Gudrun Brottveit

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

Norwegian version of this page Position

Professor

Contact

gudrun.brottveit@hiof.no

Study place

Fredrikstad

Office nr.

A-220B

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).

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 & Busso, Lilliana Andrea Del (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. Full text in Research Archive
Busso, Lilliana Andrea Del; 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 Show summary
In this review we aimed to identify and synthesize the existing qualitative research literature on women’s experiences of using wearable digital self-tracking health technology, and analytically explore the lived through and embodied aspects of self-tracking in the first-person accounts presented in this literature. Thirteen empirical studies conducted in Australia, USA, Canada, Denmark, Finland and Germany, and published within the time period 2014 to 2019, were identified through systematic searches in relevant databases, and analyzed using a method of interpretive metasynthesis. Our analysis suggests that women experienced gaining access to bodily information that was otherwise experienced as hidden through using a wearable device, and that experiencing feelings was integral to their self-tracking practices and experiences. We thus identified two core themes across the included studies: Embodying the knowing self and Embodying strong feelings. Our review contributes to the existing literature by outlining and describing an emerging body of research across different health related disciplines, and makes a theoretical contribution by highlighting the need to minimize emotional labor and to provide the opportunity for embodying agency in the context of the selftracking activities of patients and consumers. In addition we suggests methodological ways forward in producing detailed and nuanced knowledge about the practices and implications of women’s use of digital self-tracking health technology.
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 9788215030869. p. 207–219. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Hermeneutikk og vitenskap. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 32–45. 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 9788205510838. p. 129–152. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Tekstanalyse som kvalitativ forskningsmetode. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 107–127. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Om vitenskapsteoretiske begreper og grunnsyn. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 16–31. Full text in Research Archive
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 9788202529673. 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 9788202550318. p. 255–279. doi: 10.23865/noasp.19. Full text in Research Archive
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. 6. doi: 10.3402/vgi.v6.24777. Full text in Research Archive 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.
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. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2014). Barnevernssak eller straffesak – utilsiktede virkninger av et strafferettslig perspektiv i barnevernet. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. ISSN 0800-1014. p. 196–216. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2013). Barnets beste - en fortolkende tilnærming til begrepets betydning i en barnevernsfaglig kontekst. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. p. 18–31. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2008). Sosialt arbeid – et fag i spenningsfeltet. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Artikkelen er fagfellevurdert og publisert som nivå 1. artikkel
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 9788205389953. Full text in Research Archive
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. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1995). Compensating Crime Viictims in Norway. In Greer, Desmond; Raschka, Wolfgang & Wyngaert, Christine van den (Ed.), Compensating Crime Victims: A European Survey. Max-Planck-Institut f. ausländ. u. inter. Strafrecht. ISSN 9783861139683. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1995). Når legen blir mer opptatt av diagnosen enn av dialogen. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. 49 (2). Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Mary - det ubegripelige tilfellet. Materialisten. Tidsskrift for forskning, fagkritikk og teoretisk debatt. ISSN 0801-3055. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Mary det ubeskrivelige tilfellet. Social kritik : tidsskrift for social analyse og debat. ISSN 0904-3535. Full text in Research Archive

View all works in NVA

Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205510838. 181 p. Full text in Research Archive

View all works in NVA

Aadnanes, Margrete; Herland, Mari Dalen; Gjermestad, Anita; Gjersøe, Heidi Moen; Grimsgaard, Cathrine & Brottveit, Gudrun [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2025). Forskningsdagene: Er barna trygge i institusjoner? | Litteraturhuset. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Hva betyr trygghet i ulike institusjoner for barn og unge i sårbare livssituasjoner?
Fransson, Elisabeth; Brottveit, Gudrun; Grimsgaard, Cathrine & Herland, Mari Dalen (2025). Hvorfor opprettes det nye fengselsplasser når barn ikke skal i fengsel? doi: https:/www.forskersonen.no/barn-og-ungdom-kriminalitet-kronikk/hvorfor-opprettes-det-nye-fengselsplasser-nar-barn-ikke-skal-i-fengsel/2487523. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
«Barn skal ikke i fengsel,» slår FNs barnekonvensjon fast. Likevel planlegger myndighetene en tredobling av fengselsplasser for mindreårige i løpet 2026.
Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Ihlebæk, Camilla; Brottveit, Gudrun & Busso, Lilliana Andrea Del (2023). Digital vold i intime ungdomsrelasjoner. Full text in Research Archive
Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Busso, Lilliana Andrea Del & Brottveit, Gudrun (2020). Et kritisk blikk på kvinners erfaringer med smartklokker. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun & Busso, Lilliana Andrea Del (2018). Å skrive akademiske oppgaver. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 156–177. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Hva innebærer det å arbeide forskningsrelatert ? In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 178–181. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Den kvalitative forskningsprosessen og kvalitative forskningsmetoder. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 84–106. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Kritisk Tekstlesning. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 56–61. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Ulike typer prosjektarbeid. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 74–79. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2018). Om forskningsdesign. In Brottveit, Gudrun (Eds.), Vitenskapsteori og kvalitative forskningsmetoder - Om å arbeide forskningsrelatert. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205510838. p. 62–73. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2017). Vitenskapsteori, forskningdmetode og akademisk skriving. Full text in Research Archive 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. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2016). Humanity – a cover for pain and punishment. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2016). The becoming of punishment. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2015). Straff som unødig pine. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2014). Ethnography - a framework for Critical Thinking and Combination of different Science Traditions. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). Kunsten å tenke utenfor inne. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun & Fransson, Elisabeth (2013). Researcher' meetings with the human body in a modern Norwegian prison. Full text in Research Archive
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? Full text in Research Archive 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). Health in a Correctional Setting. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2011). A criminological look at the child welfare role in sexual abuse cases – a child or a criminal law perspective?". Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Søkelys på prosjektevalueringen. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(8). Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Prosjektarbeid - kortsiktig løsning på langvarige problemer. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(4), p. 6–8. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Hvorfor noen prosjektet lykkes? Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(5). Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1987). Prosjekt som tilnærmingsmetode og organisasjonsmodell. Helse- og sosialforum. ISSN 0801-1842. 61(6). Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (2007). Seksuelle overgrep mot barn. – En fortolkende tilnærming til barnevernsarbeideres forståelse. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
Brottveit, Gudrun (1993). Et ungdomsmiljø i offentlighetens søkelys - noen myter og bilder i kontrast. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

View all works in NVA

Published June 12, 2018 4:09 PM - Last modified Dec. 7, 2022 11:33 AM