Gudrun Brottveit

Norwegian version of this page Department of Welfare, Management and Organisation

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Professor

Contact

gudrun.brottveit@hiof.no

Study place

Fredrikstad

Office nr.

Academic interests

My research interests are specially connected to philosophy of science and development of qualitative research methodologies. I conduct qualitative research in the fields of child welfare, critical psychosocial work and critical criminology. I am particularly concerned about the scientific basis for practice; child welfare as a knowledge and practice field, how psychosocial health is understood in the digital society, carceral geography; punishment, spaces and practices of incarceration. My research focusing on concepts as embodiment, emotion, reflexivity, space, materiality and architecture.

Courses taught

My teaching areas are in social science subjects; such as child welfare, critical social work and critical psychosocial work, criminology, academic writing, philosophy of science and research methodology.

Background

I am an educated child welfare educator (bachelor), Cand.Polit in criminology (master) and Dr. Polit (phd.) from the Faculty of Law University of Oslo. Ihave many years of experience from various fields of practice, teaching and research. I have previously worked as a researcher and lecturer at University of Oslo (the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law) and at Oslo and Akershus University College (Faculty of Social Sciences, now Oslomet University).

Research groups

The Social Work Research Group

Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2023). How Far does Prison Punishment Extend? Re-entry Processes in the Digitalised Society. Critical Criminology. ISSN 1205-8629. doi: 10.1007/s10612-023-09722-8. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article questions how far punishment extends in a digitalised society, focusing on the complexities in relation to prison release and re-entry processes for people who have served a long prison sentence. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze’s concept of “societies of control” and Nils Christie’s concepts of “dense and loose societies,” the article discusses re-entry within the context of the Norwegian digitalised society. Through person-centred, multi-site fieldwork, the analysis identifies three types of complexities regarding re-entry processes. The first is how small and unforeseen events can reset the time of release from prison. The second is how digital gatekeepers in public welfare services create obstacles in the re-entry process. The third is how the possibility of online tracking and monitoring provides new forms of social control and pain after release, which creates an environment where a person’s criminal past affects his or her everyday life. This article challenges binary scientific understandings between the inside and the outside of prison and provides insights into the processes of how digital punishment and new forms of control occur in digitalised society. In this way, the article analytically contributes to the discussion of how the normative demand of being a free person after completing sentences in Norwegian criminal policy has been further complicated in a digitalised society.
Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Ihlebæk, Camilla Martha; Brottveit, Gudrun & Del Busso, Lilliana Andrea (2023). Digital Violence and Abuse: A Scoping Review of Adverse Experiences Within Adolescent Intimate Partner Relationships. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. ISSN 1524-8380. 23. doi: 10.1177/15248380231201816.
Del Busso, Lilliana Andrea; Brottveit, Gudrun; Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp & Gluppe, Grete (2021). Women’s embodied experiences of using wearable digital self-tracking health technology: a review of the qualitative research literature. Health Care for Women International. ISSN 0739-9332. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1884682. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Analyse av kvalitative materialer i et vitenskapsteoretisk perspektiv. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 129–152.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Tekstanalyse som kvalitativ forskningsmetode. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 107–127.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Hermeneutikk og vitenskap. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 32–45.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Om vitenskapsteoretiske begreper og grunnsyn. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 16–31.
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fugletveit, Ragnhild (2018). "Å møtes som mennesker og medmennesker". In Olsen, Bennedichte C. R.; Skotte, Pernille Stornæss & Farstad, Gunhild Regland (Ed.), Sosiologi i sosialfagene. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 978-82-15.03086-9. p. 207–219.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). The Becoming of Punishment as an Unpredictable and Moveable Torment. In Fransson, Elisabeth; Giofrè, Francesca & Johnsen, Berit (Ed.), Prison, architecture and humans. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-52967-3. p. 201–223. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun & Femdal, Ingrid (2017). Evidens mellom objektivering og kontekstualisering. In Feiring, Marte; Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud; Juritzen, Truls Ingvar & Larsen, Kristian (Ed.), Kritiske perspektiver i helsefagene - utdanning, yrkespraksis og forskning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-55031-8. p. 255–279. doi: https:/doi.org/10.23865/noasp.19.
Fransson, Elisabeth & Brottveit, Gudrun (2015). Rådsmøtet som event. Lokale progresjons- og tilbakeføringspraksiser i et norsk høysikkerhetsfengsel inspirert av et deleuziansk blikk. Psyke & Logos. ISSN 0107-1211. 36(1), p. 111–128.
Brottveit, Gudrun; Fransson, Elisabeth & Kroken, Randi (2015). "A fine balance" - how child welfare workers manage organizational changes within the Norwegian Welfare State. Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion. ISSN 2000-8023. 6. doi: 10.3402/vgi.v6.24777. Show summary
In 2004, the Child Welfare Reform (CWR) was introduced in Norway. One of the most important goals of the reform was to strengthen State level authority in public child welfare and establish equal child welfare services across the country. The aim of this article is to study how this new reform affected the work of municipal child welfare professionals and led to the development of a regional project called New Child Welfare (NCW). Based on qualitative interviews with central actors in NCW, regarding the interaction between state and local child welfare professionals, the article shows how professionals within local child welfare reacted on the CWR. The NCW was established as a consequence of the professionals’ reaction on state governance and represent a new type of network. Inspired by Michel Foucaults’ concepts of governmentality and self-work, the article focuses on the development of the NCW as a result of child welfare workers’ confrontation with state governance and their fight for innovative solutions, knowing that the reform had direct impact on vulnerable children, youths, and their families. The local and collective self-work in NCW is an expression of a new form of productive power based on equality and cooperation, as well as a particular form of dependency between municipal and state levels of governance. The article highlights the importance of studying how reforms introduced by the state actually influence local child welfare work, policy, and professionalism within municipal child welfare.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2014). Barnevernssak eller straffesak – utilsiktede virkninger av et strafferettslig perspektiv i barnevernet. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. ISSN 0800-1014. p. 196–216.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2013). Barnets beste - en fortolkende tilnærming til begrepets betydning i en barnevernsfaglig kontekst. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. p. 18–31.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2008). Barnevern og foreldreskap. In Bø, Bente Puntervold & Olsen, Bennedichte C. R. (Ed.), Utfordrende foreldreskap - under ulike livsbetingelser og tradisjoner. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-38995-3.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2008). Sosialt arbeid – et fag i spenningsfeltet. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. Show summary
Artikkelen er fagfellevurdert og publisert som nivå 1. artikkel
Brottveit, Gudrun (1997). Seksuelle overgrep som sosialt fenomen. In Olsen, Bennedichte C. Rappana & Bunkholdt, Vigdis (Ed.), Barnevernet - mangfold og mening. Festskrift til Gerd Hagen. Aschehoug & Co.
Brottveit, Gudrun (1995). Compensating Crime Viictims in Norway. In Greer, Desmond; Raschka, Wolfgang & van den Wyngaert, Christine (Ed.), Compensating Crime Victims: A European Survey. Max-Planck-Institut f. ausländ. u. inter. Strafrecht. ISSN 978-3861139683.
Brottveit, Gudrun (1995). Når legen blir mer opptatt av diagnosen enn av dialogen. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. 49 (2).
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Mary det ubeskrivelige tilfellet. Social kritik : tidsskrift for social analyse og debat. ISSN 0904-3535.
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Mary - det ubegripelige tilfellet. Materialisten. Tidsskrift for forskning, fagkritikk og teoretisk debatt. ISSN 0801-3055.

