May-Linda Magnussen

May-Linda Magnussen is a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Agder. Her work spans gender studies, institutional ethnography, and social welfare, with a focus on refugee integration, neoliberal academic governance, and family relations in the Nordic welfare state.

Research Interests

Key areas include:

• Gender equality in research collaboration
• Academic labor practices
• Refugee women's integration
• Emotional labor in neoliberal universities
• Institutional responses to intimate partner violence
• Regional knowledge systems

Publications

Magnussen's recent works analyze emotional labor in academia, gendered refugee experiences, and institutional discourses on integration. She contributes to Nordic feminist research and institutional ethnography literature.