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Runa Brandal Myklebust

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Senior Research Fellow
Research topics: labour market, equality and gender
Mobile phone:
+47 481 80 013
Email:
r.b.myklebust@samfunnsforskning.no

Researcher studying gender, knowledge and education

Runa Brandal Myklebust holds a PhD in Studies of professions from OsloMet (2020). Her thesis concerns gender non-traditional choices of education and investigates both the male and the female minority position in two gender-typed study fields.

Her research focuses on inequality within the labour market and education system. She is among other things interested in how different types of knowledge, skills and qualities are assigned value and further how this intersects with perceptions of gender, ethnicity and social class. She applies both sociological and anthropological perspectives in her research. Myklebust has experience with a variety of qualitative methods, and especially in-depth interviews and participant observation.

Myklebust is currently the PI of Missing Men, funded by the Research Council of Norway. Missing Men will gain new insights into the barriers and opportunities specific to men's entry into female-dominated fields of study, concentrating on the potential for change in perceptions of gender-typed education and work.

Myklebust is editor for the Norwegian Journal of Working Life studies.

Publications

  • Halrynjo, Sigtona & Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2026). Dual Dynamics of Worktime: Gendered Work–Family Dilemmas of Worktime‐as‐Investment and Worktime‐as‐Agreement. Gender, Work & Organization. doi: https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gwao.70186. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Nadim, Marjan & Orupabo, Julia (2024). Byråkratisk tvangstrøye eller brekkstang for mangfold? Hvordan aktivitets- og redegjørelsesplikten former virksomheters mangfoldsarbeid. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. doi: 10.18261/spa.41.3.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Seehuus, Sara Marie Jorunn & Strømme, Thea Bertnes (2021). Betydningen av kjønn og skoleprestasjoner for utdannings- og arbeidsmarkedsutfall. In Krumsvik, Rune Johan (Eds.), Hva vet vi om skoleprestasjoner? Ulike perspektiver på skolegang og skoleprestasjoner. Fagbokforlaget. p. 229–245. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2020). Skilful sailors and natural nurses. Exploring assessments of competence in female- and male-dominated study fields. Journal of Education and Work. 33(4), p. 285–297. doi: 10.1080/13639080.2020.1820964. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2020). Gendered repertoires in nursing: New conceptualisations of educational gender segregation. Gender and Education. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2020.1765993. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2018). Resistance and persistence: exploring gender-untypical educational choices. British Journal of Sociology of Education. doi: 10.1080/01425692.2018.1529553. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Sandberg, Thora Bjørke & Seehuus, Sara (2026). Unges utdanningsvalg. Valgprosess og påvirkningsfaktorer. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Halrynjo, Sigtona & Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2025). Availability and substitutability in finance: Gender equality challenges when the dynamics of the global financial market meet the Norwegian work-family model. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Teigen, Mari & Tica, Nermina (2024). Lønnskartlegging: et verktøy for et mer likestilt arbeidsliv? Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Teigen, Mari & Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2023). Aktivt likestillingsarbeid. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Halrynjo, Sigtona & Myklebust, Runa Brandal (2022). Kjønnslikestilling i finans 2.0: På vei mot likere muligheter? Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Høst, Håkon; Lillebø, Otto Sevaldson; Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Reegård, Kaja & Skålholt, Asgeir (2021). Evaluering av Utdanningsløftet 2020 : Iverksettingen av fire tiltak rettet mot videregående opplæring høsten 2020. NIFU Nordisk institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Helland, Håvard & Orupabo, Julia (2020). Natural nurses, skilful sailors. Gender non-traditional choices of education in Norway. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bergene, Ann Cecilie; Lødding, Berit; Rogde, Kristin; Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila & Vika, Karl Solbue (2020). Evaluering av den nasjonale strategien Språkløyper: Sluttrapport. NIFU Nordisk institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Runa Brandal; Afdal, Hilde Wågsås; Mausethagen, Sølvi; Risan, Maiken; Tangen, Truls Nilsen & Wernø, Ida Lyngstad (2019). Rekruttering av menn til grunnskolelærerutdanning for trinn 1-7. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. Full text in Research Archive

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Published Oct. 15, 2021 12:34 PM - Last modified June 12, 2026 10:45 AM