Ann Christin E Nilsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Christin E Nilsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann Christin E |
| FAMILY NAME | Nilsen |
| SIGNATURE | NILSEN A C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Agder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6841-9727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond Adversity
Teen motherhood is a growing global problem that affects thousands of young girls annually, especially in developing countries. It causes complex challenges that can affect the future opportunities of teen mothers if strong coping strategies are not in place. This study aims to explore resilience and coping strategies of single teen mothers in the face of adversity. This study employed a qualitative research approach. Life story interviews were c…
Decolonizing Social Work in Africa
Managing categories
Early intervention and integration are highly valued ideals in kindergartens in Norway. Building on two research projects informed by institutional ethnography, the authors address how kindergarten teachers ‘do’ early intervention and integration in their everyday work. They argue that this work largely revolves around managing categories, whether making categories fit people or making people fit categories. In this work, the kindergarten teacher…
Re-imagining social work education in East Africa
To an increasing extent, scholars of social work have called for social work education and practice to be more responsive to local norms, customs and needs. Commonly referred to as indigenization, these scholars argue that social work curricula should incorporate practices, theories and understandings that are developed locally, eschewing the ‘professional imperialism’ that have come to dominate the discipline. This is also the case at universiti…
Quantification and classification in education
Histories of statistics and quantification have demonstrated that systems of statistical knowledge participate in the construction of the objects that are measured. However, the pace, purpose, and scope of quantification in state bureaucracy have expanded greatly over the past decades, fuelled by (neoliberal) societal trends that have given the social phenomenon of quantification a central place in political discussions and in the public sphere. …
Coping with Covid-19. Dugnad
Purpose This paper provides an analysis of the notion of dugnad (collective effort) in the context of the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Norway. By appealing to people's sense of collective effort (dugnadsånd) Norwegian leaders successfully managed to coordinate the actions of the population and beat the outbreak. Design/methodology/approach The argument builds on the pragmatic sociology associated with Boltanski and Thévenot and thei…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
In-between discourses
During the last decades, early intervention has become a major concern across political parties in Norway. In line with the discourse of early intervention, kindergartens are perceived as important arenas for identifying children at risk and initiating intervention. Equally important in the kindergarten sector is the discourse of diversity, in which a tolerance for behaviours that deviate from the majority norm is assumed. Drawing on an instituti…
Gender differences in Norwegian children's work at home
The division of labour between men and women has been thoroughly discussed in Norway over the last decades, in research as well as in political and public debate. In contrast, there has been little recognition of children's involvement in work, and differences between girls' and boys' work is seldom addressed. This article looks at the extent of children's work at home, how work is distributed among girls and boys, and whether gender variations c…
Regional Gender Inequality in the Norwegian Culture of Equality
Cooperation and coordination around children with individual plans
In this article we discuss the relationship between cooperation and coordination around six children with special needs who attend Norwegian day care centres. The children in focus have ‘individual plans’, in which goals, roles and activities at the centre of the cooperation are documented, and are as such a coordinating device. Each child has a cooperative team consisting of parents, representatives from day care centre, the child's special educ…
Coping with Covid-19. Dugnad
Purpose This paper provides an analysis of the notion of dugnad (collective effort) in the context of the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Norway. By appealing to people's sense of collective effort (dugnadsånd) Norwegian leaders successfully managed to coordinate the actions of the population and beat the outbreak. Design/methodology/approach The argument builds on the pragmatic sociology associated with Boltanski and Thévenot and thei…
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
In-between discourses
During the last decades, early intervention has become a major concern across political parties in Norway. In line with the discourse of early intervention, kindergartens are perceived as important arenas for identifying children at risk and initiating intervention. Equally important in the kindergarten sector is the discourse of diversity, in which a tolerance for behaviours that deviate from the majority norm is assumed. Drawing on an instituti…
Cooperation and coordination around children with individual plans
In this article we discuss the relationship between cooperation and coordination around six children with special needs who attend Norwegian day care centres. The children in focus have ‘individual plans’, in which goals, roles and activities at the centre of the cooperation are documented, and are as such a coordinating device. Each child has a cooperative team consisting of parents, representatives from day care centre, the child's special educ…
Cooperation and coordination around children with individual plans
In this article we discuss the relationship between cooperation and coordination around six children with special needs who attend Norwegian day care centres. The children in focus have ‘individual plans’, in which goals, roles and activities at the centre of the cooperation are documented, and are as such a coordinating device. Each child has a cooperative team consisting of parents, representatives from day care centre, the child's special educ…
Regional Gender Inequality in the Norwegian Culture of Equality
Gender differences in Norwegian children's work at home
The division of labour between men and women has been thoroughly discussed in Norway over the last decades, in research as well as in political and public debate. In contrast, there has been little recognition of children's involvement in work, and differences between girls' and boys' work is seldom addressed. This article looks at the extent of children's work at home, how work is distributed among girls and boys, and whether gender variations c…
In-between discourses
During the last decades, early intervention has become a major concern across political parties in Norway. In line with the discourse of early intervention, kindergartens are perceived as important arenas for identifying children at risk and initiating intervention. Equally important in the kindergarten sector is the discourse of diversity, in which a tolerance for behaviours that deviate from the majority norm is assumed. Drawing on an instituti…
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
Quantification and classification in education
Histories of statistics and quantification have demonstrated that systems of statistical knowledge participate in the construction of the objects that are measured. However, the pace, purpose, and scope of quantification in state bureaucracy have expanded greatly over the past decades, fuelled by (neoliberal) societal trends that have given the social phenomenon of quantification a central place in political discussions and in the public sphere. …
Coping with Covid-19. Dugnad
Purpose This paper provides an analysis of the notion of dugnad (collective effort) in the context of the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Norway. By appealing to people's sense of collective effort (dugnadsånd) Norwegian leaders successfully managed to coordinate the actions of the population and beat the outbreak. Design/methodology/approach The argument builds on the pragmatic sociology associated with Boltanski and Thévenot and thei…
Managing categories
Early intervention and integration are highly valued ideals in kindergartens in Norway. Building on two research projects informed by institutional ethnography, the authors address how kindergarten teachers ‘do’ early intervention and integration in their everyday work. They argue that this work largely revolves around managing categories, whether making categories fit people or making people fit categories. In this work, the kindergarten teacher…
Re-imagining social work education in East Africa
To an increasing extent, scholars of social work have called for social work education and practice to be more responsive to local norms, customs and needs. Commonly referred to as indigenization, these scholars argue that social work curricula should incorporate practices, theories and understandings that are developed locally, eschewing the ‘professional imperialism’ that have come to dominate the discipline. This is also the case at universiti…
Decolonizing Social Work in Africa
Beyond Adversity
Teen motherhood is a growing global problem that affects thousands of young girls annually, especially in developing countries. It causes complex challenges that can affect the future opportunities of teen mothers if strong coping strategies are not in place. This study aims to explore resilience and coping strategies of single teen mothers in the face of adversity. This study employed a qualitative research approach. Life story interviews were c…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Norwegian (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works)