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Elisabeth Backe-Hansen

Elisabeth Backe-Hansen

Job title
  • Research Professor emerita
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 924 46 421
  • Office: +47 672 36 617
E-mail
  • elisabeth.backe-hansen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Field of study

Child care   Childrens participation   Fostercare   Ethical issues in child research

Research projects

Completed research projects

  • Against All Odds?

    Why do some care leavers end up doing well as young adults, against all odds? What does "doing well" mean to young women and men, with majority backgrounds? These are questions we seek to investigate in this project.

  • Child Welfare in Norway 1990-2011

    A register data study of Norwegian child welfare clients.

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Rugkåsa, Marianne ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2025). “It Is Possible to Call More People Mum”—Contact Between Children in Foster Care and Their Birth Parents. Social Sciences. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14030154

Pålsson, David; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Gundersen, Tonje ; Kalliomaa-Puha, Laura; Lausten, Mette; Pösö, Tarja (2024). Licence Loss: Revocations of Residential Care Licences in Four Nordic Countries. Child & Family Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13193

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2023). Children's perspectives in context. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 154.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107118

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Christiansen, Øivin; Kojan, Bente Heggem (2023). Best mulig beslutninger til best mulig hjelp. Kojan, Bente Heggem; Christiansen, Øivin (Ed.). Beslutninger i barnevernet 2.utgave. p. 257-274. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4750953

Hestbæk, Anne-Dorthe; Skivenes, Marit; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir ; Svendsen, Idamarie Leth; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2023). The Child Protection Systems in Denmark and Norway. Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil; Skivenes, Marit (Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems. Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197503546.013

Pålsson, David; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Kalliomaa-Puha, Laura; Lausten, Mette; Pösö, Tarja (2022). Licence to Care – Licensing Terms for For-Profit Residential Care for Children in Four Nordic Countries. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nwr.7.1.2

Shanks, Emelie; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Eriksson, Pia; Lausten, Mette; Lundström, Tommy; Ranta, Heikki; Sallnäs, Marie (2021). Privatisation of residential care for children and youth in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2021-03-02

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2018). Agency and flexible support in transition from care: Learning from the experiences of a Norwegian sample of care leavers doing well. Nordic Social Work Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2018.1518815

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2018). Formal and Everyday Participation in Foster Families: A Challenge?. Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (Ed.). Human Rights in Child Protection Implications for Professional Practice and Policy. p. 227-244. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94800-3_12

Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2018). Human Rights in Child Protection Implications for Professional Practice and Policy. ISBN: 9783319947990. 258 p. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6620



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Textbooks

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2021). Fra barnevern til voksenliv. ISBN: 9788291927091. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4017467

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2003). Barn utenfor hjemmet. Flytting i barnevernets regi. ISBN: 9788205301740. 261 p. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3738046

Jensen, An-Magritt; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Backe-Wiig, Harald; Heggen, Kåre (1999). Oppvekst i barnets århundre. Historier om tvetydighet. ISBN: 9788241710483. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5004017

Jensen, An-Magritt; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Bache-Wiig, Harald; Heggen, Kåre (1999). Oppvekst i barnets århundre. ISBN: 9788241710483. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4579404

Jensen, An-Magritt; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Bache-Wiig, Harald; Heggen, Kåre (1999). Oppvekst i barnets århundre. Historier om tvetydighet. ISBN: 9788241710483. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4724409

Jensen, An-Magritt; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Bache-Wiig, Harald; Heggen, Kåre (1999). Oppvekst i barnets århundre. Historier om tvetydighet. ISBN: 9788241710483. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5172486

Jensen, An-Magritt; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Bache-Wiig, Harald; Heggen, Kåre (1999). Oppvekst i barnets århundre : historier om tvetydighet. ISBN: 9788241710483. 301 p. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3367739

Zeiner, Pål; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Eskeland, Ståle; Ogden, Terje; Rypdal, Per; Sommerschild, Hilchen (1998). Barn og unge med alvorlige atferdsvansker. Norges forskningsråf.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3521001

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Havik, Toril (1997). Barnevern på barns premisser. ISBN: 9788241708152. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4825967

