About
PhD, Sociology Anja Bredal, Researcher; Childhood, Family and Child Welfare Research. As a qualitative sociologist, Bredal has done extensive research in the fields of migration, integration, family, gender and generation. Her projects include public policies and welfare services in the area of marriage migration and domestic violence, including forced marriage and honour based violence. At the moment she is a member of NOVA's Domestic violence research program.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Gender Public policy Family health Integration Ethnic minorities Immigration Forced marriage Domestic violence
Research groups
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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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Smette, Ingrid; Hyggen, Christer; Bredal, Anja
(2021).
Foreldrerestriksjoner blant minoritetsungdom: omfang og mønstre i og utenfor skolen.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning
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Vol. 62.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91468
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. Kapittel 3. p. 47-65. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
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. Kapittel 9. p. 167-195.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81154
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://hdl.handle.net/10037/20403
Bredal, Anja; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid (2020). Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge. ISBN: 978-82-02-68104-3. 199 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
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. 8. p. 143-158.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://www.idunn.no/vold_i_naere_relasjoner/kapit...
Bredal, Anja (2018). Contesting the Boundaries between Civil and Religious Marriage. State and Mosque Discourse in Pluralistic Norway. Sociology of Islam . Vol. 6.
Reisel, Liza; Bredal, Anja; Lidén, Hilde (2018). Transnational schooling among children of immigrants in Norway: The significance of Islam. Bezorgmehr, Mehdi; Kasinitz, Philip (Ed.). Growing up Muslim in Europe and the United States. 8. p. 153-171. Routledge.
Bredal, Anja; Stefansen, Kari (2017). Barnahus for Adults? Reinterpreting the Barnahus Model to Accommodate Adult Victims of Domestic Violence. Susanna, Johansson; Stefansen, Kari; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Kaldal, Anna (Ed.). Collaborating against child abuse: Exploring the Nordic Barnahus model. Chapter 15. p. 311-330. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bredal, Anja; Hydle, Ida Marie (2014). Dialog i saker om kollektiv æresrelatert vold mot barn og unge. Innvandrere på utsiden av samfunnet. kapittel 6. p. 159-186. Abstrakt forlag.
Bredal, Anja (2014). Ordinary vs Other violence? Conceptualising Honour Based Violence in Scandinavian Public Policies. Honour killing and violence. Theory, policy and practice. Kapittel 7. p. 135-155. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bredal, Anja (2013). Vold i nære relasjoner : Minoritetskvinner mellom hypersynlighet og usynlighet. Thun, Cecilie; Bråten, Beret (Ed.). Krysningspunkter. Likestillingspolitikk i et flerkulturelt Norge. Kapittel 5. p. 117-143. Akademika forlag.
Bredal, Anja (2011). Border control to prevent forced marriages: Choosing between protecting women and protecting the nation. Gill, Aisha; Anitha, Sundari (Ed.). Forced Marriage: Introducing a Social Justice and Human Rights Perspective. kapittel 4. p. 90-111. Zed Books.
Bredal, Anja (2009). Barnevernet og minoritetsjenters opprør. Mellom det generelle og det spesielle. Eide, Kjetil (Ed.). Over profesjonelle barrierer : et minoritetsperspektiv i psykososialt arbeid med barn og unge. Kapittel. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Bredal, Anja (2008). Politiques et stratégies norvégiennes contre les mariages forcés. 10 p. Migrations Societé . Vol. 20.
Bredal, Anja (2006). Utlendingsloven mot tvangsekteskap om kunnskapsgrunnlaget for menneskerettslige avveininger. Nordisk tidsskrift for menneskerettigheter . Vol. 24.
Bredal, Anja (2006). "Vi er jo en familie". Arrangerte ekteskap, autonomi og fellesskap blant unge norsk-asiater. ISBN: 82-8152-002-7. 329 p.
Bredal, Anja (2005). Arranged Marriages as a Multicultural Battlefield. Andersson, Mette; Lithman, Yngve; Sernhede, Ove (Ed.). Youth, Otherness and the Plural City. Modes of Belonging and Social Life. Bokkapittel. Daidalos.
