About
I am a social worker with a master's in International Social Welfare and Health Policy and a PhD in social work from the University of Gothenburg. My teaching experience and research interests are related to integration policy for new refugees and immigrants, the introduction program, social problems and inequality, social work in NAV, user involvement, intersectionality, anti-racist social work, critical social work, and social work in a global context. I am responsible for the courses: ‘Intersectionality: Interaction of Social Categories’ (SP9230), ‘Social work in a global perspective’ (SOSV32220) and ‘The Intersection of Social Categories in Social Work’(SFV4300).
Field of study
Intergration policy Comparative Politics Immigrants Integration Integreringstiltak
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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The tensions of street-level social work for migrant inclusion – discretion, differentiation and deportability (TESMI)
We focus on street-level social work aimed at migrants in Finland, Norway and Sweden, and on how they experience such it.
Completed research projects
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EUROSHIP – Closing Gaps in Social Citizenship. New Tools to Foster Social Resilience in Europe
The overall aim of the EUROSHIP project is to provide an original and gender-sensitive assessment of the current gaps in social protection across Europe.
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Exploring Relationships of Trust and Distrust Between Youth Populations and Public Services in Vulnerable Areas (Ungtillit)
The project will contribute to gathering and developing knowledge about what young people's trust and distrust of public helpers is about, an how we can strengthen the relationships.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
;
Rugkåsa, Marianne
;
Thorvik, Camilla
;
Ødemark, Ingjerd Legreid
;
Ohls, Carolina
(2026).
Antiracist social work in the Nordic countries: A scoping review.
The British Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag189
Rugkåsa, Marianne
;
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2025).
Teaching antiracist social work within a Norwegian context.
Social Work Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2025.2552211
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
;
Kjørstad, Monica
(2024).
Et interseksjonelt perspektiv på brukermedvirkning for personer og grupper i sårbare livssituasjoner.
Aaslund, Håvard; Luteberget, Laila; Seim, Sissel; Slettebø, Tor (Ed.).
Brukermedvirkning for personer i sårbare posisjoner.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3650202
Kjørstad, Monica
;
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2024).
Interseksjonalitet og brukermedvirkning i introduksjonsprogrammet for nyankomne flyktninger og innvandrere.
Aaslund, Håvard; Luteberget, Laila; Seim, Sissel; Slettebø, Tor (Ed.).
Brukermedvirkning for personer i sårbare posisjoner.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4948929
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
;
Rugkåsa, Marianne
(2023).
Antirasistisk sosialt arbeid.
ISBN: 9788205564633.
198 p.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5058699
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
;
Kjørstad, Monica
(2022).
Samhandling på ulike premisser? Brukermedvirkning i introduksjonsprogrammet for nyankomne flyktninger.
Saltkjel, Therese; Rønningstad, Chris Andre; Sønderskov, Mette (Ed.).
Samhandling og inkludering i arbeidslivet. p. 140-160.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4200947
Muller, Ashley Elizabeth;
Gubrium, Erika
; Dahlberg, Jørgen;
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2021).
Dårlig forskning hindrer effektiv respons på Covid-19.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3730012
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2015).
(Dis)Empowering New Immigrants and Refugees Through Their Participation in Introduction Programs in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2015.1045054
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2015).
Introduktionsprogram för nyanlända i Sverige, Danmark och Norge.
Montesino, Norma; Righard, Erica (Ed.).
p. 63-85.
Gleerups Utbildning AB.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5003685
Gubrium, Erika
;
Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme
(2014).
Policing Norwegian Welfare: Disciplining and Differentiating within the Bottom Rungs.
Social Inclusion.
Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v2i3.35
