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Ann Christin Eklund Nilsen

Professor
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Phone
+47 38141532
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+4793243562

Areas of responsibility

Ann Christin E. Nilsen is professor of sociology. Her research topics include childhood and families, education and professional work, welfare and social development. She is a leading Nordic scholar of institutional ethnography. She is leader of PRONETT (UiA's network for research on professional work) and the project leader of the international project RESILIENT (Building resilient communities through inclusive education in East Africa) 

Publications

  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2024). Institusjonell etnografi. In Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (Ed.), Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245034868.
  • Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Skaping av avvik gjennom fortellinger, samhandling og diskurser. Smith, D.E. (1978). "K is Mentally ill": The Anatomy of a Factual Account. . In Hestholm, Roger Ivan & Skarpenes, Ove (Ed.), Sosiologisk analyse. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245045932.
  • Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Innledning: Å forske med institusjonell etnografi. In Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202714840. p. 9–21. doi: 10.23865/noasp.195.ch0.
  • Jahreie, Josefine & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Ideologiske koder som redskap for å utforske standardiserte forståelser av familier og barn. In Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202714840. p. 187–203. doi: 10.23865/noasp.195.ch9.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Lund, Rebecca Waters Boldsen & Magnussen, May-Linda (2023). Contextualizing institutional ethnography. In Luken, Paul & Vaughan, Suzanne (Ed.), Critical Commentary on Institutional Ethnography. IE Scholars Speak to Its Promise. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-031-33401-6. p. 137–151. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33402-3.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Kalinganireb, Charles; Mabeyoc, Zena Mnasi; Manyamac, William; Ochend, Eric Awich & Revheim, Cecilie [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). Re-imagining social work education in East Africa. Social Work Education. ISSN 0261-5479. 42(2), p. 169–184. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2161503.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Childhood. In Maagerø, Eva (Eds.), Norway: Society and Culture. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202566487.
  • Kimathi, Eric & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Managing categories: The role of social technology in kindergarten teachers’ work to promote early intervention and integration. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. ISSN 1463-9491. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1177/14639491211045419. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Skarpenes, Ove (2021). Quantification and classification in education: What is at stake? Policy Futures in Education. ISSN 1478-2103. doi: 10.1177/14782103211032049. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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), p. 38–60. doi: 10.31265/jcsw.v16i1.368. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Professional Talk: Unpacking Professional Language. In Luken, Paul & Vaughan, Suzanne (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Institutional Ethnography. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-54221-4. p. 359–374. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54222-1_19.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Skarpenes, Ove (2020). Coping with Covid-19. Dugnad: A case of the moral premise of the Norwegian welfare state . International journal of sociology and social policy. ISSN 0144-333X. p. 1–14. doi: 10.1108/ijssp-07-2020-0263.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden (2019). Wrapping it all up: Future prospects of IE in the Nordics. In Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780429019999. p. 214–216.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2019). Making sense of normacy: bridging the gap betweenFoucault and Goffman. In Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780429019999. p. 88–100.
  • Sørensen, Majken Jul; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Lund, Rebecca (2019). Resisting the ruling relations: Discovering everyday resistance with Institutional Ethnography. In Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780429019999. p. 203–213. doi: %20https:/doi.org/10.4324/9780429019999. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden (2019). Introduction: conditions for doing institutional ethnography in the Nordics. In Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780429019999.
