I-SPHERE and CHIH April Seminar on Housing and Welfare Outcomes in Norway
Jardar and Kristin from HOUSINGWEL at Oslo Metropolitan University) will present some of the core areas of research at the centre.
Date: April 29, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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We are delighted that Kristin Aarland and Jardar Sørvoll will present the I-SPHERE and CHIH April seminar. Jardar and Kristin Aarland are from HOUSINGWEL, centre for housing and welfare research (Oslo Metropolitan University), and will present some of the core areas of research at the centre, which is funded by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. The talk will cover key findings and theoretical perspectives from HOUSINGWEL’s study of the very residual Norwegian social rented sector, as well as the centre’s comprehensive registry-based database, and extensive quantitative research on the relationship between housing and welfare at the individual level. The presentation will cover results from an ongoing investigation into differential treatment (“discrimination”) of ethnic minority applicants in the public starter mortgage program in Norway, a programme that caters to prospective homeowners that are unable to secure (sufficient) mortgage financing in the regular market.
You may also be interested in reading recent articles from Kristin and Jardar: The great social housing trade-off. ‘Insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ in urban social rental housing in Norway and Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway – ScienceDirect
