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)
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, HSAR2006 - Child Welfare Services - Bachelor Social Work
Course coordinator, HMBV4009 – Decision making in child welfare services - Master Child Protection
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
Forthcoming publications:
Kojan, B.H., Marthinsen, E. & Clifford, G. (forthcoming March 2019). Combining Public Health Approaches with Increased Focus on Risk and Safety: A Norwegian Experience. New Directions for Public Health Approaches: Key Themes and Issues. In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children. New York: Springer Publishers.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (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) Social justice beyond neoliberal welfare nationalism: challenges of increasing immigration to Sweden and Norway. Critical and radical social work An international journal. vol. 5 (3).
- (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. 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
- (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.
- (2016) Best mulig beslutninger til best mulig hjelp. Beslutninger i barnevernet.
- (2016) Beslutninger om plassering utenfor hjemmet. Beslutninger i barnevernet.
- (2016) Beslutninger om hjelpetiltak i hjemmet. Beslutninger i barnevernet.
- (2016) Beslutningslandskapet i barnevernet. Beslutninger i barnevernet.
- (2016) Å fatte beslutninger i barnevernet. Beslutninger i barnevernet.
- (2016) Beslutninger i meldingsarbeidet. Beslutninger i barnevernet.