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Cumulative exposure to disadvantage and the intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood effects
Journal of Economic Geography (available online) Abstract:Studies of neighbourhood effects typically investigate the instantaneous effect of point-in-time measures of neighbourhood poverty on individual
Insecurity and political values in the Arab world
Democratization, vol 27, issue 5, p. 699-716 Abstract Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the r
Is it possible to reduce individual implicit bias in organizational settings?
A study of social assistance officers Implicit bias reduction is a popular form of antibias training when organizations engage their employees in diversity training. It remains popular, despite limite
Ethnicity in England: What Parents' Country of Birth Can and Can't Tell Us about Their Children's Ethnic Identification.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(3), 399-424. DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2014.920690 Abstract Despite the importance of adequately measuring ethnicity to keep track of ethnic disparities in importa
Completed: Ethnic discrimination in a segmented labor market – when and where does discrimination occur?
Within which occupations is discrimination of applicants by ethnicity more common? We examine differences in discrimination and seek knowledge about what mechanisms lie behind this.
Completed: Where corporate networks are born. A longitudinal study of gender differences in social networks in elite business education, and their long-term career affects
This project will examine how companies' elite social networks are formed and developed over time by studying how men and women network at a business school in Finland.
Completed: Can the implementation of artificial intelligence in the recruitment process enhance the inclusion of disadvantaged groups? A study of Swedish companies
The use of AI in job recruitment is said to make the process both more efficient and less discriminatory. But is this really true? This project will study the effects of using this new tool.
Conservative climate justice for a sustainable transformation
The purpose of this project is to determine whether, and how, conservative principles can support an effective and just low-carbon transition.
Eyewitness video and human rights practice
This project will study the interplay between eyewitness videos in a digital media landscape and human rights practice.
Gunn Birkelund: Gender discrimination in hiring
Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, PhD in Sociology is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo (since 1999). Her main publications cover labour marke
