Aleksandra Bartoszko is a social anthropologist and professor and Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Social Studies, VID Specialized University in Oslo. Her areas of work include drug use, addiction, legality, disability, activism, risk, social work, and social policy. She conducted ethnographic fieldworks in Nicaragua and Norway.
E-mail:
aleksandra.bartoszko@vid.no
Education:
2018 PhD degree in Social Work and Social Policy, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
2008 Master degree in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
2006 Bachelor degree in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
Work experience:
Current position: Professor and Vice-Dean of Research, Faculty of Social Studies, VID Specialized University
2018-2022 Associate professor, VID Specialized University
2013-2017 PhD fellow, Oslo Metropolitan University
2011-2013 Advisor/project leader, Equality and Diversity Unit, Oslo University Hospital
2010-2011 Project assistant, Equality and Diversity Unit, Oslo University Hospital, project Styrking av likeverdig og integrerende helsetjeneste for minoritetsbefolkning i hovedstadsområdet (Minority health in Oslo area)
2011 Lecturer, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
2010-2011 Assistant professor, Department of Health Science & Centre for the Study of Professions, Oslo University College of Applied Sciences
2006, 2010 Research assistant and field coordinator, FAFO, projects Statistics, methods and labour migration & Working and life conditions amongst Polish migrants in Oslo area
2009-2010 Course coordinator (methods and philosophy of science), Joint for Oslo University College of Applied Sciences & Norwegian University of Life Sciences
2008-2010 Research assistant, Department of Health Science, Oslo University College of Applied Sciences, project Rehabilitering som konflikt (Rehabilitation as Conflict)
2008-2009. Research assistant, ILOS, University of Oslo, project Red Letter Days: Calendaric Public Rituals and the Articulation of Identities: Central Europe and the Balkans 1985-2005
2007 Interviewer, Fieldwork International, project Arbeidsinnvandring fra Øst-Europa (Work migration from Eastern Europe)
Research projects
2023-2026 Human rights in opioid substitution treatment, funded by Stiftelsen DAM (project leader)
2022-2023 The prisoners’ quality of life in «Model 2015» – the new standardized prison building in Norway (funded by Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service, University College of Norwegian Correctional Service and VID Specialized University (allocated R&D time)
2021-2023 Housing quality, life quality and rights under and after a renovation process: A case study (funded by VID Specialized University (allocated R&D time)
2018-2020 Shadow Committee. Ethnographical Investigation of Drug Users’ Involvement in Norwegian Drug Policy Reform, funded by VID Specialized University (allocated R&D time) (project leader)
2013-2017 When Patienthood Matters. Lived Experiences and Social Consequences of Substance Treatment Reform in Norway, PhD project, funded by OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
2015-2016 Viruset. Hepatitt C og skadereduksjon blant injiserende stoffbrukere (Hepatitis C and injecting drug use), funded by Oslo Metropolitan University and Norwegian Association for Human Drug Policies (project leader)
2012-2017 Disease prestige and informal priority settings, funded by the Research Council of Norway, University of Oslo and OsloMet
2011-2012 Styrking av likeverdig og integrerende helsetjeneste for minoritetsbefolkning i hovedstadsområdet – Helseinformasjon og helsedialog på radio (Multilingual health information on radio), funded by Helsedialog, Norwegian Directorate of Health (project leader)
2010 Studenters erfaring av HiOs studiemiljø – med vekt på flerkulturalitet og internasjonalisering (Cultural diversity and internationalization at HIO), (HiO), funded by Interkult (HiO)
2009-2010 Kropp, rom og relasjon – en studie av bruk av offentlige rom i studiehverdag (Body, space and relation – use of public space at the university), funded by Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment Difi
2006-2008 Helse, utdanning og barrierer for folkelig deltakelse i Nicaragua
(Health, education and barriers for participation in Nicaragua), MA project, Department of Social Anthropology UiO
Editorial work, professional membership and service
2021 – present Member of VID’s research board
2021 – present Founder and co-leader of a research group HUMANHARM – Human Rights and Social Harm
2019 – present Deputy editor: Journal of Extreme Anthropology
2022 Action Rapporteur for Second Progress Report (PR2) of COST Action, COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology
2022 External expert: COST Open Call 2021, COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology
2021 Member of VID’s editorial board for research dissemination
2021 Selection committee of the Graduate Student Paper Prize, Interest Group: The Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Study Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2021 Selection committee of the ADTSG Contingent Faculty Travel Award, The Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Study Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2021 Selection committee of the ADTSG Graduate Student Travel Award, The Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Study Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2021 External expert: COST Open Call 2020, COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology
2020-2021 Member of hiring committees for lecturer/assistant professor/associate professor in child protection/social work/welfare studies, Østfold University College
2020 External expert: National Science Centre, Poland, 2020, Funding scheme PRELUDIUM-18, Panel: HS3 (The study of the human past)
2019 Member of hiring commitee for associate professor in social work, VID Specialized University
2019 External expert: COST Open Call 2019, COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology
2019-2020 Faculty representative, VID campus development, working group for teaching facilities, VID Specialized University
2018 Selection committee of the Graduate Student Paper Prize, Interest Group: The Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Study Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, AAA, 2018
Article reviewer: Cargo – Journal for Cultural and Social Anthropology; The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs; Contemporary Drug Problems; Journal of Extreme Anthropology; Qualitative Social Work; Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research; Norsk Epidemiologi (Norwegian Journal of Epidemiology); Etnografia Polska (Polish Ethnography)
Membership: Norwegian Anthropologican Association, European Society for Social Drug Research, European Association of Social Anthropologists, Anthropology of Crime and Criminalization (EASA), American Anthropological Association (Society for Medical Anthropology), Algorithmic Governance Research Network, Extreme Anthropology Research Network
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