Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Parent and child centres
Generating knowledge about assessments at parent and child centres.
Completed research projects
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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
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
;
Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg
(2026).
“It’s normal, you just gotta get used to it.” Professional, institutional and organisational challenges for social work in residential care.
Nordic Journal of Social Research.
Vol. 17.
https://doi.org/10.18261/njsr.17.1.1
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
;
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
(2025).
The Child Welfare Employees’ Constructions of Contact Visits for Parents and Children in Public Care.
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.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14030173
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
;
Stang, Edda
;
Steen, Tonje
(2024).
Å måtte «sitte på hendene» når foreldres omsorgskompetanse skal utredes.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 101.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.101.1.5
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
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
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2022).
“Sometimes I feel at home”
Adolescents’ narratives of everyday life in
residential care.
Journal of Children's Services.
Vol. 17.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-12-2020-0086
Aamodt, Hilde Anette
;
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2022).
Hvordan besluttes samvær mellom foreldre og barn under offentlig omsorg?.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 99.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.99.2-3.2
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2020).
Sosialt arbeid med ungdom på barneverninstitusjoner – en analyse av ansattes refleksjoner.
Fontene forskning.
Vol. 13.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3644620
Sommerfeldt, Marianne Buen
(2019).
Relasjoner mellom barn og voksne på barneverninstitusjoner i Norge Vår tids forståelser sett i et historisk perspektiv.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 96.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN.1891-1838-2019-03-04