1. Life course and biographical research with special focus on transitions in the life course 
2. Time and temporalities
3. Gender, social class and intergenerational relations 
4. Methods in context 

2024

• Payne, Nicola; Lewis, Suzan; Nilsen, Ann (2024). Women’s lives and temporalities of fertility treatment. (external link)
• Beitnes, Mari Støverud; Nilsen, Ann (2024). The Temporalities of Farming: Nature’s Rhythms of Life and the Demands of Clock Time. (external link)

2023

• Nilsen, Ann (2023). Changing Temporal Opportunity Structures? Two Cohorts of Young Women’s Thoughts about Future Work, Family and Education. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2023). Biographical Life Course Research: Studying the Biography-History Dynamic. (external link)

2022

• Nilsen, Ann (2022). Øystein Gullvåg Holter og Lotta Snickare (red.): Likestilling i akademia. Fra kunnskap til endring.. (external link)

2021

• Nilsen, Ann (2021). Klasse, kjønn og sosial mobilitet. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom (2021). The Taken- for- Granted in Intergenerational Processes during Youth Transitions: Exploring Intersections of Gender, Class and Historical Period. (external link)
• Grønmo, Sigmund; Nilsen, Ann; Christensen, Karen (2021). Ulikhet : Sosiologiske perspektiver og analyser. (external link)
• Grønmo, Sigmund; Nilsen, Ann; Christensen, Karen (2021). Ulikhet - et samfunnsvitenskapelig tema. (external link)

2020

• Nilsen, Ann (2020). Independence and relationality in notions of adulthood across generations, gender and social class. (external link)

2019

• Nilsen, Ann (2019). Levels of intersecting temporalities in young men’s orientation to the future. A cross-national case comparison. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2019). Synchrony of Intersecting Temporalities in Young People’s Housing Transitions: Intergenerational Cross-national Comparisons, in Housing, Theory and Society . (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2019). Young women’s thoughts about the future:comparing across cohorts and historical periods. (external link)

2018

• Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom; Nilsen, Ann (2018). Conceptualising inequality in transitions to adulthood. (external link)
• Irwin, Sarah; Nilsen, Ann (2018). Understanding youth transitions in difficult times. (external link)
• Irwin, Sarah; Nilsen, Ann (2018). Transitions to Adulthood through Recession. Youth and Inequalitiy in a European Comparative Perspective. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom; Nilsen, Ann et al. (2018). Transitions from school to work in Norway and Britain among three family generations of working-class men. (external link)

2017

• Nilsen, Ann; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom (2017). Youth and perceptions of adulthood in three generations. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2017). Youth Transitions in Times of Inequality: 'private troubles' and 'public issues' in discussions of intergenerational solidarity and conflict. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2017). Young people's thoughts about the future: methods and data from three different studies. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2017). Biographical interviews in mixed methods research designs. (external link)

2016

• Nilsen, Ann (2016). Tilpasninger mellom familie og lønnsarbeid i jobbyrker. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2016). A collaborator par excellence: reflections upon Sue Lewis' contribution to cross-national research in the work-family field. (external link)

2015

• Nilsen, Ann (2015). Young, free and independent? A discussion of the transition to adulthood and intergenerational relationships. (external link)
• Kalleberg, Ragnvald; Martinussen, Willy; Nilsen, Ann (2015). Den beste norsk-/skandinavisk- språklige artikkelen i 2014. Den beste ikke-/skandinavisk-språklige artikkelen i 2014.. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2015). Contextualising transitions to adulthood across three generations: methodological issues in cross-national comparisons. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom; Nilsen, Ann et al. (2015). School to work transitions across three generations of working class men: A Norwegian-British comparison. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom (2015). Transitions to adulthood: an intergenerational lens. (external link)

2014

• Nilsen, Ann (2014). Cohort and generation: concepts in studies of social change from a life course perspective. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Edwards, Rosalind (2014). Introduction: a life in methods. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2014). An intergenerational approach to transitions to adulthood: The importance of history and biography. (external link)

2013

• Scott, John; Nilsen, Ann (2013). C. Wright Mills and The Sociological Imagination. (external link)
• Kalleberg, Ragnvald; Martinussen, Willy; Nilsen, Ann (2013). Beste artikler i sosiologi 2012. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2013). Contextualising lives: the history-biography dynamic revisited. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2013). Encounters with pragmatism. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Scott, John (2013). Introduction: Mills today. (external link)

