Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Social work Social sciences Sociology
Subject areas
Child care Systems theory Niklas Luhmann
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Care orders from a parental perspective
The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge about child welfare care orders.
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Decisions on contact between parents and children in child welfare care measures
The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge on how child welfare employees and County Social Welfare Boards assess and justify the organization and extent of contact between children, siblings and parents after a care measure.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Olkowska, Alicja ; Sundnes, Anita ; Aamodt, Hilde Anette (2025). Hvordan regulerer diskurser familieterapeutens handlingsrom? Diskursens orden og familieterapi. Lorås, Lennart; Ness, Ottar (Ed.). Håndbok i familieterapi (2. utgave). Fagbokforlaget.
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
;
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
(2025).
The Child Welfare Employees’ Constructions of Contact Visits for Parents and Children in Public Care.
11 p.
Social Sciences.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14040206
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2025).
The Discourse on the “Dangerous Child Welfare Parent”—How Contact with Parents Is Constructed as a Risk for Children Under Public Care in Norway.
Social Sciences - Socialiniai.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14030173
Olkowska, Alicja
;
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
(2024).
«Mine barn skal alltid vite at jeg aldri ga opp» Hvordan håndterer foreldre å bli fratatt omsorgen for sitt barn? Å skape mening i det uforståelige.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.101.1.2
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Olkowska, Alicja
(2024).
Emosjonell omsorg i sosialfaglig praksis – eksemplifisert gjennom mødres fortellinger om omsorgsovertakelser.
Fokus på familien.
Vol. 52.
https://doi.org/10.18261/fokus.52.1.3
Aamodt, Hilde Anette ; Olkowska, Alicja (2024). Konflikt som kommunikasjon. Et eksempel fra barnevernet. Syrstad, Ellen; Flacke, Astrid Kleppe (Ed.). Konflikt : forståelse og håndtering i møte med familier. p. 147-156. Fagbokforlaget.
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Hennum, Nicole
(2024).
The Child Welfare Service’s Ignorance: The Use of Attachment Theory in Norwegian Child Welfare.
Intech Open.
https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1006282
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
;
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
(2024).
«Far er fra Syria, men det er ikke sånn strikt»Forståelser av kultur i barnevernstjenestens drøftinger av samværmellom fosterbarn og deres foreldre.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 101.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.101.2.5
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2024).
Foreldreskap i transformasjon- forventninger til foreldre i vurderinger av samvær.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
Vol. 42.
https://doi.org/10.23865/barn.v42.5606
Lie, Iselin Huseby
;
Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær
;
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
(2024).
Is participation always appropriate? Social workers' perspectives on when to exclude children from conversations about contact visits.
Child & Family Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13148
