Miriam Abildsnes

Miriam Abildsnes is a Research Fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University affiliated with the Center for Welfare and Working Life Research (Welfare Research Institute NOVA) in the Youth research group. Her work focuses on improving educational outcomes for at-risk youth through school-supplementary interventions and program evaluations targeting student motivation and mastery.

Research Focus: Her expertise spans Youth Research, Education Policy, and Social Inequality, with concentrated analysis on school completion barriers for vulnerable adolescents. She investigates how leisure activities, social contexts, and community-based initiatives influence youth development trajectories, particularly through social entrepreneurship models like GameChanger and supplementary programs such as Flow.

Publication Trends: Recent outputs reveal consistent emphasis on educational equity, showing progression from school choice dynamics in Oslo primary schools (2020) to contemporary evaluations of youth leisure profiles (2024) and neighborhood co-design projects (2023). Her work consistently connects structural inequality with practical interventions in educational settings.

Active Projects: Currently leads two significant initiatives: GameChanger analyzing out-of-school measures for upper secondary completion among at-risk youth, and Flow program evaluation assessing how supplementary support strengthens student capabilities for educational success.