About
Lotte C. Andersen is a sociologist with a PhD in Social Work and Social Policy. She works as a senior researcher at NOVA in the Section for Childhood, Family and Child Welfare.
Andersen’s research interests include family and everyday life, Barnahus, social work practices, and the conditions for situationally based social work.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Doing Co-operation. A Co-study with Landsforeningen for barnevernsbarn and Sarpsborg Municipality to Enhance Support for Vulnerable Children and Youth (CoChildren)
How can child welfare services and other support services collaborate more effectively to assist children and young people in vulnerable life situations?
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NAV and Domestic Violence
In this project, we examine how NAV works with issues related to domestic violence and how individuals exposed to violence experience their contact with NAV.
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The Domestic Violence Research Programme
The programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems.
Completed research projects
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Evaluation of Norwegian Barnahus
This project is a national evaluation of the Norwegian Barnahus model.
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Knowledge on Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse against Children and Adolescents – Offenders, the Offended, and Arenas
The project will generate new knowledge about sexual abuse of children and adolescents, with the main emphasis on technology-facilitated sexual abuse.
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The Barnahus Model: Developmental Trends and Institutional Tensions
Based on the Norwegian and international barnahus models, this project will explore how the barnahus model has developed and changed over time, as well as the institutional tensions that permeats the barnahus operation.
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The Work of Child Welfare Services When There is Concern About the Child's Sexual Behaviour
The project aim is to discuss what can be good measures in the child welfare services work with children and young people with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour and their parents.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Andersen, Lotte Cathrin
(2025).
Barnehusenes nye målgruppe og mulige utfordringer: om sårbare mistenkte i seksuallovbruddsaker og de ikke-sårbare «hvem som helst».
Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari; Dullum, Jane Vibeke (Ed.).
Et voldsfelt i bevegelse: Rettslige virkemidler og institusjonelle ordninger. p. 145-164.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.246.ch7
Andersen, Lotte Cathrin
(2024).
Enabling and Preserving Situational Social Work in Barnahus: A Vulnerable Jurisdiction Caught in the Crossfire Between Juridification and Psychologisation.
Johansson, Susanna; Stefansen, Kari; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Kaldal, Anna (Ed.).
Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children Institutional Tensions in Nordic and European Barnahus Models.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53233-7_6
Andersen, Lotte Cathrin
(2021).
Phronetically Guided Use of Knowledge: Interstitial Work at Barnahus and How It Can Inform the Knowledge Debate in Social Work.
The British Journal of Social Work.
Vol. 52.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab081
Andersen, Lotte Cathrin
;
Stefansen, Kari
(2020).
Forhandlinger om verdighet blant kvinner utsatt for partnervold.
Bredal, Anja; Eggebø, Helga; Eriksen, Astrid (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge. p. 67-86.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.99
Andersen, Lotte Cathrin
(2019).
Mellomromsarbeid: om barnehusrådgiveres arbeidspraksiser.
Skjørten, Kristin; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Bjørnholt, Margunn; Mossige, Svein (Ed.).
Vold i nære relasjoner: Forståelser, konsekvenser og tiltak. p. 178-193.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4426909
Aarseth, Helene;
Andersen, Lotte
(2012).
Den likestilte familien i et klasseperspektiv: Mellom selvutfoldelse og felleskap.
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Widerberg, Karin (Ed.).
Velferdsstatens familier. Nye sosiologiske perspektiver. p. 191-210.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5221547
