• Care organisations role as intermediaries between the authorities and the marginalised in crisis management 

      Nero, Kristi; Orru, Kati; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Olson, Alexandra; Schobert, Maira; Windsheimer, Peter; Keränen, Jaana; Jukarainen, Pirjo; Kajganovic, Jelena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-15)
      Social service providers work to alleviate social disadvantages, which may particularly loom during crises. These organisations have a close understanding of the needs of their clients. However, this knowledge is rarely ...
    • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on socially marginalised women: Material and mental health outcomes 

      Olson, Alexandra; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Orru, Kati; Nero, Kristi; Schieffelers, Abriel; Meyer, Sunniva Frislid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-06)
      There is little knowledge about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people who are socially marginalised, including individuals who face barriers when attempting to access services such as social safety nets, the labour ...
    • Mechanisms behind COVID-19 scepticism among socially marginalised individuals in Europe 

      Nero, Kristi; Orru, Kati; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Olson, Alexandra; Airola, Merja; Savadori, Lucia; Kazemekaityte, Austeja; Lovasz, Gabriella; Kajganovic, Jelena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-08)
      Homeless and materially disadvantaged people are considered particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. So far, there is no systematic knowledge about how the homeless and materially disadvantaged people perceive the ...
    • Resilience in care organisations: challenges in maintaining support for vulnerable people in Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic 

      Orru, Kati; Nero, Kristi; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Schieffelers, Abriel; Olson, Alexandra; Airola, Merja; Kazemekaityte, Austeja; Lovasz, Gabriella; Scurci, Giuseppe; Ludvigsen, Johanna; de los Rios Pérez, Daniel A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-07)
      The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged the resilience of care organisations (and those dependent on them), especially when services are stopped or restricted. This study focuses on the experiences of care organisations that ...
    • Self-imposed social isolation among clients of social care organisations in the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Orru, Kati; Nero, Kristi; Schieffelers, Abriel; Olson, Alexandra; Ludvigsen, Johanna; Airola, Merja; Savadori, Lucia; Krüger, Marco; Gabel, Friedrich; Hesjevoll, Ingeborg Storesund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-11)
      Although self-imposed social isolation is an important way of reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, previous research indicates that this behaviour varies substantially between different groups and individuals. Socially ...
    • The three A's of social capital in crises: Challenges with the availability, accessibility and activatability of social support 

      Schobert, Maira; Orru, Kati; Gabel, Friedrich; Nero, Kristi; Windsheimer, Peter; Klaos, Margo; Nævestad, Tor-Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-28)
      Social capital has become a major factor for analysing vulnerabilities and resilience in the context of disaster studies in recent years. Usually, it is studied along its three forms of bonding, bridging, and linking social ...