Psychosocial care and services for children in transnational families
A scoping review of 137 publications mapping informal and formal support across emotional, educational, mental-health and protective domains.
Open DOI →Research publications
Selected work on social innovation, migration and welfare services.
Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, evaluation reports and practice resources, with direct DOI or source links wherever available.
Featured publications
Five research contributions.
Selected for their direct relevance to current research, policy and organisational practice.
Veikart for coordinated services in Sola municipality
An applied implementation study of a co-created tool and working method for more coordinated, citizen-oriented welfare services.
Open report →Unpacking social innovation by nonstate service providers
Introduces the mechanisms of transcopy, coactive novelty and knowledge construction based on NGO experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Open article →Social innovation in a post-conflict setting
Examines external conditions that matter for NGOs integrating socially innovative approaches into services.
Open article →Public–nonpublic collaboration in a fragile context
Analyses collaboration among public institutions, civil society organisations and international donors in social service innovation.
Open article →Family Group Conference and interprofessional collaboration
Connects a participatory family decision-making model with social innovation and collaboration in child–family reunification services.
Open chapter →Articles & chapters
Selected publication list.
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2026View source ↗
Mapping psychosocial care and services for children in transnational families: A scoping review
Children and Youth Services Review, 187.
2026View source ↗
Norwegian social work students’ experiences with community work and NGOs in international field placement
Social Work Education.
2024View source ↗
Social innovation and interprofessional collaboration in child–family reunification services: The Family Group Conference
In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Palgrave Macmillan.
2024View source ↗
How do anti-bullying programs target immigrant children and youth and what is their evidence base?
In International Perspectives on Migration, Bullying, and School. Routledge.
2024View source ↗
Cross-national legal frameworks relating to school bullying and migration in six countries
In International Perspectives on Migration, Bullying, and School. Routledge.
2023View source ↗
International organisations, NGOs, and evidence-based programmes in preventing school violence and bullying
Bildung und Erziehung, 76, 246–264.
2022View source ↗
Unpacking social innovation by nonstate service providers in the challenging social work practice
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 17(2), 4–28.
2022View source ↗
Social Services, Social Innovation and Multi-Actor Collaboration: A Civil Society Organisation Perspective
PhD dissertation, University of Agder.
2021View source ↗
Social innovation in a post-conflict setting: examining external factors affecting social service NGOs
Development Studies Research, 8(1), 170–180.
2021View source ↗
Global trends in a fragile context: public–nonpublic collaboration, service delivery and social innovation
Social Enterprise Journal, 17(2), 260–279.
2018View source ↗
Transitioning back: Remigration of tertiary-educated Bosnians with experience of international academic mobility
In Remigration to Post-Socialist Europe.
2010View source ↗
The influence of the third sector in changing the welfare system and shaping social policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Social Policy and Social Work in Transition, 1, 75–91.
Applied research
Reports and practice resources.
Outputs designed for organisations, professionals and service development.
Veikart for et samordnet tjenestetilbud i Sola kommune
Development and implementation report, University of Stavanger Report 141.
Open report →Family Group Conference in schools
Practice manual introducing FGC as an early preventive support and protection model in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
View source →Family Group Conference — five-year programme evaluation
Assessment report on an innovative support model for children, young people and families at risk.
View profile →Index for Inclusion — good practices and lessons learned
Mixed-method external evaluation of inclusion methodology in elementary schools.
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