Tonje Fyhn (PhD) is a researcher and head of the Welfare, Labour and Health department at NORCE. She conducts research on exclusion from and participation in education and employment, focusing in recent years on young adults in this situation. She has previously researched employment participation among individuals with mental illness, physical disabilities, or immigrant backgrounds, as well as the workplace perspective on diversity and inclusion.
Her academic background is in community psychology and intervention research. She is committed to evidence-based services and methods, and scaling up effective interventions.
Research areas that Fyhn is involved in include:
- Employment participation among young people not engaged in education, employment, or training (NEET), individuals with various health issues, and people with refugee backgrounds.
- Evaluation of programs and interventions to increase employment participation or completion of high school. Examples of programs include Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for a variety of target groups, Young Support (supported employment in high schools in Agder), the school program in the area intervention in Bergen, Flyt and Guttas' Campus, and evaluating how a year at folk high school shapes subsequent participation in education and employment.
- Sick leave follow-up in NAV, including development projects for better collaboration between stakeholders and for sustainable return to work.
- Job expectations as a predictor for return to work among individuals on sick leave.
