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Tina Gerdts-Andresen

Tina Gerdts-Andresen

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X553
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 36 551
E-mail
  • tina.gerdts-andresen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Gerdts-Andresen has a combined Law and Child Welfare education, with a Master of Health and Social Work with Children and Youth, and continued education in e.g. child welfare services, child welfare in a minority perspective, psychosocial work with children and youth, and communication.

She has several years of professional work experience from Child Welfare Services and has also worked as a senior advisor at the County Governors office, department of Child Welfare.

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli (2026). Causal attribution: a theoretical framework for understanding the significance of children’s perceptions of family violence. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 182.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108801

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Hegdahl-Galterudhøgda, Anita (2025). Identifying Parents with Cognitive Difficulties: How Child Welfare Services Enable Timely and Appropriate Support. Social Sciences. Vol. 14.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5274632

Hansen, Heidi Aarum; Bjørktomta, Siv-Britt; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Bridging theory and practice in child welfare education: preparing students for practice. European Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2025.2554334

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli (2025). Samværsvurderinger når barn akuttplasseres grunnet mistanke om vold eller seksuelle overgrep. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfv.28.3.1

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eriksen, Anette Ødegård (2025). Understanding a Parent’s Visitation Capacity After a Care Order. Social Sciences. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14040221

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Regulating Phone Contact and Digital Communication Between Children in Public Care and Their Parents. Social Sciences. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050290

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). A Child's Right to Family Life after a Care Order Is Issued: An Analysis of the Child Welfare Tribunals' Weighting and Interpretation. NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research (NNJLSR). Vol. 13.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3704750

Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Hvordan identifiseres vold og overgrep i saker som ender med akuttvedtak. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.102.1.3

Hansen, Heidi Aarum; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Ensuring successful child-parent visitations for children in public care: perspectives from child welfare workers. Nordic Social Work Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2025.2492009

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eriksen, Anette Ødegård (2025). The Risk of Not Knowing—How Information Sharing Affects Parents’ Ability to Maintain and Develop Family Ties After a Child’s Removal from Parental Care. Social Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14060334



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Research reports

Eide, Ketil; Krane, Vibeke; Øvergård, Kjell Ivar; Follesø, Reidun; Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli; Kvello, Øyvind; Galterudhøgda, Anita; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2024). Flyttinger i regi av barnevernet. ISBN: 9788272068539. 200 p. Skriftserien fra Universitetet i Sørsøt-Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3128537

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2023). Barns rett til familieliv etter omsorgsovertakelse. En analyse av Barneverns- og Helsenemndas vekting og fortolkning. UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31586

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eide, Ketil; Krane, Vibeke; Kvello, Øyvind (2022). Tilbakeføring til foreldrehjemmet etter en plassering i fosterhjem eller institusjon: En oppsummering av hovedtrekkene i forskningslitteraturen. Flyttinger i regi av barnevernet. Delrapport 2. ISBN: 9788272066931. 99 p. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge/Universitetet i Søraust-Noreg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3013453

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eide, Ketil; Krane, Vibeke; Kvello, Øyvind (2022). Fosterhjemsplassering i familie og nære nettverk – En oppsummering av hovedtrekkene i forskningslitteraturen. 96 p. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge/Universitetet i Søraust-Noreg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4420175

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eide, Ketil; Krane, Vibeke; Kvello, Øyvind (2022). Fosterhjemsplassering i familie og nære nettverk – En oppsummering av hovedtrekkene i forskningslitteraturen Flyttinger i regi av barnevernet. Delrapport 1. ISBN: 9788272066924. 88 p. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge/Universitetet i Søraust-Noreg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3011626

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Eide, Ketil; Krane, Vibeke; Kvello, Øyvind (2022). Tilbakeføring til foreldrehjemmet etter en plassering i fosterhjem eller institusjon: En oppsummering av hovedtrekkene i forskningslitteraturen. 99 p. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge/Universitetet i Søraust-Noreg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4450512



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Dissemination

Hegdahl-Galterudhøgda, Anita; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Barnevernets arbeid med foreldre med kognitive vansker; hjemmebasert støtte og veiledning i praksis. PYC erfaringskonferanse. PYC Sverige.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5358915

Hegdahl-Galterudhøgda, Anita; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). Endringsarbeid i regi av barneverntjenesten når foreldre har kognitive vansker. PYC erfaringskonferanse. PYC Sverige.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5358912

Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2025). How violence and abuse is identified in cases that end with Emergency Child Placements. European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4840741

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Hansen, Heidi Aarum (2025). Involuntary Collaboration and Parental Resistance: Child Welfare Workers’ Perspectives on ‘High-Conflict’ Cases. European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4907588

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli (2025). Faces of Violence: An Analysis of Emergency Child Placements. European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4533352

Hansen, Heidi Aarum; Andersen, Marie Valen-Sendstad; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2024). The child’s right to family life when living in public care: How to facilitate contact that preserves, strengthens, and develops family ties. European Social Work Research Association. Vilnius University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4137379

Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2024). Blocked adress and regulation of contact rights when a care order is issued. FORSA konferanse 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4500079

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Hansen, Heidi Aarum (2024). From frozen words to dialogue. FORSA konferanse 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4575471

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina ; Hansen, Heidi Aarum (2024). How the child welfare tribunal practices a child's right to participate in care order proceedings. FORSA konferanse 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4829920

Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2023). Feelings of emotional strain and pressure. How to work towards reunification from a parents' perspective. FORSA/NASSW conference.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3795445



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