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Margrete Aadnanes

Margrete Aadnanes

associate professor

Background

Holds a bachelor's, master's, and PhD in social work and practical experience from milieu therapy with children and young people, as well as from the child welfare service.

Academic profile

Margrete Aadnanes is a social worker and associate professor at VID, Faculty of Social Sciences, and leader of the research group Professional practice with children, young people and families. Her research expertise is in the field of child welfare studies, with the main emphasis on conceptualisations of child abuse and maltreatment in child welfare research and practices, as well as in policies and in public discourse.

Fields of expertise

Child abuse and maltreatment
Intersectinality perspectives in social work
Sosialt arbeid
Children and young people
Failure of care
Care-taking
Child care
Intersectionality

Scientific publications

Other publications

2025

Forskningsdagene: Er barna trygge i institusjoner? | Litteraturhuset 2025 Forskningsdagene - Margrete Aadnanes, Mari Dalen Herland, Anita Gjermestad, Heidi Moen Gjersøe, Cathrine Grimsgaard, Gudrun Brottveit, Ingvild Synnøve Huse

2022

The Pandemic Child: Vulnerability constructions under COVID-19 2022 The 2nd International CHILDLIFE Conference on Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices - Guro Brokke Omland, Ann Phoenix, Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik, Margrete Aadnanes, Mari Dalen Herland, Inger-Lise Negård, Ellen Syrstad, Anne Greve