Laila Tingvold

Laila Tingvold is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Sciences, Center for Care Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her work focuses on municipal health and care services, particularly the interplay between public services, volunteers, and relatives in care organization.

• Education: PhD in Transcultural Psychiatry (University of Oslo, 2012), MSc in Development Studies (University of Cambridge, 1999), History of Ideas (University of Oslo, 1997).

Her research explores marginalized groups (e.g., immigrants, refugees), multicultural staffing in nursing homes, and the politics of institutional ecology in care services. She leads a comparative project on aging-in-place models with UC Berkeley.

Key publication trends highlight voluntary work, gender and social inequality, care coordination, and cultural adaptation. Her work spans qualitative methods, longitudinal studies, and cross-cultural comparisons.

Scientific Awards:

• Peder Sather Grant Award, UC Berkeley (2021–2024 project).

She supervises doctoral students and collaborates with institutions like SINTEF and University of California at Berkeley, focusing on grants related to healthcare policy and welfare services.