Tonje Gundersen

About

Tonje Gundersen is a researcher at NOVA, Section for Research on Childhood, Family and Child Welfare. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Oslo (2012). Her dissertation was about the challenges parents of children with rare diagnoses may face and their coping strategies. Her fields of research are disability, child welfare services and family, user experiences and welfare state services. Her research portfolio ranges from evaluations of crisis centres, Barnahus and various government grant schemes to research on young people who have experience from child welfare services and people with disabilities experience of violence. From 2020 to 2024 she has been involved in a research programme on family counselling and led a project about youth with substance abuse challenges in residential care and alternative arrangements for your unable to live in ordinary residential care settings. She has extensive project management experience and was for four years (2013-2017) head of the section for Research on Childhood, Family and Child welfare.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Sociology Social sciences

Subject areas

Violence Child care Disability Parenthood Human service organization

Administrative field of work

Research quality Research collaboration Research strategy Contract work Project management Research communication Competence development Personell administration

Research groups

Childhood, Family and Child Welfare

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Consequences of the Pandemic for Living Conditions and Equality
In this project we will investigate the consequences of the pandemic for living conditions for children and young people, equality in families and for individuals, including children and adults with disabilities.
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?

Completed research projects

Against All Odds?
Why do some care leavers end up doing well as young adults, against all odds? What does "doing well" mean to young women and men, with majority backgrounds? These are questions we seek to investigate in this project.
Child Welfare Institutions for Young People with Drug Addiction and Separate Institutions for One Single Young Person
The project investigate the child welfare institutions for young people with drug addiction and separate institutions for one single young person.
Evaluation of Norwegian Barnahus
This project is a national evaluation of the Norwegian Barnahus model.
Family Counselling: Equal Services for a Diverse Population?
The researchers investigate what it implies for the family services to provide equal services in different local contexts, and what kind of challenges the services experience when trying to provide equal services.
The Pilot Project (Los-prosjektet) – an evaluation of state subsidies to municipalities targeting young people at risk of dropping out of school.
This evaluation will investigate how municipalities who have been granted subsidies to establish the Pilot Project in their community have organized the project.

Scientific publications

Pålsson, David; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Gundersen, Tonje ; Kalliomaa-Puha, Laura; Lausten, Mette; Pösö, Tarja (2024). Licence Loss: Revocations of Residential Care Licences in Four Nordic Countries. Child & Family Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13193

Gundersen, Tonje ; Tveito, Siri Berg (2022). Barnevernets oppfølging av fosterforeldrenes egne barn. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. Vol. 99.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.99.2-3.3

Gundersen, Tonje (2021). Embedded in relations—Interactions as a source of agency and life opportunities for care-experienced young adults. Children & society.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12434

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Boddy, Janet; Gundersen, Tonje ; Fidelma, Hanrahan; Østergaard, Jeanette (2020). Deconstructing doing well; what can we learn from care experienced young people in England, Denmark and Norway?. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105333

Gundersen, Tonje ; Jessen, Jorunn Theresia (2020). Fosterforeldres egne barn: Hvordan synes de det er å ha fostersøsken?. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. Vol. 97.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN.1891-1838-2020-03-04

Gundersen, Tonje ; Vislie, Camilla Cecilie (2019). Voldsutsatte med funksjonsnedsettelser - individuelle og strukturelle barrierer mot å søke hjelp. Skjørten, Kristin; Bakketeig, Elisiv; Bjørnholt, Margunn; Mossige, Svein (Ed.). Vold i nære relasjoner: Forståelser, konsekvenser og tiltak. p. 159-177. Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18261/978821503

Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Gundersen, Tonje (2018). Care parading as service: Negotiating recognition and equality in user-controlled personal assistance. Gender, Work & Organization.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12297

Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Gundersen, Tonje (2016). Personlig assistanse - omsorg eller service?. Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg; Olsvold, Nina; Thagaard, Tove (Ed.). Omsorgsarbeidets sosiologi. p. 131-160. Fagbokforlaget.

