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Kristine Nergaard

Researcher

Publications

Fafo's Publications

Scientific publishing

Research communication

Interviews | 10. September 2025
Seminars and presentations | 12. August 2025
Interviews | 26. May 2025
Interviews | 9. May 2025
Interviews | 7. May 2025
TV radio podcast | 5. May 2025
Forskernytt | 2. May 2025
Op-eds and commentaries | 31. January 2025
Interviews | 22. January 2025
TV radio podcast | 22. January 2025
Interviews | 14. December 2024
Interviews | 12. December 2024
TV radio podcast | 10. December 2024
Interviews | 9. December 2024
Interviews | 15. November 2024
Op-eds and commentaries | 9. February 2024
Op-eds and commentaries | 28. September 2018
Op-eds and commentaries | 4. October 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 4. October 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 8. January 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 8. January 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 8. January 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 8. January 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 8. January 2016
Op-eds and commentaries | 10. December 2015

Completed projects

Department Mapping in FO (Fellesorganisasjonen)
Fafo will conduct a qualitative survey on how the Norwegian Union of Social Educators and Social Workers (FO) has planned and organized its work at the department level.
Use of temporary agency workers – Trondheim
Mapping of the hiring of labour from temporary work agencies at construction sites in Trondheim in the fall of 2023. Reporting on a survey conducted by multiple construction trade unions.
Update - trade union density among labou immigrants

The Fafo working paper on "Union density among migrant workers" will be updated with the latest available figures, as well as figures for other immigrant groups. This will be used for the government's policy on integration, to be presented during the spring of 2024.

Bonus, collective agreement - or both?

The project will investigate the prevalence of bonuses in selected industries within the private sector, with a particular focus on linking the use of bonuses to whether the company is a party to a collective agreement.

Extent of work outside of normal daytime hours

The main research question of the project is to investigate the extent of work outside regular daytime hours, specifically work in the evening, night, and weekends. The need for knowledge is described as twofold, partly an investigation within the retail sector, and partly a comprehensive mapping.

Gender equality and the representation of women i LO
A Fafo-paper will be prepared that looks at the status of women's representation in the Trade Union Council and the member unions, as well as contributions from ongoing research projects on women and shop stewards and collective agreement provisions on gender equality.
Trade union density and collective agreement coverage for labour immigrants

The project will provide figures for trade union density and collective agreement coverage among labour immigrants in Norway. The results will be presented according to industries and how long the workers have lived in Norway. The project includes both migrant workers from the EEA and third countries (countries outside the EEA).

Evaluation of the statutory regulation of threee-shift rotas

The project will evaluate the regulation three-shift rotas as regulated in the Working Environment Act § 10-4 (6).

HK and organizing within banking and finance - follow-up research

The project will follow HK's project aimed at the increased organization in the banking and finance sector and map out how the project has worked. This is done through interviews at the local and central level in HK, through a survey, and by reviewing documents and statistics.

Social security for self-employed

This project aims to bring forward new knowledge on social security schemes for solo self-employed, whether solo self-employ should be entitled to income security and if so, how such a scheeme could look like.

Employers and collective agreements

In this project, we will examine employers' attitudes towards, and motivation for organizing in employers' associations and entering into collective agreements. Among other things, we will investigate whether there are systematic differences between companies with and without collective agreements and organized and unorganized companies.

Migrants from Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia and Lithuania in Norway
What kind of information do labour immigrants need when they go to Norway to work or do business?
Union representatives - a gender perspective
The purpose of the project is to study union representatives and the careers of women and men in two LO associations with special emphasis on women's election careers.
Getting and staying together: 100 years of social dialogue and tripartism in Norway

Throughout Norway’s history, it has used social dialogue and tripartism to achieve better social and economic outcomes that benefit society as a whole. In this project we will study this in a historical context as well as look to the future of social dialogue. This project will end out in a report to the ILO 100 anniversary in the spring of 2019.

Study on organisations within the art and cultural sector

Creative professions and professions within arts and culture are a rapidly growing part of the international labor markets.

Compliance to regulations on temporary employment and labour hire

The last couple of years have seen increasing attention to a variety of challenges and issues pertaining to temporary employment and labour hire.

Special wage agreements in the municipal sector

The aim of the project is to map the amount of local special wage agreements in the municipal sector and what they regulate. The emphazise is put on agreements that are not established on the basis of central special wage agreements.

Part-time careers in Norway – the end of normalization? Women’s working time adaptation in a longitudinal perspective

In this project, we explore the new realities and implications of part-time working. The spotlight focuses particularly on the relationship between ‘good and bad’ part-time working in a national and international perspective.

Temporary employment

The aim of this comparative project is to study how temporary employment influences people’s employment careers and their chances of achieving a permanent establishment in the labour market.

Variable Pay

Pay determination has in recent years been characterized by two major trends in industrial relations: decentralization of bargaining and a shift to variable pay.