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Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-05-51083-8. 181 p.

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Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Ihlebæk, Camilla; Brottveit, Gudrun & Del Busso, Lilliana Andrea (2023). Digital vold i intime ungdomsrelasjoner. Fredrikstad Blad.
Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Del Busso, Lilliana Andrea & Brottveit, Gudrun (2020). Et kritisk blikk på kvinners erfaringer med smartklokker. Fredrikstad Blad.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Hva innebærer det å arbeide forskningsrelatert ? In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 178–181.
Brottveit, Gudrun & Del Busso, Lilliana Andrea (2018). Å skrive akademiske oppgaver. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 156–177.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Den kvalitative forskningsprosessen og kvalitative forskningsmetoder. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 84–106.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Ulike typer prosjektarbeid. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 74–79.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Om forskningsdesign. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 62–73.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Kritisk Tekstlesning. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-51083-8. p. 56–61.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2017). Vitenskapsteori, forskningdmetode og akademisk skriving. Show summary
Jeg ble engasjert til å delta i et pedagogisk utviklingsprosjekt for bachelorstudenter i helse-, barnevern og sosialfag. Målsetinge var å utvikle forståelse for metodefaget, kunnskapsprosessen og akademisk skriving.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2017). The Guarantee which disappeared.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2016). The becoming of punishment .
Brottveit, Gudrun (2016). Humanity – a cover for pain and punishment .
Brottveit, Gudrun (2015). Straff som unødig pine.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2014). Ethnography - a framework for Critical Thinking and Combination of different Science Traditions.
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). The implementation of the reversal reform in a high security prison in Norway. A welfare benefit or a modern form of social control? Show summary
Recidivism among inmates is identified as one of the central problems in correctional services. Rehabilitation or "improvement" of prisoners have been a recurrent idea since 1700 and is considered a key part of the modern welfare state. The paper highlights the Norwegian Government’s guarantee towards the reintegration of convicted persons into society (cf. St.meld.nr. 37). This is classified as a humanistic reform aimed at preparing inmates for a law abiding life after transition from prison. Based on a qualitative study of convicted men's transition from a high security prison prison and out in society, the paper seeks to shed light on the unintended effects of the reforms. Earlier prison practice shows that release after 2/3 time is normal, if the inmate showing good progression and behavior in prison. Our conversations with inmates shows that several of those who sit on long sentences often have problems getting approved leave of absence at the expected time and release on 2/3 time. The official justification for rejection is usually that it is contrary to the general sense of justice, without any other form of individual grounds for refusal. In many respects it seems that the way out of prison is longer than before – and is this in accordance with the intentions behind the reversal guarantee? How are the guarantee implemented locally in the particular prison and what are the inmates experiences are key questions explored in the paper. The overall goal with is to discuss whether reversal guarantee is a welfare benefit or a modern form of social control?
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). Kunsten å tenke utenfor inne.
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). Health in a Correctional Setting.
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). Researcher' meetings with the human body in a modern Norwegian prison.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2011). A criminological look at the child welfare role in sexual abuse cases – a child or a criminal law perspective?".
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Søkelys på prosjektevalueringen. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(8).
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Prosjekt som tilnærmingsmetode og organisasjonsmodell. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(6).
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Hvorfor noen prosjektet lykkes? Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(5).
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Prosjektarbeid - kortsiktig løsning på langvarige problemer. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(4), p. 6–8.
Brottveit, Gudrun (2007). Seksuelle overgrep mot barn. – En fortolkende tilnærming til barnevernsarbeideres forståelse. 7Letras.
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Et ungdomsmiljø i offentlighetens søkelys - noen myter og bilder i kontrast. 7Letras.

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