Kynø, Nina Margrethe ; Ravn, Ingrid Helen ; Lindemann, Rolf; Smeby, Nina Aarhus; Torgersen, Anne M; Gundersen, Tonje (2013). Parents of preterm-born children; sources of stress and worry and experiences with an early intervention programme - a qualitative study. BMC Nursing.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-12-28

Gundersen, Tonje (2012). Human Dignity at Stake - how parents of disabled children experience the welfare system. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2011.592955

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Research reports

Gundersen, Tonje ; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Fugletveit, Ragnhild ; Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle (2024). Rusinstitusjoner for ungdom. Grensedragning mellom frivillighet,tvang, omsorg og behandling.Samfunnsvitenskapelig analyse. ISBN: 978-82-7894-853-8. 194 p. NOVA/OsloMet. Vol. 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3124816

Gundersen, Tonje ; Havre, Merete ; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Fugletveit, Ragnhild ; Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle (2023). Enetiltak og alenetiltak i barnevernet. Et nødvendig botilbud til barn og ungdom. ISBN: 978-82-7894-834-7. 285 p. NOVA/OsloMet .

Gundersen, Tonje ; Ellingsen, Dag (2022). «Alenetiltak» i barnevernet. Kartlegging av omfang og tilbud. ISBN: 978-82-7894-799-9. 28 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3013510

Bergflødt, Monika Marie ; Bossy, Dagmara ; Gundersen, Tonje (2022). Møter med familievernet. Brukeres erfaringer og opplevelser av familieverntjenesten. ISBN: 978-82-7894-812-5. 99 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3038432

Gundersen, Tonje ; Tveito, Siri Berg; Dokken, Therese (2022). Evaluering av Los-ordningen for ungdom. ISBN: 978-82-7894-802-6. 160 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3002736

Ellingsen, Dag ; Gundersen, Tonje (2021). Enetiltak. Kartlegging av tilbud og bruk av tvang. ISBN: 9788278947739. 28 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6516

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Stefansen, Kari ; Andersen, Lotte Cathrin ; Gundersen, Tonje (2021). Evaluering av Statens barnehus 2021. 249 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Rosten, Monika ; Øverli, Ingvil Thallaug; Gundersen, Tonje (2020). Truffet av volden. Familievernets arbeid med vold i nære relasjoner. ISBN: 9788278947357. NOVA, OlsoMet. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5928

Øverli, Ingvil Thallaug; Gundersen, Tonje (2020). Familievernet under covid-19. Erfaringer og læring under nedstengning og i en ny hverdag. ISBN: 978-82-7894-757-9. 54 p. Velferdsforskningsinstituttet NOVA.

Boddy, Janet; Lausten, Mette; Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth ; Gundersen, Tonje (2019). Understanding the lives of care-experienced young people in Denmark, England and Norway. ISBN: 978-87-7119-616-0. 38 p. VIVE.
https://pure.vive.dk/ws/files/2377195/100442_Under

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Dissemination

Scheistrøen, Line; Gundersen, Tonje (2023). Ufrivillig fravær: Skolelos kan vise vei tilbake.

Havre, Merete ; Gundersen, Tonje (2023). For noen unge kan det være bra å bo alene på institusjon.

Gundersen, Tonje ; Tveit, Trond (2023). For noen unge kan det være bra å bo alene på institusjon.
https://www.forskning.no/barn-og-ungdom-barnevern-

Skogstrøm, Lene; Gundersen, Tonje (2023). Ny Studie: Barn som bor alene kan ha det bra. det bør ikke være siste utvei.

Bergflødt, Monika Marie ; Bossy, Dagmara ; Gundersen, Tonje (2023). Familievernet kan bidra til at problemer med vold og overgrep i familier ikke vokser seg større. Forskning.no.
https://forskning.no/barn-og-ungdom-familie-oslome

Gundersen, Tonje ; Ellingsen, Dag ; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg ; Fugletveit, Ragnhild ; Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle (2023). Enetiltak og rustiltak i barnevernet. fagmøte med Barnevernsinstitusjonsutvalget. BLD.

Gundersen, Tonje ; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg (2023). Drug treatment work in residential care units for young people: between Vygotsky and the law. konferanse. Eusarf - university of Sussex.

Gundersen, Tonje (2023). young people in residential care, preliminary reflections. nettverksmøte, Nordisk nettverk om institusjonsbarnevernet . NOVA / OsloMet.

Gundersen, Tonje (2023). Young people living alone in residential care. Nettverksmøte, Nordisk nettverk for ettervernsforskning (NRT). University of Iceland.

Bakketeig, Elisiv ; Gundersen, Tonje (2021). Navigating sibling relations over time - what can we see through the lens of life course theory?. EUSARF.

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