  • 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.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Jane, Woddis (2018). Music for One and All? Music Education Policy in Norway and England. In Hylland, Ole Marius & Bjurstrøm, Erling (Ed.), Aesthetics and Politics. A Nordic Perspective on How Cultural Policy Negotiates the Agency of Music and Arts. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-77854-9. p. 95–135.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2018). Tidlig innsats. In Ask, Torunn Alise & Eide, Solveig Botnen (Ed.), Barnevernets begreper - i bevegelse. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205503915. p. 138–155.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Hylland, Ole Marius (2018). A Bildung perspective on the Norwegian arts education model. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift. ISSN 1403-3216. 21(1), p. 25–47.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2017). When texts become action. The institutional circuit of early childhood intervention. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. ISSN 1350-293X. 25(6), p. 918–929. doi: 10.1080/1350293X.2017.1380887.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2017). Tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid i lokal tjenesteyting. Tidsskrift for professionsstudier. ISSN 2446-0273. 13(25), p. 84–95. doi: 10.7146/tfp.v13i25.96975.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2017). The expansion of early childhood development services and the need to reconceptualize evidence. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. ISSN 1463-9491. 18(3), p. 269–280. doi: 10.1177/1463949117731021.
  • Wærdahl, Randi; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Svarstad, Christine & Jentoft, Nina (2017). Who’s at risk? Expanding the categorical understanding of children at risk of social exclusion through measures of self-esteem. Nordic Social Work Research. ISSN 2156-857X. 7(3), p. 201–211. doi: 10.1080/2156857X.2016.1277254.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2016). In-between discourses : early intervention and diversity in the Norwegian kindergarten sector. Journal of Comparative Social Work. ISSN 0809-9936. 11(1). doi: 10.31265/jcsw.v11i1.136.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Sagatun, Solveig (2015). Boys`construction of fatherhood when their fathers are absent. Nordic Social Work Research. ISSN 2156-857X. 5(2), p. 113–128. doi: 10.1080/2156857X.2015.1042017.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2015). Gender differences in Norwegian children’s work at home. Childhood. ISSN 0907-5682. 22(1), p. 53–66. doi: 10.1177/0907568213518082.
  • Skarpenes, Ove & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2014). "Making up pupils". Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2052. p. 424–439.
  • Skarpenes, Ove & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2014). Regional Gender Inequality in the Norwegian Culture of Equality. Gender Issues. ISSN 1098-092X. 32(1), p. 39–56. doi: 10.1007/s12147-014-9131-0.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2014). Formal Learning: Creating a Sense of Coherence and Direction in the Disrupted Lives of Unaccompanied Minors. In Guribye, Eugene; Lie, Birgit & Øverland, Gwynyth (Ed.), Nordic work with traumatised refugees: Do we really care. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISSN 9781443861366. p. 261–274.
  • Cameron, David Lansing; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Midtsundstad, Jorunn H.; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Jensen, Hanne Cecilie (2014). An examination of the role and responsibilities of kindergarten in multidisciplinary collaboration on behalf of children with severe disabilities. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. ISSN 0256-8543. 28(3), p. 344–357. doi: 10.1080/02568543.2014.912996.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2013). Når barnehagepersonalet melder bekymring til barnevernet. In Marthinsen, Edgar & Lichtwarck, Willy (Ed.), Det nye barnevernet. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 978-82-15-02236-9. p. 142–160.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2013). Gender differences in children's work at home. Childhood. ISSN 0907-5682. doi: 10.1177/0907568213518082.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Lind, Emma (2013). Barns kulturbruk. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift. ISSN 1403-3216. 2, p. 294–314.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2013). Som mor, så datter? In Stousland, Hanne & Witsø, Hilde (Ed.), Likestilling 2013. Kunnskap og innovasjon på Agder. Portal forlag. ISSN 978-82-92712-77-1. p. 44–58.
  • Jensen, Hanne Cecilie & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2012). Cooperation and coordination around children with individual plans. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. ISSN 1501-7419. 14(1), p. 1–14. doi: 10.1080/15017419.2010.507376.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Veier til kritisk refleksjon over rollen som koordinator. In Askeland, Gurid Aga (Eds.), Kritisk refleksjon i sosialt arbeid. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215018881. p. 127–140.

