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Brøndbo, Per Håkan

Head of Institute of Psychology
Department of Psychology

per.h.brondbo@uit.no

TEO-H5 5.501
+4777645874

Works with:
Reporting / Strategy / Annual plan / Annual report / Research cooperation / Statements / Psycho-social working environment / Budget / Activity management / Finance

Høgetveit, Åsne Ø.

Senior Academic Librarian
Department for research and education support

asne.o.hogetveit@uit.no

BRELIA L 120 (mån-ons) H 207 (tors-fre)
+4777646356

Works with:
Information literacy / Literature search Research interests:

Russian culture (especially film and literature), Russian history, and gender studies.

Hauge, Ingvar

Office manager
Department of Child Welfare and Social Work

ingvar.hauge@uit.no

ALTA C112
+4778450474

Banerji, Tanja

Ass. professor
Department of Child Welfare and Social Work

tanja.r.banerji@uit.no

ALTA C115
+4778450157

Johnsen, Bjørn-Eirik

Professor (Ph.D)
Department of Social Education

bjorn.e.johnsen@uit.no

Smedgata 5 S 310
+4777058311

Research interests:

Everyday life and disability

Migration

Disability in a Samic context

Riise, Anne

Assistant professor
Child Welfare, Campus Harstad

anne.riise@uit.no

Campus Harstad
+4777058385

Research interests:

I have researched the organisation of measures for youths aged 18-23 who receive assistance from child welfare services and contributed to legislative changes in the new Norwegian Child Welfare Act (2021). The doctoral dissertation explores how youths aged 18-23 participate. I am further researching youths' participation among those with child welfare experience as they transition into adulthood.

Member of the international research networks INTRAC (International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care) and NRT (Nordic Research Network on Care Leaver’s Tran...

Melbøe, Line

Professor in Disability Studies, Head of Master in Social Innovation and Welfare
Department of Social Education

line.melboe@uit.no

Campus Harstad
+4777058342

Research interests:

Disabilities, Inclusion (in school, leisure, work, politics etc.), Indigenous topics (especially Sami), Covid, Legal rights (CRPD) and Intersectionality.

Wærness, Grete

Assistant professor
Department of Social Education

grete.waerness@uit.no

Campus Harstad
+4777058372

Research interests:

Achieving professional competence during studying bachelor in social education - especially working with personal competence
The method portfolio
Milieu therapeutic work within Mental Health Care
Practice as learning arena in professional education

Foss, Andrea Berg

Department of Social Education

andrea.b.foss@uit.no

HARSTAD 312
+4777058306

Research interests:

Disability
Intellectual disability
Participation and self determination
Work inclusion
Interprofessional collaboration

Sørly, Rita

Head of Arctic Youth Research Centre/ Professor Social Work, Institute of Child Welfare and Social work/ Senior adviser in user participation in mental health and substance abuse for the Norwegian Directorate of Health
Department of Child Welfare and Social Work

rita.sorly@uit.no

SVHUM D 1005
+4777660713

Research interests:

User involvement

Collaborative research with children and youth

Social work

Mental health care

Mental health care and substance abuse

Participatory research

Narrative theory and method

Indigenous mental health care

Health and migration