Elian Eve Jentoft
Postdoctoral research fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University
I recently graduated with a PhD in Social Sciences from OsloMet. My previous research includes neuroscience studies, examination of trans youth experiences seeking gender affirming care in Norway; analysis of discourses in policy on loneliness in Norway and the UK; and currently, examining the experiences of welfare recipients. My interests span several fields including but not limited to STS, mental health, social policy, disability studies and trust in public institutions.
Tell us about your project!
Welfare Experiences is a cross-cultural comparative study that looks at lived experiences of people receiving welfare benefits across 5 countries: Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Estonia and Hungary. Interviews will be conducted with 15-20 participants in each country, with digital follow up over the course of a 6 month period. As digitalization is increasing in most welfare states, we anticipate that this will play a role in our findings. Each country was selected in part with attention to the degree of digitalization in their current welfare system, with Estonia representing the welfare state with the highest degree of digitalization.
“Welfare Experiences is a cross-cultural comparative study that looks at lived experiences of people receiving welfare benefits across 5 countries: Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Estonia and Hungary. Each country was selected in part with attention to the degree of digitalization in their current welfare system, with Estonia representing the welfare state with the highest degree of digitalization”
— Elian Eve Jentoft on their research project “Welfare Experiences”