Lilja Mosesdottir

• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Jonsson, Ivar (2024). Cooperative Socialist Futures: The Icelandic Third-Way Experiment. In Winther, Gorm & Jonsson, Ivar (Ed.), Human Security through the New Traditional Economy in the Arctic. Routledge. ISSN 9781003511434. p. 253–274. doi: 10.4324/9781003511434. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2024). Energy (in)justice in the green energy transition. The case of Fosen wind farms in Norway. Technology in society. ISSN 0160-791X. 77. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102563. Full text in Research Archive
• Jonsson, Ivar & Mosesdottir, Lilja (2023). Techno-solutionism Facing Post-liberal Oligarchy. In Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Eds.), Technology and Sustainable Development: The Promise and Pitfalls of Techno-Solutionism. Routledge. ISSN 9781032350561. p. 229–248. doi: 10.1201/9781003325086. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Jonsson, Ivar (2023). Governing Toward Sustainable Development: From a Path-Dependent Transition to a Disruptive One. In Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Eds.), Technology and Sustainable Development: The Promise and Pitfalls of Techno-Solutionism. Routledge. ISSN 9781032350561. p. 145–162. doi: 10.1201/9781003325086. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Jonsson, Ivar (2020). Theorizing transformative innovation: the role of agency in real critical junctures. In Bernhard, Iréne; Gråsjö, Urban & Karlsson, Charlie (Ed.), Diversity, Innovation and Clusters: Spatial Perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781789902570. p. 102–124. doi: 10.4337/9781789902587. Full text in Research Archive
• Jonsson, Ivar & Mosesdottir, Lilja (2018). Innovation systems at a crossroads: Implementing systems of transformative innovation. Rapport (Högskolan Väst). ISSN 2002-6188. p. 225–246. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Ideational struggles over women's part-time work in Norway: Destabilizing the gender contract. Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal. ISSN 0143-831X. 40(4), p. 1018–1038. doi: 10.1177/0143831X16681483. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  High rates of part-time work have been associated with high female employment rates in the Nordic countries, except for Finland. Part-time work has played a key role in the modification of the male breadwinner gender contract by enabling women to enter paid work while continuing to take on the main domestic responsibilities. Previously tacit and little disputed, this ‘normalization’ of women’s part-time work has increasingly become a contentious issue in the public debate in Norway, both in terms of its persistently high level and of the cultural values surrounding it. In their case study, the authors analyse the articulation of these critiques and the underlying conflict dynamics that put the gender contract under pressure and facilitate its modification. The empirical focus is on events inciting debates and the arguments or ideational frames key political actors have used to support their position. The analysis is based on newspaper articles published during the period 1997–2013.

• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2012). Enquête on the current financial crisis. Iceland. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. 14(1). doi: 10.1080/14616696.2012.652536. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2011). Gender (In)equalities in the Knowledge Society. Gender, Work & Organization. ISSN 0968-6673. 18(1), p. 30–47. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00533.x. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The article seeks answers to the question why progress towards gender equality has not turned out to be an inevitable part of the transition towards the knowledge society in Europe, in spite of efforts to ensure such an outcome. In this analysis I demonstrate how the market processes involved in the transition to the knowledge society entail opposing tendencies regarding gender inequalities. The European Union (EU) has brought into play a certain degree of convergence pressure by integrating relevant objectives of the Lisbon Strategy into the European Employment Strategy (EES) in order to pressure member states to develop its model of the knowledge society, which involves economic, employment and social progress. The main concern here is to identify the extent to which the EES and, in particular, the gender mainstreaming strategy is a tool to challenge the market forces underlying gender inequalities. It is argued that the EU’s policy processes take as a given, and indeed promote the predominance of market forces in the construction of the knowledge society. Hence, the EU does not have a clear vision of what perpetuates gender inequalities and therefore what needs to be done to change them.

• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2006). European Social Model and Gender Equality. In Jepsen, Maria & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (Ed.), Unwrapping the European Social Model. Policy Press. ISSN 9781861347985. p. 145–166. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2006). Introduction: Tackling Employment and Gender Challenges. In Mosesdottir, Lilja; Remery, Chantal & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (Ed.), Moving Europe towards the Knowledge Based Society and Gender Equality: Policies and Performances. ETUI. ISSN 9782874520303. p. 1–20. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  To what extent is Europe moving towards the EU's vision of the knowledge-based society (KBS) with better quality jobs and gender equality? The underlying force believed to be driving the transition to the KBS is the growing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), creating economic growth and social progress. However, there is no consensus as to what kind of society the KBS encompasses and what its implications may be in terms of gender equality. Statistical analysis in the book confirmed the existence of a strong relationship between the level of KBS performance and different models of the welfare state in the EU15 and Hungary and Iceland and a positive relationship between the move towards KBS and a higher quality of jobs. However, full gender equality is still a long way off and progress in this direction has been less general and intense than progress towards KBS. The welfare state and political actors are of key importance in this process and the relationship between (in)equality and the KBS is a complex one, as institutions, actors and firms in different countries all have a role to play. This book also discusses the role played, in regulating the transition to KBS, by the European Employment Strategy (EES) and national policies in Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary and Iceland. The policy analysis revealed that the EES operates primarily at the level of discourse, spreading a common understanding of problems in the areas of employment and gender equality. The gender mainstreaming applied in the context of the EES has so far not empowered women. Instead it has brought to light the unstable nature of women's representation within narrowly defined policy areas. In itself, the gender mainstreaming strategy has not led to transformation of policies and structures, and so has thus far made a rather limited contribution to gender equality.

• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Erlingsdottir, Rosa (2005). Spreading the Word across Europe. Gender Mainstreaming as a Political and Policy Project. International Feminist Journal of Politics. ISSN 1461-6742. 7(4), p. 513–531. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The implications of the integration of the gender mainstreaming strategy into the European Employment Strategy (EES) for social relations and regulation of gender relations at the national level are analysed since 1997 in both EU member states and non-member states. Our aim is to identify the extent to which the EU is able to use the EES as a discursive tool to shape political struggles and political processes at the national level. We also highlight the regulation of gender relations at the EU level and the national level through the identification of how gender problems, measures to solve these problems and the goal of gender equality are constructed or framed. The interests of different groups of men and women are inadequately represented in the EES and gender equality is perceived more as a derived objective of economic growth rather than a question of social justice.

• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2004). The European Employment Strategy from a Gender Perspective. In Ingimundarson, Valur; Loftsdottir, Kristin & Erlingsdottir, Irma (Ed.), Topographies of Globalization. Politics, Culture and Language. Háskólaútgáfan. ISSN 9789979545781. p. 207–227. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2003). Equal Pay. Main Debates and key factors. In Magnusson, Lars; Mosesdottir, Lilja & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (Ed.), Equal Pay and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy. ETUI. ISSN 9782930352428. p. 33–63. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2000). Pathways Towards the Dual Breadwinner Model: the Role of the Swedish, German and the American States. International Review of Sociology. ISSN 0390-6701. 10(2), p. 189–205. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (1999). Breaking the Boundaries. Women's Encounter with the State in Sweden, Germany and the United States. In Christiansen, Jens; Koistinen, Pertti & Kovalainen, Anna (Ed.), Working Europe - Reshaping European Employment Systems. Ashgate. ISSN 9781840149562. p. 97–136. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (1995). The State and the Egalitarian, Ecclesiastical and Liberal Regimes of Gender Relations. British Journal of Sociology. ISSN 0007-1315. 46(4), p. 623–642. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In this paper I attempt to construct a comparative analytical framework for the study of the state as a social relation and the regulation of gender relations. The first part of my analytical framework involves an analysis of the women's movement as an agent of political change. In the second part of my analytical framework, three typologies of regimes of gender relations are developed in order to capture the essential features of gender relations in different countries. These typologies are the egalitarian regime of gender relations, the ecclesiastical regime of gender relations and the liberal regime of gender relations. The final part of the comparative analytical framework involves an analysis of the dynamics of transformation of regimes and transition to new regimes. The main contribution of my typologies is that they analyse, on the one hand, how gender relations are regulated by the state in different parts of the economy (social reproduction included) that are relatively autonomous and identify, on the other hand, how social forces influence the nature of the state as a regulator of gender relations.

