disputerer for ph.d.-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen:
“Mental Health, Work, Welfare and Vocational Rehabilitation
A Comprehensive Study of Young Adults in the Norwegian Welfare State”
Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her
Disputasen vil bli strømmet her
Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.
The defense will be streamed here
A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.
Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15, samme sted:
“The implementation of vocational interventions for persons with mental health challenges: Future directions”
Prøveforelesningen bil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed
Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:
Norway, known for its robust welfare system, faces a conundrum regarding its young adults: low unemployment but, at the same time, high and rising health-related welfare use, mainly due to mental health problems. My study examines this increasing trend among young Norwegian adults over three decades, using national register data, sequence analysis, and a difference-in-differences method. Findings show that, after a major welfare reform, there was a shift towards long-term reliance on health-related benefits among young adults who struggled with unemployment. However, there is a silver lining: the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) vocational rehabilitation approach successfully fosters employment, advocating for collaborative strategies to help these young adults. My findings are crucial to inform policymakers aiming to reduce health-related dependency.
Hovedveileder
Professor Arnstein Mykletun, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Biveileder
Professor Eoin Killackey, University of Melbourne
Professor Thomas Lorentzen, Universitetet i Bergen
Bedømmelseskomité
Senior Lecturerer Jed Boardman, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College - 1. opponent
Førsteamanuensis II Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad, Universitetet i Stavanger – 2. opponent
Professor Hans-Olav Melberg, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet - leder av komité
Disputasleder: Førsteamanuensis Erling Inge Kvig, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet