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Miriam Sinkerud Johnson

Miriam Sinkerud Johnson

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 38, 0166 Oslo
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 36 040
E-mail
  • miriam.sinkerud-johnson@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Miriam S. Johnson is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research spans several areas of psychology, with a primary focus on developmental and cognitive psychology, forensic psychology, child witness testimony, memory, child psychology, women’s health, anxiety disorders, and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare research and training.

Professor Johnson’s research draws on a broad range of methodological approaches, including longitudinal and national field studies, network research, intensive longitudinal data, meta-analyses, experimental laboratory studies, and qualitative research designs. In addition to her academic work, Professor Johnson serves as an expert witness in court cases involving memory, trauma, children’s testimony, and investigative interviews with children. Throughout her career, she has led and contributed to multiple large-scale, externally funded and commissioned research projects in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, network research, and AI technology. 

Professor Johnson recently completed a one-year appointment as a Visiting Professor in the McNally Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Johnson, Miriam S. ; Johnson, Sverre Urnes; Ko, Hayley; Memon, Amina; Milne, Rebecca; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2026). Frontline Practitioners Under Pressure: Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction Amongst Professionals Investigating Child Abuse. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-026-09831-4

Ko, Hayley Manalang; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko (2026). Best practice vs. reality: An exploratory study of communication dynamics during forensic dental and medical examinations in child abuse investigations. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 182.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108786

Skjerdingstad, Nora Paulsen; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Johnson, Sverre Urnes; Hoffart, Asle; Ebrahimi, Omid Vakili (2025). Daily dynamics of parental mental health: Investigating depressive symptoms and negative parental experiences. Journal of Psychiatric Research. Vol. 190.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.08.007

Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Pripp, Are Hugo ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Children’s Elaboration of Forensically Relevant Information in Response to Invitations: A National Study of Investigative Interviews With Preschool-Aged Abuse Victims. Child Maltreatment (CM).
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251328933

Brubacher, Sonja; Johnson, Miriam ; Hassan, Syed; Riegler, Michael ; Halvorsen, Pål ; Baugerud, Gunn (2025). Experts' Views on Artificial Intelligence-Based Child Chatbots to Train Investigative Interviewing Skills. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70048

Ko, Hayley Manalang; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Using an AI-Driven Child Chatbot Avatar as a Training Tool for Information Gathering Skills of Dental and Medical Professionals: A Pilot Study. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70022

Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud (2025). “And Then He Hit Me.” Disclosure Patterns in Forensic Interviews of Preschool-Aged Allegedly Abused Children. Child Maltreatment (CM).
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251328884

Brubacher, Sonja P; Powell, Martine; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Cano, Cayetana López; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Riegler, Michael Alexander ; Halvorsen, Pål ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Experts' Views on Artifical Intelligence-Based Child Chatbots to Train Investigative Interviewing Skills. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70048

Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2024). Examining the impact of interviewer rejections following “Don't know” responses in forensic interviews of alleged preschool-aged victims of abuse. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 38.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4239

Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Powell, Martine; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Johansen, Dag; Sabet, Saeed Shafiee; Riegler, Michael ; Halvorsen, Pål (2024). A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of 2D and 3D Virtual Environments in Training for Child Interview Skills. IEEE Access. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3442297



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Research reports

Ko, Hayley; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Johnson, Miriam S. (2025). Finding the Right Words - Bridging Best Practice Interviewing and Healthcare Communication in Cases of Child Abuse. ISBN: 9788283646993. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3640860

Johnson, Miriam S. ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Hansen, Helle Birgitte; Hyvik, Martine Stordrange; Bråthen, Ida Caroline; Sjøflot, Ann Kristin (2024). Avhørsmetodisk kvalitet i avhør av førskolebarn. Funn fra Barneavhørsstudien. ISBN: 9788283646429. 124 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4612436

S., Miriam Johnson (2015). PhD-thesis: Interviewer Behavior and Children's Competence as Witnesses. 160 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3299784



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Dissemination

Ko, Hayley; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko (2025). Communication during forensic dental and medical examinations in child abuse investigations. 29th European Association of Dental Public Health Conference . European Association of Dental Public Health (EADPH).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5505872

Chatterjee, Ayan; Riegler, Michael ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Das, Jishnu; Pahari, Nibedita; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Ghosh, Bikramaditya; Saha, Arpan; Bajpai, Ram (2025). Erratum: Author Correction: Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology (Scientific reports (2024) 14 1 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74539-6.). Scientific Reports. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86904-0

Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed; Baugerud, Gunn ; Powell, Martine; Cano, Cayetana; Johnson, Miriam ; Røed, Ragnhild; Johansen, Dag; Sabet, Saeed; Riegler, Michael ; Halvorsen, Pål (2024). Immersive Virtual Reality in Child Interview Skills Training: A Comparison of 2D and 3D Environments. Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3652212.3652219

Hassan, Syed; Salehi, Pegah; Riegler, Michael ; Johnson, Miriam ; Baugerud, Gunn ; Halvorsen, Pål ; Sabet, Saeed (2022). Virtual Reality Talking Avatar for Investigative Interviews of Maltreat Children. 19th International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3549555.3549572

Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud (2022). Disclosure Patterns in Investigative Interviews of Preschool Children. 2022 AP-LS Annual Conference. American Psychology-Law Society.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3665200

Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Sabet, Saeed Shafiee; Salehi, Pegah; Halvorsen, Pål ; Riegler, Michael; Lammerse, Myrthe (2022). Ferdighetstrening i avhørsmetode for å fremme avdekking av overgrep mot barn - presentasjon av en forskningsbasert dynamisk AI-drevet barne-avatar. Barnehuskonferansen 2022. Statens barnehus ved Troms politidistrikt.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4587932

S., Miriam Johnson (2016). Kartlegging av avhørsmetodisk kvalitet i avhør av barn. Oslo Statsadvokatembete. Oslo Statsadvokatembete.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3921146

Johnson, Miriam S. (2015). Avhør av barn i straffesaker hvor barn er fornærmede. Follo Tingrett.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4208194

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2015). The state of affairs of interviews of sexually abused children in Norway. Oslo PsychScience – part III.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4484369

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Johnson, Miriam Sinkerud ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2014). Interview strategies promoting children’s competence as witnesses. The annual conference of The Cognitive Developmental Research Unit (EKUP).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4334888



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