Use of individual plans in NAV

Exercise of discretion by frontline workers, participation of children, inclusion of children, youth experiences, upbringing of children, parenting styles.

Welfare technology

Child welfare and social work

Innovation

User-centered processes

Flexibility

Children and Youth at Risk

Institutional logics in welfare state institutions

Social Problems at individual and structural levels

Cultural Contexts in Social Work

Indigenous Perspectives in Social Work

Global Social Work

• Domestic violence
• Children and youth
• Child welfare
• Indigenous research

My research interests can be categorized under Communication in helping relationships, motivational interviewing, early intervention and preventive work, and learning through reflection. I am a member of MINT Inc. (Motivational Interview Network of Trainers) and a board member of Mint Nordic.