Effectiveness of treating children and adolescents with mental health problems, chilød welfare

• Children and families with refugee backgrounds
• Parenting interventions 
• Child-centered research 
• Child mental health
• Qualitative methods

His research interests included research on discrimination, bullying, health inequality, violence, disability, resilience, child welfare, somatic- and mental health among Sámi children, youth and adults. His community engagement work has spanned regional, national, and international efforts. He has also been involved in teaching programs and developed courses in public health for masters and PhD students, taught at several circumpolar summer schools for PhD students in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Lenert Hansen has received several awards for my circumpolar research, eg.: Jens Peder Hart Hansen Award (2012) and Dissemination prize from the Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT (2018). Today, he serves as a member of the Lancet Commission on Arctic Health: Accelerating Indigenous Health and Well-Being.  

• Children and young peoples mental health
• Child welfare
• Social psychology
• Gender stereotypes and prejudice

Decision-making in the child welfare services

Anita Salamonsens ongoing research mainly examines user involvement in practice in public services involving children and their families, further development of mental health services for children and youth, and development of culture sensitive public services for children and youth from different minority groups in Norway.

• Family and welfare sociology
• Child protection,
• Kinship fosterhome, fosterhome
• Family madiation 
• Childrens participation
• Qualitative methods, mixes methods