Marte E. S. Haaland
Position
Associate professor
Affiliation
- marte.haaland@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55588582
- +4741645969
- Visitor address
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Overlege Danielssens hus, 4. etasje, Årstadveien 21
5009 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7804NO-5020 BergenNorway
Marte E. S. Haaland
Position
Associate professor
Affiliation
Research groups
Short info
Research
My research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, with particular emphasis on how personal choices regarding whether, when, and how to have children are often influenced by political and societal factors. I specialize in abortion and abortion policy, both nationally and globally, and my research interests lie at the intersection of health and society.
I investigate how political directives, societal norms, economic interests, health systems, and religious beliefs affect individual reproductive autonomy. It is important to understand both the obvious and underlying mechanisms that shape and govern reproduction, in order to address future demographic changes without compromising individuals' rights to make decisions about their own lives.
My research interests also encompass health policy, society, and individual experiences, where health disparities often manifest. The healthcare system does not function equally for all groups, and this is a central theme in my research. Although my main focus is on sexual and reproductive health, I am also interested in how health policy affects individuals' experiences with the healthcare system in other areas, such as migration health
Outreach
Vi må verne om det norske helsevesenet - Bergens Tidende 27.9.2019
Kvinnekroppen som forhandlingskort - Bergens Tidende 8.3.2019
When abortions become public - a case from rural Zambia - Presentation at anniverisy seminar for Centre for International Health 10.12.2018
Mange millioner jenter blir uønsket gravide - Bergens Tidene 02.12.2018
Kvinnekropper i politisk spill, igjen (Female bodies in politics, again) - guest blogpost at Maddam.no, October 31, 2018
Law, politics and adolescent sexual and reproductive health: evidence of impact - panelist in panel during Bergen Exchanges 21.8.2018
La oss snakke litt om abort (Let's talk about abortion) - guest blogpost at Maddam.no, June 14, 2018
Teaching
Culture and health, medical anthropology, qualitative research methods, sexual and reporductive health and rights, ethnography
Publications
Academic article
- Marianne Kjelsvik; Eva Gjengedal; Kaya Sinem Cetin et al. (2026). Termination of a Wanted Pregnancy: Emotional Attachment and Loss in Second-Trimester Abortion Following Prenatal Diagnosis. (external link)
- Mulumebet Zenebe; Marte E.S. Haaland (2025). ‘The lesser evil’–Abortion and reproductive stigma among Ethiopian university students. (external link)
- Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland (2016). Krevende kommunikasjon om svangerskap og fødsel - Om veiledning av innvandrerkvinner på en norsk helsestasjon. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; James K. Tumwine et al. (2018). "We shall count it as a part of kyogero": acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. (external link)
- Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; Joseph Mumba Zulu; Karen Marie Ingeborg Moland et al. (2020). When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia. (external link)
- David Mukunya; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; James K Tumwine et al. (2020). “The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. (external link)
- Joseph M. Zulu; Astrid Blystad; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland et al. (2019). Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia. (external link)
- Jennifer Jean Infanti; Jessica Omija Korpela; Chloe Maria Stephenson et al. (2025). Student experiences and perspectives on decolonising global health education: a qualitative study across five Nordic countries. (external link)
- Emily Mclean; Ingrid Miljeteig; Astrid Blystad et al. (2024). From political priority to service delivery: Complexities to real-life priority of abortion services in Ethiopia. (external link)
- Margarate N. Munakampe; Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; Joseph M. Zulu et al. (2021). From science to sustainable systems: Evidence based-decision making for adolescent fertility in Zambia. (external link)
- Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; Haldis Haukanes; Joseph Zulu et al. (2020). Silent politics and unknown numbers: Rural health bureaucrats and Zambian abortion policy. (external link)
- Astrid Blystad; Haldis Haukanes; Getnet Tadele et al. (2019). The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia. (external link)
- Marte Emilie Sandvik Haaland; Haldis Haukanes; Joseph M. Zulu et al. (2019). Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act. (external link)