CV Solbrække 2023
Academic interests and research
My theoretical lens draws on constructivist epistemologies, feminist theories as well as phenomenological thinking on embodiment and health.
My current research mainly focuses on
i) more inclusive and sustainable health services related to cervical screening, high-risk pregnancies and involuntary childlessness
ii) increased cultural recognition for - and socially adapted follow-up of - hidden and long-term consequences of severe cancer treatment
iii) more knowledge-based medico/legal processes related to harvesting, interpretation and translation of physical evidence in rape cases.
I have a longstanding interest in – and research efforts aiming for – equality in health especially related to the gendered distribution of power, privileges and priorities taking place in working life and health care. I am part of the Women’s Marginalized Health Network womahn a newly established network that gathers researchers with an interest in marginalization of women’s embodiment and health from perspectives within the critical social sciences, gender studies, philosophy, and medical humanities.
More broadly, I have worked on integrating gender perspectives into education and health research in Norway and lately by capacity building in Ethiopia.
I am leader of Gender as crosscutting theme at Centre for Global Health , SUSTAINIT - Sustainable Health Unit at UiO and member of the Women in Global Health Norway
Positions of trust
- Guest researcher, University of Roskilde (2023)
- Board member UiO: Demokrati (2023-2025)
- Leader of Gender as crosscutting theme, Centre for GLobal Health, UiO
- Head of Department for Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (2017-2021)
- Head of the research group Society, Health and Power (2012-2016)
- Head of Board at the Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo (2016-2019)
- Host for incoming Scientia Fellow in Gender and Health (2016-2019)
- Guest Researcher, University of York, Department of Health Sciences (2015)
- Research Leadership Program, UiO (2014)
- President of the Norwegian Association for Gender Research (2012-2015)
Background
2007- Associate Professor in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UiO
2009-2011 Part-time researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, Oslo
2003-2006 Lecturer, Dep. for Health Sciences, UiO
2005-2006 Senior Adviser, The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions
2002 Visiting Scholar, University of Berkeley
2000-2005 PhD-student, Centre for Gender Research, UiO
1999 Researcher, Work Research Institute, Oslo
1995-1998 Project Manager, Centre for Gender Research
Courses taught
I teach courses and supervise at postgraduate level and PhD in medicalization, health and social inequality, gender perspectives on illness and health, qualitative research design, methods and analyses.
Awards
- Awarded for the best academic article in Norwegian published in 2012, entitled Benign Indifference. Conflict and integration in a multi-cultural hospital (Rogstad & Solbrække 2012).
- The Department for Health Sciences was awarded (2011) the Ministry for Education and Research award for top quality education