Agnes Fauske

Agnes Fauske is a Researcher at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (UiO), since August 2024. Previously, she was a PhD candidate at UiO (2020–2024) and a research assistant/adviser at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (2019–2020). She holds an MA (2019) and BA (2016) in sociology from UiO.

Her research focuses on family sociology, gender equality, demography, quantitative methods, and social science genetics. Key interests include fertility trends, policy impacts on family formation, and the interplay between genetics and societal factors. She teaches courses such as SOS1000 Introduction to Sociology and Quantitative Methods at UiO.

Fauske contributes to projects like OPENFLUX and the Research Group on Social Inequalities and Population Dynamics. Her work bridges demographic analysis with policy evaluation, emphasizing causal methods. She collaborates widely, including with the Norwegian Demographic Society and the Norwegian Sociological Association.