2012

• Nilsen, Ann (2012). Work, life course, and gender : career and non-career jobs in context. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2012). Transitions to parenthood in Europe. A comparative life course perspective. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2012). Transitions to parenthood: Introduction. (external link)
• Lewis, Suzan; Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2012). Conclusion. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; das Dores Guerreiro, Maria; Kovacheva, Siyka et al. (2012). Comparing transitions to motherhood across contexts. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2012). Cross-national comparisons: the history-biography link. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2012). Methodological approaches, practices and reflections. (external link)

2011

• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2011). Comparative biographies in case-based cross-national research: methodological considerations. (external link)

2010

• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2010). The Use of Mixed Methods in Biographical Research. (external link)

2009

• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2009). In conclusion. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2009). Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Sümer, Sevil ; Granlund, Lise (2009). Parents and organisational change: a cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2009). Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2009). Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Skarsbø, Anne Marit (2009). Familie, jobb og karriere - noen dilemmaer for likestilling. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2009). Work, families and organisations in transitions. European perspectives. (external link)

2008

• Nilsen, Ann (2008). From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues: The Case of Biographical Research. (external link)

2007

• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2007). Young People, Time Horizons and Planning: a Response to Anderson et al. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Individui e scelte : un esame critico di alcuni concetti dell'analisi sociologica contemporanea. (external link)
• Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Gutter i mannsdominerte yrkesfag: valg av utdanning og arbeid. (external link)
• Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Gutter i mannsdominerte yrkesfag: valg av utdanning og arbeid. (external link)
• Hagen, Åsne; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Å gjøre jobben sin Mestring og profesjon blant politiansatte som jobber med uttransport. (external link)
• Midtgaard, Tone; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Kjønn og kommunikasjon En sosiologisk analyse av talestiltilnærminger i kunnskapsformidling. (external link)
• Tveit, Anders; Nilsen, Ann (2007). Livet med industrigiganter Et studie av konstituering av miljøproblematikk i Øygarden på bakgrunn av planene om gasskraftverketablering. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2007). Thorstein Veblen. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2007). C.Wright Mills. (external link)

2006

• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2006). From fatherhood to fathering: Transmission and change among British fathers in four-generation families. (external link)

2005

• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2005). Individualisation, choice and structure: a discussion of current trends in sociological analysis. (external link)
• Christensen, Karen; Nilsen, Ann (2005). Analytic Induction and Grounded Theory: Case Analysis with Theory in Mind. (external link)
• Sumer, Sevil; Granlund, Lise; Nilsen, Ann (2005). National Report on Biographical Interviews: Social Services. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2005). Interview Study Consolidated Report. For the EU Framework 5 Study 'Gender, Parenthood and the Changing European Workplace'. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2005). Gender and work-family boundaries in private and public sector organisations. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2005). Life Course and Biographical Approaches in Sociology: a theoretical discussion. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2005). How Can a Life Course Approach Add to the Understanding of Social Change in Coastal Communities?. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2005). Comparative Research Using a Life Course Approach in a Cross-National Study: research design, case selection and interview methods. (external link)

2004

• Nilsen, Ann; Sumer, Sevil; Granlund, Lise (2004). Case Study Report. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2004). Amerikansk pragmatisme og biografisk forskning i sosiologi. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Mjøset, Lars (2004). Nationalism and Military Mobilisation - the Israeli State and the Arab State System. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Lewis, Suzan (2004). Transitions. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2004). Contexts of Intergenerational Relationships:a Comparative Study. (external link)
• Sumer, Sevil; Nilsen, Ann (2004). Transitions Context Mapping: National contributions. (external link)
• Sumer, Sevil; Nilsen, Ann (2004). Literature Review: National Report on Norway. (external link)

2003

• Nilsen, Ann (2003). Biografisk forskning, livløpsperspektiv og sosiologisk teori. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2003). Sociological Interpretations and Life Course Perspectives. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2003). Structure, Agency and Notions of Choice. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Korsnes, Olav (2003). Introduksjon til jubileumsnummer. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Raaum, Nina Cecilie (2003). Likestilling i arbeidslivet. En kommentar til Trond Petersen. (external link)

