About
Wathne, K. (Ph.D), leader of academic unit, is a medical anthropologist with research interests in childhood obesity, minority and health, culture of health and illness, social work, welfare, welfare encounters, and child welfare.
Current research projects:
* Immigrant women in workfare (diffuse health, communication in encounters)
* African children in Norwegian homes (intergenerational and intergrational issues with placement)
* Somali mothers in NAV (empowerment of low income families in multiple welfare fields)
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Wathne, Kjetil
; Kisuule, John David
(2023).
Not trustworthy. African parents’ perspectives on Norwegian child protection care measures.
European Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2023.2282386
Wathne, Kjetil
(2021).
‘They said I wasn’t sick enough’: pain as negotiation in workfare.
14 p.
Nordic Social Work Research.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2021.1958909
Wathne, Kjetil
;
Mburu, Christina Brux
; Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin
(2015).
Obesity and minority—changing meanings of big bodies among young Pakistani obesity patients in Norway.
Sport, Education and Society.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2012.754751
Wathne, Kjetil
(2011).
Movement of large bodies impaired: the double burden of obesity: somatic and semiotic issues.
Sport, Education and Society.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.589640
Wathne, Kjetil
(2011).
Being Stout: on Health & Lifestyle-change.
Tidsskrift for forskning i sygdom og samfund.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.7146/tfss.v8i14.5414
