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
5. Cross-national comparative research 

2025: Supervising three PhD-students and three Master students. 

In the past ten years I have taught courses in research design and qualitative methods. Lectures at bachelor, master and PhD levels since 1993. Supervised postgraduates, PhDs and Postdocs. 

1999

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

2021

• Sigmund Grønmo; Ann Nilsen; Karen Christensen (2021). Ulikhet : Sosiologiske perspektiver og analyser. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2021). Klasse, kjønn og sosial mobilitet. (external link)
• Sigmund Grønmo; Ann Nilsen; Karen Christensen (2021). Ulikhet - et samfunnsvitenskapelig tema. (external link)

2001

• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2001). Theorising the individual-structure dynamic. (external link)
• Julia Brannen; Ann Nilsen (2001). Questioning the Individualisation Thesis. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Maria das Dores Guerreiro; Julia Brannen (2001). 'Most Choices involve Money': Different Pathways to Adulthood. (external link)
• Julia Brannen; Ann Nilsen (2001). Young People's Perspectives on the Future. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Terje Tvedt; Ann Nilsen (2001). Sosiologisk tidsskrift. Temanummer om natur og samfunn. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2001). On Life Course Transitions: Pathways into Adulthood. (external link)
• Terje Tvedt; Ann Nilsen (2001). Introduksjon. (external link)

1992

• O. Rødland; Lage Aksnes; Ann Nilsen et al. (1992). Serum levels of vitamin D metabolites in isotretionin treated acne patients. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; A. Halsos; A. Johansen et al. (1992). A double blind study of single dose azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of chlamydial urethritis in males. (external link)
• O. Rødland; Lage Aksnes; Ann Nilsen et al. (1992). Serum Levels of Vitamin D Metabolites in Isotretinion-treated Acne Patients. (external link)

2018

• Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt; Ann Nilsen (2018). Conceptualising inequality in transitions to adulthood. (external link)
• Julia Brannen; Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt; Ann Nilsen et al. (2018). Transitions from school to work in Norway and Britain among three family generations of working-class men. (external link)

2005

• Karen Christensen; Ann Nilsen (2005). Analytic Induction and Grounded Theory: Case Analysis with Theory in Mind. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2005). How Can a Life Course Approach Add to the Understanding of Social Change in Coastal Communities?. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2005). Life Course and Biographical Approaches in Sociology: a theoretical discussion. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2005). Interview Study Consolidated Report. For the EU Framework 5 Study 'Gender, Parenthood and the Changing European Workplace'. (external link)
• Sevil Sumer; Lise Granlund; Ann Nilsen (2005). National Report on Biographical Interviews: Social Services. (external link)

2015

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

1994

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

1993

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

2012

• Ann Nilsen; Maria das Dores Guerreiro; Siyka Kovacheva et al. (2012). Comparing transitions to motherhood across contexts. (external link)
• Suzan Lewis; Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2012). Conclusion. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen; Suzan Lewis (2012). Transitions to parenthood: Introduction. (external link)
• Julia Brannen; Ann Nilsen (2012). Methodological approaches, practices and reflections. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2012). Cross-national comparisons: the history-biography link. (external link)

1991

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

2002

• Ann Nilsen (2002). American Pragmatism and Biographical Research. (external link)
• Julia Brannen; Ann Nilsen (2002). Adulthood: Changing Concepts and Definitions. (external link)

1998

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

2003

• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2003). Structure, Agency and Notions of Choice. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2003). Sociological Interpretations and Life Course Perspectives. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Nina Cecilie Raaum (2003). Likestilling i arbeidslivet. En kommentar til Trond Petersen. (external link)

1997

• Ann Nilsen (1997). Kvalitative forskningsintervjuer. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (1997). Great Expectations ? Exploring Men`s Biographies in Late Modernity. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (1997). Fem artikler i Sosiologisk Leksikon. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (1997). Where is the Future ? Time and Space as Categories in the Analysis of Young People`s Thoughts about the Future. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Ann Nilsen (1997). Miljøsosiologi. Menneske - natur - samfunn. (external link)

