[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”9055″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Oscar Myrmell” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Research Assistant” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16|text_align:center|color:%23ff7364″ google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic”][scp_theme_icon theme_icon=”icon-black-back-closed-envelope-shape” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”oscar.myrmell@uib.no” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” link=”url:mailto%3Aoscar.myrmell%40uib.no”][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1503569778678{padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Oscar Myrmell is a Research Assistant at the Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism. He holds a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Agder.[/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”Publications” tab_id=”1508405295193-581aef02-59f5ca7f-88020847-3147″][vc_column_text]Master’s thesis: “Løslatelsens smerter” – En kvalitativ studie av utfordringene ved overgang fra fengsel til samfunn[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Education” tab_id=”1508405344734-c916a6c9-e29cca7f-88020847-3147″][vc_column_text]MA in Sociology and Social Work from the University of Agder
BA in Development studies from the University of Agder[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Projects” tab_id=”1508405346422-aecef63a-4af7ca7f-88020847-3147″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_custom_heading text=”Get to know Oscar” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1691059344617{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}” el_class=”dipa-green-bg”][vc_column_text]What is your background?
I did my bachelor’s degree in development studies, and just delivered my master’s degree in sociology this spring.
Is there a book you’d recommend within your field?
A good question with a lot of answers: for the classics, I find Stigma by Erving Goffman really interesting, and a “must-have” for sociologists. For a more modern reader, Street Capital: Black Cannabis Dealers in a White Welfare State by Sveinung Sandberg.
And lastly, a good introduction to the sociology field in popular science: “Humankind: A hopeful History” by Rutger Bregman. Is humankind inherently good or bad?
If you had to choose a different field, what would it be?
Probably criminology or psychology, however that’s pretty close to what sociology could entail. For something more drastic, I would have to choose history or social economics. I find a lot of fields interesting, maybe that’s why I chose sociology!
Can you describe your office space?
Usually, a lot of papers and books surrounding me, and a PC-full of word documents and internet tabs. However, what may look like disorder, is a complex system of order in chaos (… is at least what I tell myself).
Is there a TV-show you are binging?
Currently I’m watching Severance – in the show, Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories, freely, have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. I wondered what I would have chosen before watching – NOT anymore.
What are you listening to these days?
A question with different answers depending on the day and hour! I’ve been enjoying Utopia and Lets Start Here lately, however I need some more calm music in the evening and mornings – Bob Dylan, Mac Miller, Bon Iver, Daniel Cesar or Bakar is always a safe bet.
And a place you’ve been where you’d like to go back?
Sri Lanka – I spent 3 months there when doing my bachelor’s degree, and fell in love with the country. The people, food (although a bit hot), beaches and the landscape – amazing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]