2002

• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2002). Young People's Time Perspectives: from Youth to Adulthood. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2002). American Pragmatism and Biographical Research. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2002). Adulthood: Changing Concepts and Definitions. (external link)

2001

• Tvedt, Terje; Nilsen, Ann (2001). Introduksjon. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2001). Jan Trost and Irene Levin: Särbo - Ett par - två hushåll. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2001). Questioning the Individualisation Thesis. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2001). On Life Course Transitions: Pathways into Adulthood. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2001). Intervjuanalyse: En prosessuell tilnærming. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Guerreiro, Maria das Dores; Brannen, Julia (2001). 'Most Choices involve Money': Different Pathways to Adulthood. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann (2001). Young People's Perspectives on the Future. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Brannen, Julia (2001). Theorising the individual-structure dynamic. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Suzan, Lewis; Nilsen, Ann et al. (2001). Introduction. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Tvedt, Terje; Nilsen, Ann (2001). Sosiologisk tidsskrift. Temanummer om natur og samfunn. (external link)
• Brannen, Julia; Suzan, Lewis; Nilsen, Ann et al. (2001). Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition. (external link)

2000

• Nilsen, Ann (2000). Recension av Jan Carle: Opinion og Aktion. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2000). Freedom or Boredom? Young People's Thoughts about Adult Life. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2000). Biography, Life History and Gender. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (2000). Miljøspørsmål i kvinneperspektiv: Økofeminisme. (external link)

1999

• Mjelde, Liv; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Broch-Due, Anne Kathrine et al. (1999). Middag blir tekst : om arbeidsdeling og husstellundervisningens utvikling i yrkesutdanningen. (external link)
• Thrane, Christer; Nilsen, Ann (1999). Verdier, sosio-økonomiske variabler og forklaringskraft: et tilsvar til Ottar Hellevik. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1999). Young People's Images of the Future. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1999). On Adulthood and Life Course Changes in Late Modernity. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1999). Where is the Future? Time and Space as Categories in Analyses of Young People's Images of the Future. (external link)

1998

• Nilsen, Ann (1998). Jovens para sempre? Uma perspectiva da individualizacao centrada nos trajectos de vida. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1998). The Future as a Notion and a Point of Reference in the Thoughts of YOung People. (external link)
• Knudsen, Knud; Nilsen, Ann (1998). Tallenes talende tavshed. Måleproblemer i surveyundersøkelser. Bokomtale. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Lewis, Suzan; Smithson, Janet et al. (1998). Futures on Hold. Young Europeans talk about combining work and family. (external link)

1997

• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Bokanmeldelse av Levin, Irene og Jan Trost : Å forstå hverdagen. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Bokanmeldelse av Gullestad, Marianne : Everyday Philosophers. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Nilsen, Ann (1997). Miljøsosiologi. Menneske - natur - samfunn. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Where is the Future ? Time and Space as Categories in the Analysis of Young People`s Thoughts about the Future. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Forever Young? A Life Course Approach to Individualisation. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Kvalitative forskningsintervjuer. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Fem artikler i Sosiologisk Leksikon. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1997). Great Expectations ? Exploring Men`s Biographies in Late Modernity. (external link)

1995

• Tveit, K. S.; Nyfors, A.; Nilsen, Ann (1995). Sexual behaviour in Norwegian blood donors attending an STD-clinic. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Haukenes, G; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1995). Longitudinal study of cytomegalovirus antibodies in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Haukenes, G.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1995). Longitudinal study of cytomegalovirus antibodies in individuals infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Haukenes, G.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1995). Longitudinal study of cytomegalovirus antibodies in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Haukenes, G; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1995). Longitudinal study of cytomegalovirus antibodies in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (external link)
• Tveit, K.S.; Nyfors, A.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1995). Knowledge of HIV infection and the fear of mixing socially with HIV-infected and AIDS-sick patients. (external link)

