten in-depth interviews analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, the study shows how participants’ religious lifeworlds—shaped by the norms and messages within their faith communities—created deep moral conflict, shame, and fear of divine punishment. These experi…
Health in All Policies’ and the Urge for Coordination
Building heavily on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, Norway implemented the Public Health Act in 2012 to reduce social inequalities in health. Local public health coordinators (PHCs) at municipal levels were seen as tools to provide local intersectoral public health work. In this study, we examine factors related to intersectoral agency and if intersectoral work is understood as relevant to securing social justice in local policy outco…
Asymmetry in inter-municipal cooperation in health services - How does it affect service quality and autonomy
Throughout Europe, local health services are increasingly being provided through various forms of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). One of the most common forms of IMC is when small municipalities delegate the operational responsibility for providing health services to a larger host municipality. However, despite the size asymmetry usually inherent in this type of IMC, this aspect has largely been neglected in the existing literature, which main…
Associations between structures, processes and outcomes in inter-municipal cooperation in out-of-hours services in Norway
Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) has gained widespread recognition as a beneficial strategy for improving efficiency and quality in the provision of out-of-hours emergency care services (OOH services). Little attention, however, has been given to the additional costs of cooperation and the relational processes through which benefits and costs are likely to result. Based on survey data from 266 (77%) Norwegian municipalities involved in IMC in OO…
Drivers and barriers of inter-municipal cooperation in health services – the Norwegian case
Inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery is widespread, as is the notion that this type of cooperation is primarily driven by economies of scale. However, the empirical results appear to be inconclusive, suggesting that additional explanatory factors are needed to explain why municipalities cooperate. This study aimed to identify the factors and conditions that influence the level of inter-municipal cooperation in health services by explor…
Asymmetry in inter-municipal cooperation in health services - How does it affect service quality and autonomy
Throughout Europe, local health services are increasingly being provided through various forms of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). One of the most common forms of IMC is when small municipalities delegate the operational responsibility for providing health services to a larger host municipality. However, despite the size asymmetry usually inherent in this type of IMC, this aspect has largely been neglected in the existing literature, which main…
Drivers and barriers of inter-municipal cooperation in health services – the Norwegian case
Inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery is widespread, as is the notion that this type of cooperation is primarily driven by economies of scale. However, the empirical results appear to be inconclusive, suggesting that additional explanatory factors are needed to explain why municipalities cooperate. This study aimed to identify the factors and conditions that influence the level of inter-municipal cooperation in health services by explor…
Associations between structures, processes and outcomes in inter-municipal cooperation in out-of-hours services in Norway
Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) has gained widespread recognition as a beneficial strategy for improving efficiency and quality in the provision of out-of-hours emergency care services (OOH services). Little attention, however, has been given to the additional costs of cooperation and the relational processes through which benefits and costs are likely to result. Based on survey data from 266 (77%) Norwegian municipalities involved in IMC in OO…
Drivers and barriers of inter-municipal cooperation in health services – the Norwegian case
Inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery is widespread, as is the notion that this type of cooperation is primarily driven by economies of scale. However, the empirical results appear to be inconclusive, suggesting that additional explanatory factors are needed to explain why municipalities cooperate. This study aimed to identify the factors and conditions that influence the level of inter-municipal cooperation in health services by explor…
Associations between structures, processes and outcomes in inter-municipal cooperation in out-of-hours services in Norway
Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) has gained widespread recognition as a beneficial strategy for improving efficiency and quality in the provision of out-of-hours emergency care services (OOH services). Little attention, however, has been given to the additional costs of cooperation and the relational processes through which benefits and costs are likely to result. Based on survey data from 266 (77%) Norwegian municipalities involved in IMC in OO…
Asymmetry in inter-municipal cooperation in health services - How does it affect service quality and autonomy
Throughout Europe, local health services are increasingly being provided through various forms of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). One of the most common forms of IMC is when small municipalities delegate the operational responsibility for providing health services to a larger host municipality. However, despite the size asymmetry usually inherent in this type of IMC, this aspect has largely been neglected in the existing literature, which main…
Health in All Policies’ and the Urge for Coordination
Building heavily on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, Norway implemented the Public Health Act in 2012 to reduce social inequalities in health. Local public health coordinators (PHCs) at municipal levels were seen as tools to provide local intersectoral public health work. In this study, we examine factors related to intersectoral agency and if intersectoral work is understood as relevant to securing social justice in local policy outco…
Do You Really Want to Give Up an Eternity in Heaven for a Moment of Carnal Desire?”—Queer Norwegians’ Experiences of Nonaccepting Religious Environments
This article examines how queer individuals in Norway navigate tensions between their sexual or gender identities and the expectations of nonaccepting religious environments. Based on ten in-depth interviews analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, the study shows how participants’ religious lifeworlds—shaped by the norms and messages within their faith communities—created deep moral conflict, shame, and fear of divine punishment. These experi…
Business (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Norwegian (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Affect (linguistics (2 works) · Business Strategy and Innovation (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Technology (2 works) · Quality (philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)