About

I have a longstanding interest in – and research efforts aiming for – equality in health especially related to the gendered distribution of power, privileges and priorities taking place in working life and health care. More broadly, I have worked on integrating gender perspectives into education and health research in Norway and lately by capacity building in Ethiopia. My theoretical lens draws on constructivist epistemologies, feminist theories as well as phenomenological thinking on embodiment and health.

My current research focuses on four main areas.

i) More inclusive and sustainable health services related to cervical screening, high-risk pregnancies, and involuntary childlessness

ii) Increased cultural recognition for – and socially adapted follow-up of – hidden and long-term consequences of severe cancer treatment

iii) More knowledge-based medico/legal processes related to harvesting, interpretation, and translation of physical evidence in rape cases and

iv) Health activism challenging traditional hierarchies of medical knowledge.

Key Publications

Kvernflaten, B., Fedorcsák, P., Solbrække, K.N. (2022). It’s all about kids, kids, kids! Negotiating reproductive citizenship and patient centered-care in ‘factory IVF’. BioSocieties.

Solbrække, K. N., Søiland, H., Lode, K. Gripsrud, B. H. (2017). Our Genes, Our Selves: Hereditary breast cancer and biological citizenship in Norway. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. ISSN 1386 7423.  20(1).

Solbrække, K.N. & Lorem, G. (2016). Breast-cancer-ization explored; Social experiences of gyneacological cancer in a Norwegian context. Sociology of Health & Illness. ISSN 0141-9889.38(8), s 1258- 1271.