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Anita Røysum

Anita Røysum

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X552
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 984 38 800
  • Office: +47 672 38 160
E-mail
  • anita.roysum@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Profession; Social worker. Degrees in social work and sociology. PhD in the Study of Professions. Teaches these topics; Social work as a profession, science, and discipline. The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Offices (NAV). The social services in NAV. Activation and job inclusion. Social work with groups. Researching these themes; Social work as theory. Social work in the NAV system. Resourceful/skilled immigrant women. Activation processes. Integration. Islamophobia. Self-efficacy. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI). Dog-assisted therapy (DAT).

Field of study

Professional identity   Animal-assisted interventions   Norwegian Labour and Welfare Offices   Work inclusion   Inclusion and exclusion of miorities   Social Work and Knowledge   Female immigrant

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Røysum, Anita ; Andersen, Emilie Buer (2025). Om bruk av terapihund for unge med langvarige helseutfordringer. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfv.28.4.5

Røysum, Anita (2021). Resourceful female immigrants’ experiences of the Norwegian activation field. Nordic Social Work Research. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2021.2011384

Røysum, Anita (2018). The job-seeking experiences of resourceful female immigrants and the impact on their self-efficacy beliefs. European Journal of Social Work. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1476328

Røysum, Anita (2017). "How" we do social work, not "what" we do. Nordic Social Work Research. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2017.1284150

Røysum, Anita (2016). Arbeidsmoral forkledd som likestilling?. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. Vol. 33.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2016-01-02

Røysum, Anita (2014). Kritisk og akademisk kunnskap: Er vi kun forkledde akademikere?. Fontene forskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5004204

Røysum, Anita (2014). Ubehaget ved å forenkle det komplekse. Ohnstad, Anbjørg; Rugkåsa, Marianne; Ylvisaker, Signe (Ed.). Ubehaget i sosialt arbeid. p. 141-159. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3848572

Røysum, Anita (2013). The reform of the welfare services in Norway: One Office - one way of thinking?. European Journal of Social Work. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2012.722982

Røysum, Anita (2010). Nav-reformen: Sosialarbeidernes profesjon utfordres. Fontene forskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3977970

Røysum, Anita (2009). Ulike forståelser av helhetlig oppfølging i NAV?. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. Vol. 12.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3303159



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Textbooks

Røysum, Anita (2006). Sosialt arbeid som kunnskap. I: A. Røysum (red.), Sosialt arbeid. Refleksjoner om kunnskap og praksis. ISBN: 9788290858037. 13 p. Fellesorganisasjonen for barnevernpedagoger, sosionomer og vernepleiere (FO).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3366199

Røysum, Anita (2006). Sosialt arbeid. Refleksjoner om kunnskap og praksis. ISBN: 9788290858051. 12 p. Fellesorganisasjonen for barnevernpedagoger, sosionomer og vernepleiere.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4501608

Røysum, Anita (2006). Sosialt arbeid. Refleksjoner om kunnskap og praksis. ISBN: 9788290858037. 203 p. Fellesorganisasjonen for barnevernpedagoger, sosionomer og vernepleiere (FO).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4598934



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Research reports

Røysum, Anita (2012). Sosialt arbeid i nye kontekster. En studie av sosialarbeideres erfaringer med NAV-reformen. ISBN: 9788293208150. 289 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4196979

Woll, Heidi ; Bay, Ann-Helén ; Innvær, Simon ; Røysum, Anita ; Sletnes, Ingun ; Christensen, Mette Torp (2010). Forholdet mellom sosionomutdanningen og velferdsutdanningen.Utredning og rapport. 22 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4188609

Røysum, Anita (1996). Brukerundersøkelse - i lys av reformen for mennesker med psykisk utviklingshemming. 132 p. Norsk forbund for utviklingshemmede NFPU (nå NFU).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4118658

Røysum, Anita (1996). Brukerundersøkelse - i lys av reformen for mennesker med psykisk utviklingshemning. Delrapport om Oslo. Norsk forbund for utviklingshemmede NFPU (nå NFU).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5050006



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Dissemination

Røysum, Anita (2024). Can dog-assisted therapy (DAT) improve social skills among youths with long-term physical disease? A systemic review. IAHAIO Conference 2024. International Association of Human-Animal Interaction IAHAIO.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4795427

Lundberg, Kjetil Grimastad; Kojan, Bente Heggem; Røysum, Anita (2024). Introduction to the special issue on social work, social sustainability and inequality. Nordisk tidsskrift for livskvalitet og bærekraftig velferdsutvikling.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3502943

Røysum, Anita (2023). "How" we do social work instead of "what" we do?. 12th European Conference for Social Work Research. European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3748007

Røysum, Anita (2023). Forskning på 1-2-3.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4236665

Røysum, Anita (2023). Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) with dogs: Useful for young people in physical rehabilitation considering the development of their` skill-based social competence?. FORSA ESSW 2023 Conference. FORSA ESSW.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4027290

Huse, Ingvild Synnøve; Røysum, Anita (2022). Nyttig og nødvendig bok om sosialt arbeid på Nav-kontoret. Fontene forskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4793932

Røysum, Anita (2022). Hva med de ressurssterke innvandrerkvinnene? Misbruk av ressurser.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3923913

Røysum, Anita (2022). Resultater fra studien «Ressurssterke innvandrerkvinners erfaringer med sine arbeidssøkerprosesser og aktiveringsfeltet i Norge». Faglunsj/møte. Oslomet, Institutt for sosialfag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3611801

Røysum, Anita ; Gubrium, Erika (2022). Diversty in the city: Re-conceptualizing the role of time and place in socially inclusive social work. European Conference for Social Work Research. European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3622631

Røysum, Anita (2021). Resourceful female immigrants`experiences of the Norwegian activation field. No one will be left behind. FORSA-konferansen 2021 Forening for forskning i sosialt arbeid (FORSA).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4234294



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