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  • Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202714840. 289 p.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Breimo, Janne Paulsen (2023). Institusjonell etnografi. En innføring. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-02916-0. 134 p.
  • Lund, Rebecca Waters Bolden & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2019). Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISBN 9780429019999. 244 p.

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  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2024). Institusjonell etnografi. En introduksjon.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2024). Institutional Ethnography. An introduction.
  • Fredwall, Terje Emil; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Michaelsen, Ottar Michael & Kristiansen, Aslaug (2024). Tverrfaglig forskning og samarbeid er viktigere enn noensinne . Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790. 150(36), p. 16–16.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). The import of early childhood intervention in US into a Nordic and global context & Approaching normalcy/deviance in childhood from an institutional ethnography perspective.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Doing Institutional Ethnpgraphy: An Introduction.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Haaland, Hanne; Leer-Helgesen, Arnhild; Revheim, Cecilie & Reichert, Frank (2023). En verden av muligheter? Khrono.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2023). Skammen på Sørlandet. sosiologen.no.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Doing institutional ethnography: an introduction.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2023). Parenting interventions in ECD. An argument for “conversational” indigenization.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2022). Eilerts Salong: Livsmestring og skolevegring (debattleder).
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2022). A world of opportunities? University partnership beyond the west (debattleder).
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2022). Nysgjerrig i 80 år. Et intervju med Gunhild O. Hagestad. sosiologen.no.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Skarpenes, Ove (2022). Dugnadens forfall. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2022). Contextualizing institutional ethnography.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Revheim, Cecilie & Rustad, Eirik (2022). Globalt partnerskap for å utvikle kunnskap i sosialt arbeid. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2022). En faglærers bekjennelser. sosiologen.no.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Magnussen, May-Linda (2022). Innledning. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift. ISSN 2535-2512. 6(1), p. 4–8. doi: 10.18261/nost.6.1.1.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Introduction to Institutional Ethnography Doing Institutional Ethnography.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Coping with Covid – the role of “dugnad” as a cultural form.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Skaper tidlig innsats «bekymringsbarn»? .
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Revheim, Cecilie (2021). Re-imagining social work education in East Africa.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Institutional ethnography in the Nordic region. A ‘hybrid’ approach.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). IE in the Nordic region. Contextualizing experience.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Nome, Dag Øystein (2021). Vurdering av barns språkkompetanse. Hvorfor ikke? Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Magnussen, May-Linda & Skarpenes, Ove (2020). (Smitte)skammens funksjoner. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Magnussen, May-Linda; Kvamme, Ingunn & Skatvedt, Astrid Helene (2020). Må vi virkelig snakke om dette fremdeles? Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2020). Å intervjue profesjonelle: Hvordan kan man «pakke ut» profesjonelt språk?
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2020). Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic region: a relevant methodology?
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Skarpenes, Ove (2019). Nei, undervisning er ikke en tidstyv. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Skarpenes, Ove & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2019). Tidstyver i akademia. Hva gjør viten­skapelig ansatte egentlig. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2018). Tekster i omløp. Utdrag fra en institusjonell etnografi av tidlig innsats. .
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2018). Between discourse and social interaction: What does institutional ethnography have to offer?
  • Wærdahl, Randi; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & San, Sophany (2018). Between labour and learning. Parental rationales for children’s schooling and work participation in two Cambodian communities .
  • Steen-Johnsen, Tale; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Dulieu, Nicole (2017). Violence and Violence in Cambodian Parenting Practices.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Steen-Johnsen, Tale (2016). The ECCD «mission» and the institutional circuit of good intentions.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2016). Travelling texts. Justifying early intervention.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2015). Barneomsorg. På jakt etter styringsrelasjoner ved "tidlig innsats" i barnehagen. In Widerberg, Karin (Eds.), I hjertet av velferdsstaten. En invitasjon til institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-45067-0. p. 32–51.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2014). Samarbeid om kunnskapsutvikling - ulike faser. In Støkken, Anne Marie (Eds.), Innovasjon og utvikling i sosialt arbeid. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 978-82-450-1536-2.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2014). Discovering the ruling relations of Early Intervention.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2013). Exploring 'the good' in Norwegian kindergartens.
  • Magnussen, May-Linda; Jentoft, Nina; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Mydland, Trond Stalsberg (2013). "Elendighetsforskning" på Sørlandet. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Wærdahl, Randi & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2012). Will I stay or will I go? The impact of asylum status on motivation for learning and participation of unaccompanied minors.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Skarpenes, Ove (2012). "Likestilling? Ja takk! Så lenge privatlivet får være i fred" (Kronikk i Fædrelandsvennen). Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2012). Å ha det alle andre har. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2012). Gender differences in children’s work at home.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Individual plan: One plan – several practices.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Rollen som koordinator i individuelt oppfølgingsarbeid.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). When Day Care Centers report concern to the Child Welfare Service.
  • Kvamme, Ingunn; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2011). Kontantstøtte til 2-åringer, valgfrihet for hvem? Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790.
  • Skarpenes, Ove & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Regional gender inequality in the Norwegian culture of equality.
  • Cameron, David Lansing & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Uten barnehage hadde jeg blitt gal! Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Støkken, Anne Marie & Skarpenes, Ove (2017). «Bekymringsbarn blir til. En institusjonell etnografi av tidlig innsats som styringsrasjonal i barnehagen.». UiA.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2017). Bekymringsbarn blir til. En institusjonell etnografi av tidlig innsats som styringsrasjonal i barnehagen. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 9788271178499. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lidén, Hilde; Eide, Ketil; Hidle, Knut; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Wærdahl, Randi (2013). Levekår i mottak for enslige mindreårige asylsøkere. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 978-82-7763-400-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Wærdahl, Randi & Svarstad, Christine (2012). Barns levekår og hverdagsliv i Agder. Delrapport 2. En kartlegging av barns levekår og hverdagsliv i Arendal, Froland, Grimstad, Mandal og Lindesnes. Agderforskning. ISSN 978-82-7602-209-4.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Wærdahl, Randi; Kvamme, Ingunn & Bakke, Kathrine (2012). Barns levekår og hverdagsliv i Agder. Delrapport 1. En kartlegging av barns levekår og hverdagsliv i Kristiansand, Søgne, Songdalen, Vennesla, Lillesand, Birkenes og Iveland. Agderforskning. ISSN 978-82-7602-160-8.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Bakke, Kathrine (2012). Fra uro til trygghet.Evaluering av opplæringen i "Ta opp uro"-prosjektet i Kristiansand kommune. Agderforskning.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Kompetanseutvikling om samarbeid og samordning på tvers. En samlerapport med publikasjoner fra delprosjekt 1 i HUSK Agder. Agderforskning AS. ISSN 1892-0497.
  • Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund; Kvamme, Ingunn & Skarpenes, Ove (2011). Mot i brystet! – Vett i panna? Agderforskning.
  • Skarpenes, Ove & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2011). Kjønnsforskjeller i en likhetskultur En studie av arbeidsdeling, sosialisering og likestilling i Agder. Agderforskning. ISSN 978-82-7602-149-3.

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