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Havik, Toril (1997). Barnevern på barns premisser. ISBN: 9788241708152. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4696093



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Research reports

Stang, Elisabeth Gording ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Rugkåsa, Marianne (2023). Samvær i praksis. En forskningsbasert undersøkelse av samværsordninger i barnevernet. Hovedrapport fra prosjektet "Samvær etter omsorgsovertakelse". OsloMet Skriftserie.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4690606

Ellingsen, Dag ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Kjelsaas, Iselin; Guldvik, Maria Køber; Vennerød, Øyvind; Pedersen, Simen (2020). Best egnede tiltak når barn og unge skal bo utenfor hjemmet. 187 p. Menon Economics publikasjon 134/2020.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3555326

Boddy, Janet; Lausten, Mette; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Gundersen, Tonje (2019). Understanding the lives of care-experienced young people in Denmark, England and Norway. ISBN: 9788771196160. 38 p. VIVE.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3278423

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Løvgren, Mette ; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Storø, Jan (2017). God omsorg i barnevernsinstitusjoner. ISBN: 9788278946336. 175 p. NOVA, HiOA.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5109

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Smette, Ingrid ; Vislie, Camilla (2017). Kunnskapsoppsummering. Vold mot barn og systemsvikt. ISBN: 9788278946176. 156 p. Velferdsforskningsinstituttet NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5110

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2015). Norwegian country report. 80 p. ISCI Web.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5167693

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Gundersen, Tonje ; Føleide, Marie ; Winsvold, Aina Iren (2015). Kunnskapsoversikt om alvorlige atferdsvansker blant barn og unge. 180 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4051112

Christiansen, Øivin; Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Skilbred, Dag Tore; Madsen, Christian; Havnen, Karen J Skaale; Aarland, Kristin ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2015). Forskningskunnskap om barnevernets hjelpetiltak. ISBN: 9788292970898. 242 p. NORCE Research AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3219088

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Walhovd, Kristine B; Huang, Lihong (2014). Kjønnsforskjeller i skoleprestasjoner: En kunnskapsoppsummering. ISBN: 9788278945049. 154 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6437

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Madsen, Christian; Kristofersen, Lars B ; Hvinden, Bjørn (2014). Barnevern i Norge 1990-2010. En longitudinell studie. ISBN: 9788278945124. 208 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5074



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Dissemination

Rugkåsa, Marianne ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2023). Samvær i praksis - en forskningsbasert undersøkelse av samværsordninger i barnevernet. Fosterhjemskonferansen. Norsk fosterhjemsforening.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4819771

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2019). Loneliness and insecurity dog youngsters as they age out of child welfare services.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5105059

Stang, Elisabeth Gording ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Nordanger, Dag Øystein (2019). Forenkling av barnevernsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4174784

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2019). Barnevernets hasteplasseringer i et 30-årsperspektiv. Hva kan vi lære av historien?. Kontekstonline. Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/https://www.nubu.no/no/artikler/ba

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2019). Unge på vei ut av barnevernet trenger noen som bryr seg og bryr seg om dem. nettbasert www.forebygging.no.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4124433

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2019). Formell medbestemmelse og deltakelse i hverdagslivet i fosterhjem – en utfordring for fosterforeldre, fosterbarn og andre barn i fosterhjemmet. Konferanse. Dialog og kompetanse A/S.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4952309

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2019). Tverrfaglig og tverretatlig samarbeid-til besvær og til barns og unges beste. Studsrød, Ingunn; Paulsen, Veronika; Kvaran, Inge; Mevik, Kate Eileen (Ed.). Barnevernspedagog : en grunnbok. p. 245-258. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4110815

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Oterholm, Inger; Paulsen, Veronika; Storø, Jan (2018). Endelig ettervern for barnevernsbarn?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3442405

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2018). Experiences With leaving care services among care leavers doing well. Network meeting - Nordic Research Network on Care Leavers´s Transition to Adulthood. NTNU Samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3470677

Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth (2018). Prioritering av ettervern. Frokostmøte . Norges forskningsråd.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3578403



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