Erling Solheim

Erling Solheim serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business, History and Social Sciences at the School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), based at Campus Vestfold.

He holds a sociology degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and a social science data analysis qualification from Essex University. His academic journey includes prior teaching appointments at Helsinki University, NTNU, and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specializing in quantitative methods and sociology instruction.

His research concentrates on social inequalities in health, immigrant integration, and class analysis, with methodological expertise in quantitative approaches. Current teaching responsibilities include AUV2000 Work, education and welfare politics (autumn 2024 onward), SOS1050 Migration, immigration and integration (autumn 2025), VEA5000 The welfare state and the labour market (autumn 2025), and METN4000 Quantitative methods (spring 2026), alongside bachelor-level sociology quantitative methods instruction.

No scientific awards were documented in the source materials.

He will commence supervision of master's students during the 2025/26 academic year, though specific grant funding details remain unspecified in available records.

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