About
Asgeir Falch-Eriksens is a political scientist with the main research interests being political theory, trust theory, public administration, epistocracy, politics of families and child protection.
These interests have culminated in an interest in empirical research on constitutional Democracy and trust between Citizens and citizens' trust in government.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Political science and organisational theory
Subject areas
Political theory Child care Democracy theory Public administration and policy Politics of knowledge Studies of professions
Research groups
Research projects
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Children’s Right to Participation (PARTICIPATION)
PARTICIPATION a collaborative knowledge project with ambitions to make groundbreaking steps in the understanding and implementation of children’s participatory rights.
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Cosmopolitan Turn and Democratic Sentiments (CONSENT)
CONSENT is a large bilateral project between Norway and Romania. The main objective is to investigate empirically, both in Romania and Norway, to what extent the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is considered to be relevant when developing politics and law.
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Enhancing child’s right for the participation in child protection assessment (COMPENCA)
This project focus on the child´s right to participate in child protection assessment and decision-making.
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Legitimacy challenges
This project aims to reveal conditions and mechanisms for sustaining legitimacy in societies in which there is a backlash on social and political right developments.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Lehtme, Rafaela (2023). Challenges to Social Work Professionalism During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Child Protective Workers’ Perspectives. Journal of Social Work Practice .
Kallas, Kristina; Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (2022). BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN INVOLUNTARY PARENT IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk . Vol. 58.
Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Toros, Karmen (2022). Professional Practice in Rights-Based Foster Care, and the Child's Right to Participate. Children's Rights to Participate in Out-of-Home Care. 3. Routledge.
Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (2022). The voices of parents in child protective services: A qualitative analysis of families’ struggles with COVID-19. Developmental Child Welfare (DCW) . Vol. 4.
Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Toros, Karmen (2022). Children's Right to Express Themselves in Child Protection Casework. Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child's Right to Participate. 1. Routledge.
Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (2022). Professional Child Protection and the Child's Freedom of Expression. Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child's Right to Participate. 3. Routledge.
Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Toros, Karmen (2022). Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child's Right to Participate. ISBN: 9780367713959. Routledge.
Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Wu, Jing (2021). Listening to Children’s Voices in Child Protection Practices: Child Protection Workers’ Perspectives on Child Participation. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems 2021. 21. p. 1-20. Palgrave Macmillan.
Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (2021). Structured peer group supervision: Systematic case reflection for constructing new perspectives and solutions. 6 p. International Social Work .
Toros, Karmen; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (2021). Strengths-Based Practice in Child Welfare: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Child and Family Studies . Vol. 30.
