Leader of Work Package 7
Dr. Randi Wærdahl
Senior Researcher & Leader of Childhood, Family and Gender Research Group
Randi Wærdahl (1963) is a Sociologist and Senior Researcher at Agder Research. She has held positions as research fellow and post.doc fellow at Department of Sociology and Human Geography, as well as held positions relating to child research or research on culture and values both at the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Education – all University of Oslo. Wærdahl has worked on many international projects on childhood in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle-East and South-East Asia, during her 4 and a half year as director of the CWI (Childwatch International Research Network). She has two periods abroad as visiting scholar, one at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA and the other as an associate researcher at CYCRC (China Youth and Children Research Center); China Youth University of Political Science, Beijing, China. She has also held positions at INAS (Institute of Applied Social Research), UNGforsk (Centre for Youth Research) and SIFO (National Institute of Consumer Research). As former chair of the Norwegian Sociological Association and also former President of the Nordic SociologicalAssociation, Wærdahl also has a wide national, Nordic and international network, including experiences in editing and managing both national and international scientific journals.
Research interests:Family policy and children
Research affiliations:Agderforskning, University of Oslo
Selected relevant publications:
- Haldar, Marit; Rueda, Erendira; Wærdahl, Randi; Mitchell, Claudia; Geldenhuys, Johanna. (2013), Where are the children? Exploring the boundaries between text and context in the study of place and space in four different countries. Children & Society. doi: 10.1111/chso.12017
- Lidén Hilde; Wærdahl, Randi. (2013). The ambiguous status of unaccompanied minors between 15–18 years old seeking asylum in Norway. In Elli Heikkilä & Ismo Söderling (eds.): Siirtolaisuus Migration, Supplement, Yksin tulleet pakolaislapset, Unaccompanied refugee minors, 47-53. Institute of Migration, Vammalan kirjapaino Oy, Turku, Finland Wærdahl, Randi; Haldar, Marit. (2012) ‘Socializing relations in the everyday lives of children. Comparing domestic texts from Norway and China'. Childhood, Sage publications, online first: 2012
- Wærdahl, Randi; Kalmus, Veronika; Keller, Margit. (2011). 'Consumer Socialisation and Value Orientations among Estonian and Chinese Young People'. Children & Society 2011; Volume 25. (2), s. 127-138, Blackwell Publishing, (online first: 2009).
- Haldar, Marit; Wærdahl, Randi. (2009) ‘Teddy Diaries: A Method for Studying the Display of Family Life'. Sociology 2009 ;Volum 43.(6) s. 1141-1150
Contact:E-mail: randi.wardahl@agderforskning.no, Mob: (+47) 990 20 381
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