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CURRICULUM VITAE
Julia Orupabo
Date of birth: 5. November 1982
Address: Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box. 3233 Elisenberg, 0208 Oslo
E-mail: jor@samfunnsforskning.no
Tel: + 47 97666787/23086166
Current affiliation: Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research
Fields of research: Education, transition between education and work, ethnic and gender
segregated labour markets.
Education
2014
2007
Ph. D, sociology, University of Oslo
Master, sociology, University of Oslo
Work experience
2014Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research
2008-2014
PhD Candidate, Institute for Social Research
2007-2008
Research assistant, Institute for Social Research
2006
Research assistant, National Centre for ICT in Education, University of Oslo
Project Management
2015
Women with immigrant background in the labour marked. Funded by The
research council of Norway
2014
Mapping social pedagogical work in support services for young victims of
forced marriage / honor-related violence. Funded by the Norwegian Directorate
for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
2014
Gender diversity. Funded by Accenture
Other activities and membership
2015Co-editor of the journal Spotlight on the labor market (Søkelys på arbeidslivet)
2015
Lecture at PhD course Interaction of Social Categories, Oslo and Akershus
University Collage of Social Categories Interaction of Social Categories
2015Supervisor to one PhD student, and one MA student.
2015Deputy member of committee of Norwegian Non-fiction Writers And
Translators Associations grants for writers with immigrant back ground
2014On the editorial board of Manifesto Journal (Manifest tidsskrift)
2014
Editor of special issue on “Social psychology” Sociology today (Sosiologi i
dag) no.4 2014 (with Arnfinn Midtbøen)
2013
External examiner, MA-dissertation Department of Sociology, University of
Oslo
2011-14
External examiner, BA-courses, Cultural sociology, Migration and
multicultural questions, Internationalization, citizenship and the welfare state,
Department of Sociology, University of Oslo
2011
Managing editor of Comparative social research
2011
Editor of special issue on “Norwegianess” Sociology today no.3-4 (with Mette
Løvgren)
2010 Co-editor of the journal Sociology today, (Sosiologi i dag)
2009-2010
On the editorial board of Prosa
Selected research projects
2013-2016 CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality. Funded by the Ministry of
Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
2015
Women with immigrant background in the labour marked. Funded by The
research council of Norway
2014
Descriptions of ethnic and religious minorities in textbooks. Funded by the The
Directorate of education and training
2008-2013
Integration, Exclusion and Job Mobility in Different Types of Norwegian
Work Organizations. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council
Grants
2015
2014
2010
Norsk faglitterær forfatterforening (The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers And
Translators Association (NFF))
P.M. Røwdes stiftelse (The P.M. Røwde Foundation)
Fritt ord (The Fritt Ord Foundation)
Selected articles and book chapters
Grødem, A. S. and Orupabo (2015) «Gradering av sykefravær – hvilke problemer løser det?»
[Grading of sick leave – what problem does it solve?] Søkelys på arbeidslivet 1-2 2015
Orupabo J. (2014) «Interseksjonalitet i praksis: Utfordringer med å anvende et
interseksjonalitetsperspektiv i empirisk forskning» [Intersectionality in practice:
Challenges in applying an intersectional perspective in empirical research]Sosiologisk
Tidsskrift 4/2014
Orupabo (2014) Det kjønnssegregerte arbeidslivet – maskulinisering av toppen og etnifisering
av bunnen» [The gender segregated labour marked – masculinization of the top and
ethnification of the bottom]i Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, 14/2
Orupabo, J. (2014) «Kompromisser og anerkjennelse: overgang fra utdanning til arbeid»
[Compromises and recognition: transitions from education to work] i (red.) Reisel og
Teigen, Det kjønnsdelte arbeidsmarked Oslo: Gyldendal
Orupabo J. (2011) «Kjønn og etnisitet som symbolske grenser i to profesjonsutdanninger»
[Gender and ethnicity as symbolic boundaries in two proffesions] i (red.) Leseth and
Solbrække, Profesjon, kjønn og etnisitet. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Orupabo J. (2010). ”En klassereise nedover” [Downward mobility]i (red.) Dahlgren og
Ljunggren Klassebilder. Ulikhet og sosial mobilitet i Norge. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget
Orupabo J. (2008). ”I andre land betyr ikke hudfarge noe, har du papirer, så får du en jobb”
[«In other countries your skin color doesn’t matter. You will get a job if you have
qualifications.”] Søkelys på arbeidslivet
Rogstad J. and Orupabo J. (2007). ”Vennligst vent, du rykker stadig fram til start” [Please
hold, you will soon start on scratch]. Søkelys på arbeidslivet
Selected reports
Orupabo J. (2014) Kompetanse – en symbolsk markør. Kjønn, etnisitet og aspirasjoner i
overgangen mellom utdanning og arbeidsmarked.[Competence - a symbolic marker.
Gender, ethnicity and aspirations in the transition between education and work] Ph.D.
Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo
Nadim, M. og Orupabo (2014) Miljøterapi med unge utsatt for tvangsekteskap og æresrelatert
vold. [Social pedagogical work in support services for young victims of forced marriage and
honor-related violence] ISF-Report 2014:013
Midtbøen, A. H., Orupabo, J. & Røthing, Å. (2014). Etniske og religiøse minoriteter i
læremidler: Lærer- og elevperspektiver [Ethnic and Religious Minorities in
Norwegian Textbooks: Perspectives from Teachers and Pupils]. ISF-report 2014:11.
Oslo: Institute for Social Research
Midtbøen, A. H., Orupabo, J. & Røthing, Å. (2014). Beskrivelser av etniske og religiøse
minoriteter i læremidler [Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Norwegian Textbooks].
ISF-report 2014:10. Oslo: Institute for Social Research
Bredal A. and Orupabo J. (2014) «Drammen som introduksjonsarena. En gjennomgang av
kommunens introduksjons- og kvalifiseringsarbeid for nyankomne innvandrere»
[Drammen as a arena of introduction. Integration and qualification of newly arrived
immigrants] ISF Rapport 2014:04
Steen Jensen R. and Orupabo J. (2010). ”Evaluering av forsøk med moderat kvotering av
personer med ikke-vestlig bakgrunn. [Evaluating measures with quotas of people with
immigrant background] as ISF rapport
Orupabo J. (2008). ”På TV sa de at de trengte ingeniører”. Etniske minoriteter:
klasseidentifikasjon og arbeidsposisjon. [They said they needed engineers at the
television. Ethnic minorities: class identification and labour market position]. ISF
rapport