Klasse og etnosentrisme. En teoretisk og empirisk presisering. [Class and etnocenterism. A theoretical and empirical clarification.] Ma-thesis, Department of sociology, University of Trondheim. 1986.
Fra arbeiderparti til lønnstakerparti. [From labour party to employers’ party] Vardøger 11: 116-152, 1988.
With Ola Listhaug: Postmaterialisme og valg i Norge. [Postmaterialism and elections in Norway] Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, 4:153-17, 1988.
Ungdommen har snart ikke respekt for noe. Oppslutning om autoritære verdier i Norge 1957-1988. [Young people have no respect these days. Support for authoritarian values in Norway 1957-1988] Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, 31:341-365, 1990.
Hvor vil vi med samfunnsutviklingen? Sentrale verdier og verdiendringer. [What social development do we want? Key changes in values and attitudes] Alternativ Framtid, Oslo, 1989.
With Elin Pedersen: "Jo mere vi er samme, dess gladere blir vi"? Kontakt, vennskap og konflikt mellom nordmenn og innvandrere. [The more we are together, the happier we will be? Contact, friendship and hostility between Norwegians and immigrants.] Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 32:23-52, 1991.
With Åse Bratterud: Gender equality in thought, word and deed. Attitude change, gender roles and the division of domestic labour i Norway. Paper to the Nation conference on Sociology Later published as: ”Endrede oppvekstvilkår og nye politiske konflikter”. In Emilsen, Kari (ed): Barn - familie. Endring og kontinuitet i et samfunnsperspektiv. Dronning Mauds Minne. 1999
Verdivalg. Ny massepolitikk i Norge. [A Choice of Values. The new mass politics in Norway.] Ph.D thesis published as a book. Ad Notam Gyldendal, Oslo 1993
Er begrepet 'ideologisk hegemoni' modent for historiens skraphaug? [Is the concept ’Ideological hegemony’ ripe for the dustbin of history?] Sosiologisk tidsskrift, 1:4-23, 1993.
The rise of racism and the Norwegian New Right. In Kenneth Nyström (Ed.): Encounter with Strangers - The Nordic Experience. Lund, Lund University Press, 1994.
Growing environmental consciousness in a growth oriented society? The case of Norway. Raport 2/94. Centre for Environment and Development. The University of Trondheim, 1994.
Rasisme? - Hvilken rasisme? [Racism – what racism?] Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, 35:344-369, 1994.
Edited with Willy Martinussen: Velferdsstaten i våre hjerter. [The welfare state in our hearts] Oslo, Ad Notam Gyldendal, 1994. Authored two chapters.
With Heidi Engesbak: The many faces of education. Why are people with lower education more hostile towards immigrants than people with higher education? Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 38:33-50, 1994.
Interpersonal Values and the New Political Issues. Sociale Wetenschappen, 38:54-84, 1995.
With Moses Jonathon W.: Nordic Accession: An Analysis of the EU referendums. In Barry Eichengreen (ed.): The Challenges of European Integration. Political Economy on European Integration. University of California. 1995
Hva gjorde EU-striden med det ideologiske landskapet i Norge? [What did the EU-struggle do to the ideological landscape in Norway?] Sosiologisk Tidsskrift 3:213-229, 1995.
With Wolfram Kaiser, Pekka Visuri, Cecilia Malmström, Arve Hjelseth, Ola Listhaug: Die EU-Volkabstimmungen in Österreich, Finnland, Schweden und Norwegen: Verlauf, Ergebnisse, Motive und Folgen. Forschungsberichte 1995:23. Institut für Höhere Studien, Wien.
Edited with Henry Valen: Brussel midt imot. [Against Brussels.] Oslo, Ad Notam Gyldendal, 1995. Co-authoring five chapters in the book.
With Ola Listhaug and Per Arnt Pettersen The 1994 EU Referendum in Norway: Continuity and Change. Scandinavian Political Studies 19(3), 1996
With Åse Bratterud. Kvinnenes "Nei" til EU. Da den lille forskjellen fikk stor betydning. [The women’s ’No to the EU’. When the small distinction made all the difference.] Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 38:358-388, 1997.
Co-edited with Pertti Pesonen and Mikael Gilljam: To join or not to join. Three Nordic Referendums on Membership in the European Union. Scandinavian University Press, 1999. Authoring and co-authoring five chapters in the book.
All that is solid melts into air: Party identification in Norway. Scandinavian Political Studies 22:1-27, 1999.
With Ryghaug, Marianne: Den store styrkeprøven. Om EU-avstemningen i norsk politikk. [The big test of strength. On the EU referendum in Norwegian Politics.] Tapir forlag, Trondheim, 1999
Conflicting theories and mixed experiences. Intergroup contact between immigrants and Norwegians. Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning 2:5-28, 2001.
With Ola Listhaug: Voters' Decisions in the Nordic EU Referendums of 1994: the Importance of Part clues. In Matthew Mendelsohn og Andrew Parkin (ed.): Referendum Democracy. Citizens, Elites and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns. Palgrave, New York, 2001
With Kristen Ringdal and Jonathon Moses: Bridging the Micro-Macro Gap. A Multilevel Approach to Voter Behaviour in the Nordic European Union Referenda. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 45: 215-243, 2004
With Toril Aalberg: Party-leader effects in Norway. A multi-methods approach. Electoral Studies 25:248-269, 2006
With Toril Aalberg: Gender stereotyping of political candidates: An experimental study of political communication. Nordicom Review. 28:17-32, 2007
Edited with Toril Aalberg: Den medialiserte politikken. [The medialized politics.] Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2007
Does Public Broadcasting make a difference? Political knowledge and electoral campaigns on TV. Forthcomming, Scandinavian Political Studies