1994

• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Næss, A.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1994). A longitudinal study of phagocyte function in HIV-infected patients. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1994). Genital herpes simplex infeksjon. (external link)
• Tveit, K. S.; Nilsen, Ann; Nyfors, A. (1994). Casual sexual experience abroad in patients attending an STD clinic and at high risk for HIV infection. (external link)
• Tveit, K. S.; Nilsen, Ann; Nyfors, A. (1994). Sexual behaviour in heterosexual Norwegians travelling abroad. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Næss, A.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1994). A longitudinal study of phagocyte function in HIV infected patients. (external link)
• Tveit, K. S.; Nyfors, A.; Nilsen, Ann (1994). HIV-seropositive rate and HIV test activities among STD clinic attendees in Bergen, Norway. (external link)
• Tveit, KS; Nyfors, A; Nilsen, Ann (1994). HIV seropositive rate and HIV test activity among STD clinic attendees in Bergen, Norway. (external link)

1993

• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Nilsen, Ann; Voltersvik, Pål et al. (1993). Serum antibodies to viral pathogens and Toxoplasma gondii in HIV infected individuals from western Norway. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Samdal, H. H.; Kalland, Karl-Henning et al. (1993). Diagnosis of infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTL V-2) in Norwegian HIV infected individuals. (external link)
• Flø, Reinhardt W.; Nilsen, Ann; Voltersvik, Pål et al. (1993). Serum antibodies to viral pathogens and Toxoplasma gondii in HIV-infected individuals from westwern Norway. (external link)
• Knudtzon, J.; Aarskog, Dagfinn; Valland, Harald et al. (1993). Results of two years of growth hormone treatment followed by combined growth hormone and oestradiol in Turner syndrome. (external link)

1992

• Rødland, O.; Aksnes, Lage; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1992). Serum levels of vitamin D metabolites in isotretionin treated acne patients. (external link)
• Rødland, O.; Aksnes, Lage; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1992). Serum Levels of Vitamin D Metabolites in Isotretinion-treated Acne Patients. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann; Halsos, A.; Johansen, A. et al. (1992). A double blind study of single dose azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of chlamydial urethritis in males. (external link)
• Csango, P. A.; Skuland, J.; Nilsen, Ann et al. (1992). Papillomavirus Infection Among Abortian Applicants and Patients at a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic. (external link)
• Nilsen, Ann (1992). Women's ways of "careering" : a life course approach to the occupational careers of three cohorts of engineers and teachers. (external link)

1991

• Nilsen, Ann; Skjeldestad, F. E. (1991). Behandling av chlamydiainfeksjoner. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Edited volumes and monographs

Nilsen, A., R. Edwards (eds) 2014. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Special Issue: celebration of Julia Brannen’s Contribution to Research Methods,  Vol 17.(2)

Scott, J., A. Nilsen (eds) 2013. C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination. Contemporary Perspectives. London: Edward Elgar

Nilsen, A., J. Brannen, S. Lewis (eds) 2012 Transitions to Parenthood in Europe Bristol: Policy Press (Paperback edition 2013)

Lewis, S., J. Brannen, A. Nilsen (eds) 2009 Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Brannen, J., S. Lewis, A. Nilsen, J. Smithson (eds) 2002 Young People, Work and Family; Futures in Transition. London: Routledge 2002

Birkelund, G., A-K Broch-Due and A Nilsen (red) 1999. Ansvar og protest. Kjønn, klasse og utdanning i senmoderniteten. Et Festskrift for Hildur Ve. Universitetet i Bergen

Nilsen, A (red) 1997. Miljøsosiologi. Samfunn, miljø, natur (red) Oslo: PAX

Nilsen, A 1992. Women’s Ways of ‘Careering’: A Life Course Approach to the Occupational Careers of Three cohorts of Teachers and Engineers. Dr. Philos thesis, University of Bergen

Articles in refereed journals

Nilsen, A. 2014. Cohort, Age and Generation: concepts in studies of social change from a life course perspective, in Families, Relationships and Societies (in print)

Nilsen, A., J. Brannen. 2014. An Intergenerational Approach to Transitions to Adulthood: The importance of History and Biography, in Sociological Research Online, 19 (2)

Nilsen, A., R. Edwards R. 2014 Introduction: a life in methods. International Journal of Social Research Methodology Vol 17.(2) s. 93-103 

Nilsen A 2012 Work, life course and gender. Career and non-career jobs in context in European Societies 14(1) pp. 113-134

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2011 Comparative Biographies in Case-Based Cross-National   Research: Methodological Considerations in Sociology vol. 45, no 3, pp. 603-618

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2007 Individui e scelte: un esame critico di alcuni concetti dell'analisi sociologica contemporanea . Sociologia e politiche sociali 10(2):77-95

