About
PhD, Sociology Anja Bredal, Researcher; Childhood, Family and Child Welfare Research. Currently, she works mostly with studies on child welfare services and on domestic violence, including forced marriage and honour-related violence. She conducts research on violence in a diversity perspective and has projects on the experiences of victims of violence, public policy and the support system. She is affiliated with the Domestic violence research program at NOVA.
Field of study
Gender Public policy Family health Integration Ethnic minorities Immigration Forced marriage Domestic violence
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Doing Co-operation. A Co-study with Landsforeningen for barnevernsbarn and Sarpsborg Municipality to Enhance Support for Vulnerable Children and Youth (CoChildren)
How can child welfare services and other support services collaborate more effectively to assist children and young people in vulnerable life situations?
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Support Services and Their Work with Conflict, Control and Violence
This project led by NOVA investigates the Norwegian support services and how they handle conflict/violence in families.
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The Domestic Violence Research Programme
The programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems.
Completed research projects
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A Study of Cases in the County Board Concerning Care Orders
The project deals with the Child Welfare Service’s and the County Social Welfare Boards’ handling of compulsory care order cases in ethnic minority families.
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Child Welfare Services and Risk Assessment
The project investigates how the child welfare services work on risk assessment and safety measures when a child is placed outside the home.
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Child Welfare Services and their Work With Cases of Violence and Abuse
This project aims to fill the knowledge gap about how the child welfare service tackles violence and abuse cases.
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Literature Review on Cousin Marriages
Literature review: Research on cousin marriages as seen in the light of the individual right to decide about one's own life.
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Parenting in Ethnic and Religious Minority Contexts in Norway
The aim of the project is to develop research-based knowledge about different forms of parenthood that co-exist in Norway, based on parents’ own perspectives.
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Sexual abuse in the immigrant population - experiences with seeking help and reporting
The researchers will investigate whether individuals of immigrant background who have been exposed to sexual abuse are less likely to seek help or report to the police than victims without this background.
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Upbringing, Family Life, and Seeking Help in 'Closed' Religious Communities
This project aims to build knowledge about upbringing and family life in religious communities that can be understood as closed, and the significance of this closed nature for children's rights.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bredal, Anja
(2022).
Transnational Regimes of Family Violence: When Violence Against Women Crosses Borders.
Bows, Hannah; Fileborn, Bianca (Ed.).
Geographies of Gender-based Violence. A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective. p. 150-164.
Bristol University Press.
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529214529.ch009
Bredal, Anja
;
Stefansen, Kari
; Bjørnholt, Margunn
(2022).
Why do people participate in research interviews? Participant orientations and ethical contracts in interviews with victims of interpersonal violence.
Qualitative Research.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941221138409
Bredal, Anja
;
Stefansen, Kari
(2022).
Vold eller foreldrekonflikt?
Voldsutsatte mødres erfaringer med barneverntjenesten etter samlivsbrudd.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 99.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.99.2-3.5
Smette, Ingrid
;
Hyggen, Christer
;
Bredal, Anja
(2021).
Foreldrerestriksjoner blant minoritetsungdom: omfang og mønstre i og utenfor skolen.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
Vol. 62.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2021-01-01
Bredal, Anja
(2020).
Minoritetsnorske og majoritetsnorske kvinners erfaring med partnervold.
Bredal, Anja; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge. p. 47-65.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.99.ch3
Bredal, Anja
; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid
(2020).
Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge.
ISBN: 9788202681043.
199 p.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3812060
Andersen, Patrick Lie
;
Smette, Ingrid
;
Bredal, Anja
(2020).
Ungdoms voldsutsatthet og foreldres landbakgrunn.
Bredal, Anja; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge. p. 167-195.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.99
Bredal, Anja
; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid
(2020).
Mangfoldsperspektiver i forskning på vold i nære relasjoner.
Bredal, Anja; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.99.ch1
Smette, Ingrid
;
Bredal, Anja
;
Stefansen, Kari
(2019).
Fra kamp til konsensus? Sivilsamfunnets rolle i framveksten av voldsfeltet.
Skjørten, Kristin; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Bjørnholt, Margunn; Mossige, Svein (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner: Forståelser, konsekvenser og tiltak. p. 143-158.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215032320-2019-08
Bredal, Anja
(2018).
Contesting the Boundaries between Civil and Religious Marriage. State and Mosque Discourse in Pluralistic Norway.
Sociology of Islam.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.1163/22131418-00603003
