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Ingunn Ikdahl

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Visiting address Karl Johans gate 47 Domus Bibliotheca 0162 OSLO
Postal address Inst. for offentlig rett PB 6706 St. Olavs plass 0130 OSLO

Background

Ingunn Ikdahl was born in 1976 and became a professor of law in 2016.

She obtained her cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 2003 and studied EU law, international trade law, and environmental law at the University of Nottingham from 2002 to 2003. In 2010, she received her doctorate for her thesis titled "Securing women’s homes. The dynamics of women’s human rights at the international level and in Tanzania".

Research interests

Ikdahl's academic interests relate to the role of law for people’s livelihoods, with particular attention to issues related to the welfare state, digitalization, and equality.

Ikdahl is a leading figure in research and communication within Norwegian welfare law and social security law. She has particularly focused on situations where national law encounter new challenges or atypical life circumstances, such as the digitalization of the welfare state, cross-border life courses, rights related to healthcare services in prisons, and the welfare state’s response to the ripple effects of the terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011. Since 2019, Ikdahl has conducted extensive research, publications, and outreach efforts regarding the "social security scandal" where the Norwegian National Insurance Act was applied in violation of EU/EEA law. From 2021, she has been leading a ten-year project on the Digital Welfare State, which, in addition to research, serves as a foundation for outreach seminars and a continuing education course on "Law and the Digital Welfare State".

Ikdahl was central to establishing the Law Faculty's research group on Welfare, Rights, and Discrimination (VERDI) since 2017, and the research group on Law and Technology from 2022. She was also a member of the government-appointed commission that drafted a compensation scheme for pioneer workers in the Norwegian petroleum business (NOU 2022: 19).

Equality and non-discrimination, gender perspectives, interdisciplinarity, and legal pluralism are cross-cutting themes in Ikdahl's research. In addition to her own publications on topics such as gender perspectives in legal studies and the history of the discipline of women's law in Norway, she has edited a Norwegian-language anthology on gender and law for use in legal education, as well as an English-language anthology on Nordic equality legislation.

Throughout her career, Ikdahl has also worked internationally on issues related to human rights, development law, and non-discrimination. She has particularly focused on economic and social rights, conducting research related to property rights and access to housing, land, and water in Southern and Eastern Africa. From 2003, she taught in the master's program at the Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women’s Law (SEARCWL) at the University of Zimbabwe. From 2015, she played a key role in establishing and running "EDOLAD," a joint PhD program in Law and Development. The methodological considerations related to EDOLAD are described in the article "Away with Oppressed Methodology! Reflections on an Experiment in Law & Development Education".

Ongoing and recent projects

Edited books and special issues

Tags: Non-discrimination, Equality, Women’s rights, Human rights, Human rights and development, Socio-economic rights, Law and development, International law, Welfare law, Social security