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2007 Young People, Time Horizons and Planning. A response to Anderson et al. in Sociology vol. 41, nr 1 pp. 153-160

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2006 From fatherhood to fathering: transmission and change among fathers in four-generation families in Sociology vol 40, no. 2 pp. 335-352

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2005 Individualisation, choice and structure: trends in current sociological analysis in Sociological Review vol 53, no. 3 pp. 412-428

Nilsen A and Raaum N 2003 Likestilling i arbeidslivet, in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning no 3, pp. 435-446  

Brannen J and  Nilsen A 2002 Young People’s Time Perspectives: from Youth to Adulthood. in  Sociology vol 36, no 3  pp 513-537

Nilsen, A. 1999. Where is the Future? Time and Space as Categories in Analyses of Young People’s Images of the Future, i Innovation. The European Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 12, no. 2, pp 175-195

Nilsen, A 1998. Jovens Para Sempre? Uma Perspectiva da individualizacao centrada nos trajectos de vida in SOCIOLOGIA – problemas e praticas nr. 27, pp. 59-78

Nilsen, A. 1996. Stories of Life – Stories of Living: women’s narratives and feminist biography in NORA Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies nr. 1 pp. 16-31

Nilsen, A. 1994. Life Stories in Context. A Discussion of the Linguistic Turn in Contemporary sociological Life Story Research in Sosiologisk tidsskrift nr 2, pp. 139-153

 

Book chapters

Nilsen, A. 2013. Encounters with pragmatism, in Scott, J., A. Nilsen (eds) 2013. C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination. Contemporary Perspectives. London: Edward Elgar

Nilsen, A. J. Brannen 2013. Contextualising lives: the history-biography dynamic revisited, in Scott, J., A. Nilsen (eds) 2013. C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination. Contemporary Perspectives. London: Edward Elgar

Nilsen, A, J. Scott 2013. Introduction, in Scott, J., A. Nilsen (eds) 2013. C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination. Contemporary Perspectives. London: Edward Elgar

Nilsen A, Brannen J and Lewis S 2012 Introduction, in Nilsen et al (eds)Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: a comparative life course perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Nilsen A 2012 Cross-national comparisons: the history-biography link in Nilsen et al (eds)Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: a comparative life course perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2012 Methodological approaches, practices and reflections in Nilsen et al (eds)Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: a comparative life course perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Nilsen A, das Dores Guerrreiro M, Kovacheva S, Smithson J 2012 Comparing transitions to motherhood across contexts in Nilsen et al (eds) Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: a comparative life course perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Lewis S, Nilsen A, Brannen J 2012 Discussion and conclusions in Nilsen et al (eds) Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: a comparative life course perspective Bristol: Policy

Nilsen A and Brannen J 2010 The Use of Mixed Methods in Biographical in A. Tashakkori, C. Teddlie (eds) Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Social and Behavioural Research (2nd edition) London: Sage 

Lewis S, Brannen J and Nilsen A 2009 Work, families and organisations in transition: Setting the context in Lewis et al (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2009 Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research in Lewis et al (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Nilsen A, Sümer S, and Granlund L 2009 Parents and organisational change: A cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations in Lewis et al (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Nilsen A, Lewis S and Brannen J 2009. Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts in  Lewis et al  (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Brannen J, Lewis S and Nilsen A 2009 In conclusion, in  Lewis et al (eds) Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: A European Perspective Bristol: Policy Press

Nilsen A and Skarsbø A M 2009 Familie, jobb, karriere – noen dilemmaer for likestilling, in Syltevik, L and K. Christensen (eds) Kvinners arbeid Oslo: Unipub 2009 

Nilsen A 2008 From questions of method to epistemological issues: the case of biographical research’ , in Alaasutari, P, et al (eds) Handbook of Social Research Methods London: Sage

Nilsen A  2007 ‘C.Wright Mills’ in J. Scott (ed) Fifty Key Sociologists. The Contemporary Theorists London: Routledge

Nilsen A 2007 ‘Thorstein Veblen’ in J. Scott (ed) Fifty Key Sociologists. The Formative Theorists London: Routledge 

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2004 Adulthood: changing definitions and concepts in Sloan Work and Family Encyclopaedia, Boston USA 2004

