Bente Heggem Kojan
Background and activities
I research, supervise and teach in the area of social work with a particular interest in inequality, social justice and marginalized families and children in contact with Child Welfare Services.
Current research projects
Families with low Socioeconomic Status and their contact with Child Welfare Services (project leader, 2017-2021)
Not-planned decisions to place children in out-of-home services (2018-2020)
Child welfare services work with violence and abuse (2019-2022)
Research group and networks
Centre of Child Protection Research and Innovation (Senter for barnevernsforskning og innovasjon)
Management Comittee Member, EU COST Action18123 The European Family Support Network
Teaching and supervision
Course coordinator, BSA2004 Child Welfare - Bachelor Social Work
Course coordinator ISA 3000 Policy, welfare and inequlity - Masters of Social Work; Child Welfare; Disability and Society
Emneansvar SARB8020 - Family, market and welfare states in the neoliberal society - PhD in Social Sciences
Course coordinator, HMBV4009 – Decisions in child welfare work - Master Child Welfare
Supervision individually and in groups at bachelor, master and p.hd. levels
Education
Ph.D Social Work, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2011
M.A. Social Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2004
B.A Social Work, Soer-Troendelag University College (HIST), 2002
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2020) Barn i kontakt med barnevernet: Betydningen av å anerkjenne skolen som en del av barnets omsorgsmiljø. Barn.
- (2019) Exploring normative complexity: (How) does the life history interview work in child welfare research?. Qualitative Social Work.
- (2018) Social Class and Child Welfare: Intertwining Issues of Redistribution and Recognition. Social Sciences. vol. 7 (9).
- (2018) Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of emergency placements. Child & Family Social Work.
- (2017) Emergency out-of-home placements in Norway: Parents' experiences. Child & Family Social Work. vol. 22 (4).
- (2016) Er Nancy Frasers rettferdighetsteori nyttig for sosialt arbeid?. Fontene forskning. vol. 9 (2).
- (2014) Barnevern og sosiale nettsamfunn - en utforskende analyse. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. vol. 2-3 (91).
- (2012) A comparison of systems and outcomes for safeguarding children in Australia and Norway. Child & Family Social Work. vol. 17 (1).
- (2012) Enslige mødres kontakt med barnevernet. Fontene forskning.
- (2011) Norwegian Child Welfare Services: A Successful Program for Protecting and Supporting Vulnerable Children and Parents?. Australian Social Work. vol. 64 (4).
- (2011) Et klasseperspektiv på barnevernets familier. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. vol. 14 (2).
- (2010) Underdog? Barnevernarbeideres erfaringer fra å møte høystatusfamilier. Fontene forskning.
Books
- (2016) Beslutninger i barnevernet. Universitetsforlaget. 2016. ISBN 978-82-15-02684-8.
Part of book/report
- (2019) Combining Public Health Approaches with Increased Focus on Risk and Safety: A Norwegian Experience. Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children.
- (2018) Rights-Based Practice and Marginalized Children in Child Protection Work. Human Rights in Child Protection Implications for Professional Practice and Policy.
- (2018) The neoliberal reframing of user representation in Norway. Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work. Current and Future Challenges.
- (2013) Hvordan kan et strukturelt perspektiv med fokus på begreper som klasse og levekår påvirke narneverntjenestens praksis?. Det nye barnevernet.
- (2013) Nytt innblikk i norsk barnevern - hva forteller dataene fra Det nye barnevernet?. Det nye barnevernet.
Report/dissertation
- (2020) Barnevernets arbeid med barn og unge som har erfart vold og overgrep i nære relasjoner - en litteraturstudie. 2020. Rapportserie for sosialt arbeid (3).
- (2017) Støtte i skolen for hjemmeboende barnevernsbarn. 2017. Rapportserie for sosialt arbeid (1).
- (2011) Klasseblikk på et barnevern i vekst. 2011. ISBN 978-82-471-2807-7.
- (2009) Barnevernet på ny kurs? - sluttrapport fase 1 Det nye barnevernet Det nye barnevernet - et forsknings og utviklingsprosjekt i Barnevernet. 2009. ISBN 9788273215826. NF-rapport (8).