Publications

  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2026). Trygdeskandalen og andre feil: lærdommer om å håndtere uavklarte rettslige spørsmål. In Ekelund, Ragnhild; Kalstø, Åshild Male & Nicolaisen, Heidi (Ed.), Velferdsstaten og 20 år med Nav. Scandinavian University Press (SCUP). ISSN 9788294167265. p. 235–245. doi: 10.18261/9788294167272-26-20. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2026). Velferdsstatens flersporede svar etter 22. juli. In Ikdahl, Ingunn; Laugerud, Solveig & Sørlie, Anniken (Ed.), Etter 22. juli. Rettferdighet og velferd. Cappelen Damm Forskning/NOASP. ISSN 9788202914974. p. 31–50. doi: 10.23865/cdf.290.ch2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn; Laugerud, Solveig & Sørlie, Anniken (2026). Introduksjon – velferdsstaten satt på prøve. In Ikdahl, Ingunn; Laugerud, Solveig & Sørlie, Anniken (Ed.), Etter 22. juli. Rettferdighet og velferd. Cappelen Damm Forskning/NOASP. ISSN 9788202914974. p. 9–29. doi: 10.23865/cdf.290.ch1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn & Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad (2025). Om EU-rettens påvirkning på forvaltningsretten. Økt fart - men i hvilken retning? In Arnesen, Finn; Lohne, Kjersti; Michalsen, Dag & Sand, Inger Johanne (Ed.), Rettsvitenskap og samfunnsengasjement: Festskrift til Hans Petter Graver. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215075297. p. 246–267. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn & Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad (2025). The administrative architecture of a Norwegian social security scandal. European Journal of Social Security (EJSS). ISSN 1388-2627. 27(2), p. 139–155. doi: 10.1177/13882627251337435. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad & Ikdahl, Ingunn (2025). On the Edge: Lessons on Good Governance in the Borderlands of EU Law. Nordic Journal of European Law (NJEL). 8(2), p. 1–27. doi: 10.36969/njel.v8i2.27794. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad & Ikdahl, Ingunn (2024). God forvaltning i EØS-rettens grenseland – Lærdommer fra trygdeskandalen. Lov og Rett. ISSN 0024-6980. 63(6), p. 369–397. doi: 10.18261/lor.63.6.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2023). Pandemitiltak innenfor fengselsmurene. In Høgberg, Benedikte Moltumyr; Holmøyvik, Eirik & Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad (Ed.), Kriseregulering: Lovgivning under koronakrisen. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245035537. p. 677–698. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hellum, Anne; Ikdahl, Ingunn & Strand, Vibeke Blaker (2023). Between norms and institutions. Unlocking the transformative potential of Norwegian equality and anti-discrimination law. In Hellum, Anne; Ikdahl, Ingunn; Strand, Vibeke Blaker & Svensson, Eva-Maria (Ed.), Nordic equality and anti-discrimination laws in the throes of change. Legal developments in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Routledge. ISSN 9781032001258. p. 130–189. doi: 10.4324/9781003172840-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn & Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad (2023). Navs kontrollsystem og trygdeskandalen. Tidsskrift for erstatningsrett, forsikringsrett og trygderett. ISSN 2464-336X. 19(4), p. 186–230. doi: 10.18261/teft.19.4.2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2022). Helseautonomi innenfor murene? Om retten til helse for innsatte i norske fengsler. In Aasen, Henriette Sinding & Bahus, Marianne (Ed.), Menneskerettigheter i helse- og omsorgstjenesten. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215045900. p. 219–246. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eenmaa, Helen; Goodwin, Morag; Ikdahl, Ingunn & Santocildes, Marta Enciso (2022). Away with oppressed methodology! Reflections on an experiment in Law & Development education. Verfassung und Recht in Übersee. ISSN 0506-7286. 55(2), p. 187–206. doi: 10.5771/0506-7286-2022-2-187. Full text in Research Archive
  • Riise, Marie Wold & Ikdahl, Ingunn (2022). HR-2021-2126-A – Et lite skritt for sykepenger, et stort sprang for trygderettslig metode? Tidsskrift for erstatningsrett, forsikringsrett og trygderett. ISSN 2464-336X. 19(1-2), p. 37–55. doi: 10.18261/teft.19.1.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2022). Livsløp, normer og kropper: kjønnsperspektiv på velferdsretten. In Ikdahl, Ingunn; Hellum, Anne; Asland, John; Bruserud, Herman; Hjort, Maria Astrup; Jonassen, Bjørk Gudmundsdottir & Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.), Kjønn og rett. Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver i jusstudiet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202669690. p. 125–152. doi: 10.23865/noasp.164.ch5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn & Hellum, Anne (2022). Kjønnsperspektiver i og på retten. In Ikdahl, Ingunn; Hellum, Anne; Asland, John; Bruserud, Herman; Hjort, Maria Astrup; Jonassen, Bjørk Gudmundsdottir & Skilbrei, May-Len (Ed.), Kjønn og rett. Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver i jusstudiet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202669690. p. 13–40. doi: 10.23865/noasp.164.ch1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nordrum, Jon Christian Fløysvik & Ikdahl, Ingunn (2022). En vidunderlig ny velferdsstat? Rettsstaten møter den digitale velferdsforvaltningen. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 25(3), p. 1–19. doi: 10.18261/tfv.25.3.1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn (2021). Masseforvaltning og rettssikkerhet. In Løvlie, Anders; Hodnefjeld, Axel & Olthuis, Kristine-Petrine Sollid (Ed.), Festskrift -- Jussbuss 50 år. Jussbuss. p. 118–130. Full text in Research Archive
  • Austgulen, Thea; Sperre, Maria de Michelis & Ikdahl, Ingunn (2021). Overlappende graviditeter og foreldrepenger. Om lesbiske mødres møte med en heteronormativ ordning. In Hellum, Anne & Sørlie, Anniken (Ed.), Frihet, likhet og mangfold: Kjønnsidentitet og seksuell orientering i rettslig, medisinsk og samfunnsvitenskapelig kontekst. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205518698. p. 344–374. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; Ikdahl, Ingunn & Lohne, Kjersti (2021). Rettens rolle etter 22. juli: Minnearbeid, overlevende og gjenoppbygging. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift. 5(3), p. 28–45. doi: 10.18261/issn.2535-2512-2021-03-03. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Ikdahl, Ingunn; Laugerud, Solveig & Sørlie, Anniken (2026). Etter 22. juli. Rettferdighet og velferd. Cappelen Damm Forskning/NOASP. ISBN 9788202914974. 197 p. doi: 10.23865/cdf.290. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn; Sandberg, Kirsten; Stewart, Julie; Strand, Vibeke Blaker & Wærstad, Tone Linn (2023). Hellums metode. Festskrift til Anne Hellum 70 år. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205582859. 396 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hellum, Anne; Ikdahl, Ingunn; Strand, Vibeke Blaker & Svensson, Eva-Maria (2023). Nordic equality and anti-discrimination laws in the throes of change. Legal developments in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Routledge. ISBN 9781032001258. 272 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ikdahl, Ingunn; Hellum, Anne; Asland, John; Bruserud, Herman; Hjort, Maria Astrup & Jonassen, Bjørk Gudmundsdottir [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Kjønn og rett. Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver i jusstudiet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202669690. 430 p. doi: 10.23865/noasp.164. Full text in Research Archive

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