2007

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

2024

• Nicola Payne; Suzan Lewis; Ann Nilsen (2024). Women’s lives and temporalities of fertility treatment. (external link)

2017

• Ann Nilsen (2017). Youth Transitions in Times of Inequality: 'private troubles' and 'public issues' in discussions of intergenerational solidarity and conflict. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2017). Young people's thoughts about the future: methods and data from three different studies. (external link)

2013

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

2022

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

2004

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

2008

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

2020

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

2011

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

2006

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

2023

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

2009

• Ann Nilsen; Anne Marit Skarsbø (2009). Familie, jobb og karriere - noen dilemmaer for likestilling. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen; Suzan Lewis (2009). Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context. (external link)

1995

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

2025

• Ann Nilsen (2025). Strømlinjeforming av unges livsløp: Om betydningen av endringer i temporale mulighetsstrukturer. (external link)

2019

• Ann Nilsen (2019). Synchrony of Intersecting Temporalities in Young People’s Housing Transitions: Intergenerational Cross-national Comparisons, in Housing, Theory and Society. (external link)
• Ann Nilsen (2019). Young women’s thoughts about the future:comparing across cohorts and historical periods. (external link)

2000

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

2014

• Ann Nilsen; Julia Brannen (2014). An intergenerational approach to transitions to adulthood: The importance of history and biography. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Edited volumes and monographs

Nilsen, A (2023) Biographical Life Course Research. Studying the biography-history dynamic. London: Palgrave https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-44717-4 

Grønmo, S, A. Nilsen, K. Christensen (eds) (2021) Ulikhet. Sosiologiske perspektiver og analyser. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget

Irwin, S, A. Nilsen (eds) (2018) Transitions to adulthood through recession: youth and inequality in a European perspective London: Routledge (Paperback edition August 2019) 

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 (2025) Strømlinjeforming av unges livsløp: om betydningen av endringer i temporale mulighetsstrukturer, Norsk Sosiologisk Tidsskrift 

Payne N, Lewis S, Nilsen A (2024) Women’s lives and temporalities of fertility treatment, Current Sociology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00113921241238433

Beitnes, M.S og Nilsen A (2024) Bondeyrkets temporaliteter: Naturtidens rytmer og klokketidens krav i Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 65(2) pp. 37-52

Nilsen, A (2023) Changing Temporal Opportunity Structures? Two Cohorts of Young Women’s Thoughts about Future Work, Family and Education Sociology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380385231157593 

Nilsen, A (2021) Independence and relationality in notions of adulthood across generations, gender and social class, The Sociological Review https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120931425

Nilsen, A (2020) Levels of intersecting temporalities in young men’s orientation to the future. A cross-national comparison, in Time and Society https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961463X19867569 

Nilsen, A (2019) Synchrony of intersecting temporalities in young people’s housing transitions: intergenerational cross-national comparisons, in Housing, Theory and Society https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14036096.2019.1653361 

Brannen, J., A. Nilsen (2016). A collaborator par excellence: reflections upon Sue Lewis’ contribution to cross-national research in the work-family field, in Community, Work and Family

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, Vogt, KC (2021) The Taken-for-Granted in Intergenerational Processes during Youth Transitions. Exploring Intersections of Gender, Class and Historical Period, in Cuzzocrea V, Gook B and Schiermer B (eds) Forms of Collective Engagement in Youth Transitions. A Global Perspective. Leiden: Brill Publishers

Grønmo S, Nilsen A, Christensen C (2021) Ulikhet. Et samfunnsvitenskapelig tema, in Grønmo, S, A. Nilsen, K. Christensen (eds) (2021) Ulikhet. Sosiologiske perspektiver og analyser. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget

Nilsen, A (2021) Klasse, kjønn og sosial mobilitet, i Grønmo, S, A. Nilsen, K. Christensen (eds) (2021) Ulikhet. Sosiologiske perspektiver og analyser. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget

Brannen, J, Vogt, K.C, Nilsen A, Knight, A (2018) Transitions from school to work in Norway and Britain among three family generations of working class men, in Irwin and Nilsen (eds) Transitions to adulthood through recession: youth and inequality in a European perspective London: Routledge

