The research is theoretically and methodologically related to the new social studies of childhood and includes both structure and agency as important perspectives. A child perspective represents a main integrative approach. It is an expectation that NOSEB's studies and research themes are contextualised socially, economically, spatially, temporarily, technologically and culturally. Interdisciplinary aspects have a high priority in the centre's research profile. The centre perceives an international and comparative orientation as indispensable - even for the understanding of Norwegian childhood(s).
Examples of research projects:
- The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market - Institutionalisation and Individualisation of children in Light of Changes in the Welfare State
- Day-care Centres in Transition - Inclusive Practices
- Children as New Citizens and the "Best Interest of the Child
- Consuming Children - Commercialisation and the Changing Construction of Childhood
- Children, Young People and Local Knowledge in Ethiopia and Zambia
Contact details:
Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
N-7491 Trondheim
NORWAY
Telephone: +47 73596240
Fax: +47 73596239
Director: Associate Professor Anne Trine Kjørholt
E-mail: anne.trine.kjorholt [at] svt.ntnu.no