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2003 Structure, Agency and Notions of Choice, in A-K Kollind and A. Peterson (eds) Thoughts on Family, Gender, Generation and Class. Gothenburg

Brannen J, Lewis S and Nilsen A 2002 Introduction in Brannen et al (eds)Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition London: Routledge 2002

Nilsen A and Brannen J 2002 Theorising the individual-structure dynamic in Brannen et al (eds)  Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition

Brannen J and Nilsen A 2002 Young People's Perspectives on the Future in  Brannen et al (eds) Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition

Nilsen A, das Dores Guerreiro M and Brannen J 2002  ‘Most choices involve money': different pathways into adulthood in Brannen et al (eds) Young Europeans, Work and Family: Futures in Transition

Birkelund, G,, A-K. Broch-Due, A. Nilsen 1999. Introduksjon,  i Birkelund, G., A-K Broch-Due and A Nilsen (red) 1999. Ansvar og protest. Kjønn, klasse og utdanning i senmoderniteten. Et Festskrift for Hildur Ve. Universitetet i Bergen

Nilsen, A 1998. Representacões dos jovens acerca da idade adulta, i M. das Dores Guerreiro (ed). Trabalho, Família e Geracões. SIES/ISCTE. Lisboa

Nilsen, A. 1997. Introduksjon, in Nilsen, A. (ed) Miljøsosiologi. Natur-miljø-samfunn. Oslo: Pax

Nilsen, A. 1997. Great Expectations? Exploring Men’s Biographies in Late Modernity, in Grønmo S og B. Henrichsen (eds) Society, University and World Community: Festschrift for Ørjar Øyen, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press

Nilsen, A. 1995. Refleksjoner over kvinneforskning og kjønnsforskning, i Kjønn og samfunn i endring Norges Forskningsråd, Oslo

Nilsen, A. 1994. Life-Lines - A Methodological Approach, in G. Bjerèn and I. Elgqvist-Saltzman (eds): The Life-Line Approach to the Study of Social Change and Gender. Avebury:  Ashgate publishing

Nilsen, A. 1992. Using Life Histories in Sociology, in Iles T. (ed) All sides of the subject: Women and Biography, New York: Teachers College Press

 

Selected conference papers and miscellaneous (since 2000)

Nilsen, A. 2013. Age, Cohort and Generation: concepts in life course and biographical research. Open University, Milton Keynes UK

Nilsen, A. 2013. Kryssnasjonale komparasjoner av livsløp, kjønn og foreldreskap i Europa, at Christie Seminaret, University of Bergen, May 24

Nilsen, A. 2011. Arbeid, livsløp og kjønn. Innlegg på konferansen Kvinner og Arbeid – nye utviklingstrekk? Sosiologisk institutt UiB

Nilsen, A. 2008. Gender, parenthood and the new European workplace: gender neutral ‘family policies’ and gendered ‘equal opportunities policies’. Invited paper to Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv

Nilsen, A. 2008. Careers and Jobs: gendering parenthood in work-life integration. Invited paper to the conference ‘Easing the ‘rush-hour’of life. Berlin

Nilsen, A. 2007. Gir vi ungdommer riktig utdanning (Are young people offered the right types of education?) Invited paper with given title to the conference Norden Äldras (The aging Nordic countries) Helsinki Nov. 2007. Foreningen Norden

Nilsen, A. 2005. Comparative Research Using a Life Course Approach in a Cross-National Study: research design, case selection and interview methods. Invited paper at Workshop in Comparative Biographical Research, University of London/ESRC

Nilsen A., J. Brannen 2005. Interview Study. Consolidated Report For the EU framework 5 study ‘Gender, Parenthood and the Changing European Workplace (Transitions) (with J. Brannen) Manchester Metropolitan University, RIHSC

Nilsen A., T. Tvedt 2001. Introduksjon, i Sosiologisk tidsskrift nr. 1-2, 2001. Special issue on environmental sociology.

Nilsen, A 2001. Freedom or Boredom: Young People’s Thoughts about Adult Life, invited paper to Gender Equality Across Borders Conference Oslo: 2001

Nilsen, A. 2001. On Life Course Transitions. Pathways into Adulthood. Paper for ESA-Conference, Helsinki,

Nilsen, A. 2000. Biography, Life History and Gender. Invited paper to the conference Transformations of Traditions and New Departures in European Sociology, Paris