Irwin, S, Nilsen A (2018) Understanding youth transitions in difficult times in Irwin and Nilsen (eds) Transitions to adulthood through recession: youth and inequality in a European perspective London: Routledge 

Nilsen, A., J. Brannen, K.C. Vogt (2017). Transitions to adulthood: an intergenerational lens, in Lange, Andreas, Reiter, Herwig, Schutter, Sabina, Steiner, Christine (eds.) Handbuch Kindheits- und Jugendsoziologie Frankfurt: Springer Verlag

Nilsen, A (2016) Tilpasninger mellom familie og lønnsarbeid i jobbyrker, i Halrynjo, S. og M. Teigen (red) Ulik likestilling i arbeidslivet Oslo: Gyldedal Akademiske

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 (2024) Gendered life course transitions, EPA-net conference, University of Bergen 

Nilsen, A (2024) Challenges facing young people in contemporary Europe. Intergenerational conflict or solidarity? Invited keynote, ISCTE, Lisbon 

Nilsen, A (2023) Exploring temporalities in everyday life. Invited Keynote, University of Lund, Sweden 

Nilsen A (2023) Time, timing and timeliness in biographical life course research, Invited Keynote ISCTE, Lisbon 

Nilsen A (2021) Biographical Interviews in mixed methods research designs, Invited Keynote, ISCTE, Lisbon (online lecture)

Nilsen A (2019) Young women’s thoughts about the future: comparing across cohorts and historical periods, Paper presented at the ESA-conference, Manchester

Nilsen A (2017) Young People’s Thoughts about the Future. Methods and data from three different studies. Invited Keynote, University of Sussex, Falmer

Nilsen, A, (2017) Youth transitions in times of inequality: ‘private troubles’ and ‘public issues’ in discussions of intergenerational solidarity and conflict. Invited keynote, RN30 Youth and Generation at the ESA conference, Athens, August 29^th 

Nilsen, A (2017) Biographical Interviews in Mixed-Methods Designs, Invited Keynote, ISCTE, Lisbon

Nilsen, A. and Vogt,K (2017) Youth and perceptions of adulthood in three generations. Paper at the ESA RN 30 ‘Youth and Generation’ midterm conference Global Youth Futures: perspectives and prospects , Ericeira, Portugal, January 15-18 

Nilsen, A. (2015). Young, Free and Independent? Transitions to adulthood and intergenerational relationships. ESA conference, Prague, Czech 

Nilsen, A. (2015). Contextualising transitions to adulthood across three generations: methodological issues in cross-national comparisons. Conference Oslo University College, May 7-8

Nilsen, A., K. C. Vogt (2014). Intergenerational relations and transmission in the transition to adulthood. University of Stockholm, SOFI

Nilsen, A., J. Brannen (2013) Considering the history-biography dynamic in studies of young people’s life course transitions. ESA conference, Torino Italy

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

 

 

2023-2026        Young people’s thoughts about their financial situation in the future: a cross-national comparative research project PI The Meltzer Foundation Sabbatical Grant 

2021-2023        Time and Money, PI, Small Research Grant, University of Bergen 

2013-2018        Intergenerational transmissions in the transition to adulthood: A mixed methods approach, PI Norwegian Research Council.

2010-2011        Intergenerational transfers in two cohorts, PI The Meltzer foundation 

2003-2005        Gender, Parenthood and the Changing European Workplace (Transitions), Norwegian PI. Project PI Prof. Suzan Lewis University of Manchester, UK, EU framework 5

2001-2002        Migration, globalisation and domestic cleaning: a biographical approach. PI Funding from The Faculty of the Social Sciences University of Bergen

1996-1998        The reconciliation of future work and family: young people’s orientation to work and family Partner, Norwegian PI, European Commission DG5

1993-1994       Re-interviewing. Women’s Occupational Careers in Changing Contexts PI The Norwegian Research Council 

1987-1990        Women’s Ways of ‘Careering’. A Three Cohort Study of Engineers and Teachers. PI The Norwegian Research Council