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• Koistinen, Pertti; Mosesdottir, Lilja & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (2009). Emerging Systems of Work and Welfare. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9789052015491. 325 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja; Remery, Chantal & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (2006). Moving Europe towards the Knowledge Based Society and Gender Equality: Policies and Performances. ETUI. ISBN 9782874520303. 291 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  To what extent is Europe moving towards the EU's vision of the knowledge-based society (KBS) with better quality jobs and gender equality? The underlying force believed to be driving the transition to the KBS is the growing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), creating economic growth and social progress. However, there is no consensus as to what kind of society the KBS encompasses and what its implications may be in terms of gender equality. Statistical analysis in the book confirmed the existence of a strong relationship between the level of KBS performance and different models of the welfare state in the EU15 and Hungary and Iceland and a positive relationship between the move towards KBS and a higher quality of jobs. However, full gender equality is still a long way off and progress in this direction has been less general and intense than progress towards KBS. The welfare state and political actors are of key importance in this process and the relationship between (in)equality and the KBS is a complex one, as institutions, actors and firms in different countries all have a role to play. This book also discusses the role played, in regulating the transition to KBS, by the European Employment Strategy (EES) and national policies in Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary and Iceland. The policy analysis revealed that the EES operates primarily at the level of discourse, spreading a common understanding of problems in the areas of employment and gender equality. The gender mainstreaming applied in the context of the EES has so far not empowered women. Instead it has brought to light the unstable nature of women's representation within narrowly defined policy areas. In itself, the gender mainstreaming strategy has not led to transformation of policies and structures, and so has thus far made a rather limited contribution to gender equality.

• Magnusson, Lars; Mosesdottir, Lilja & Serrano-Pascual, Amparo (2003). Equal Pay and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy. ETUI. ISBN 9782930352428. 453 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2001). The Interplay Between Gender, Markets and the State in Sweden, Germany and the United States. Ashgate. ISBN 9780754617457. 242 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2019). Retning 2061. Arbeidslivet fremover i lyset av digitalisering, aldring og klimaendringer. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2019). Fremtidens arbeidsplass - grenseløshet, omstilling og kompetanse. Full text in Research Archive
• Jonsson, Ivar & Mosesdottir, Lilja (2018). Innovation systems at a crossroads: Implementing systems of transformative innovation. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2018). Sparebank 1 ligner på gribbefondene. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2017). Fagbevegelsen i robotenes tidsalder: kortere arbeidstid eller borgerlønn? Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2017). Det grenseløse arbeidslivet i teknologiens tidsalder. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2016). Framtidens arbeidsmarked. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2016). Utfordringer ved dagens og fremtidens arbeidsliv. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2015). Iceland’s Dangerous Hangover. Social Europe Journal. ISSN 2046-9810. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Einarsdottir, Thorgerdur (2006). Globalisation and Gender. In Vaidya, Ashish (Eds.), Globalization. Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor and Politics. ABC-CLIO. ISSN 9781576078266. p. 785–795. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2001). The Swedish Economy, Welfare State, Tax System and the Educational System. In Cook, Bernard A. (Eds.), Europe since 1945: An Encyclopaedia. Routledge. ISSN 9780815313366. p. 1212–1219. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Mathisen, Bjørn (2018). Samfunnsviternes kompetanse og muligheter til etter- og videreutdanning Resultater fra Samfunnsviternes kompetanseundersøkelse blant medlemmene 2018. Samfunnsviterne. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja (2016). Arbeidslivet frem mot 2061. Retning 2061 - KLAR for å forme framtidens arbeidsliv. Samfunnsviterne. Full text in Research Archive
• Ramborg, Marte; Mosesdottir, Lilja & Østreng, Elisabeth (2016). Frilansere: Frihet og frykt. Perspektivnotat. Agenda og Samfunnsviterne. Full text in Research Archive
• Fløtten, Tone; Mosesdottir, Lilja & Pedersen, Lisbeth (2014). Velferdsstatsutfordringer. Ulikhet, arbeidsintegrering, tjenesteproduksjon og likestilling. NordMod2030. Fafo. ISSN 9788232401482. Full text in Research Archive

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