Milfrid Tonheim

Guest Researcher

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Child Welfare

Reintegration of former child soldiers

The child's right to participation

Communicative rationality

Academic article

Show author(s) (2021). «Redde for å miste, redde for å kreve, redde for å være vanskelige»: Relasjonen mellom barneverntjenesten og slektsfosterhjem. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern. 20-39.

Show author(s) (2019). “We felt completely left to ourselves.” Foster parents' views on placement disruption. Child & Family Social Work. 90-97.

Show author(s) (2018). Improving decision-making in care order proceedings: A multijurisdictional study of court decision-makers' viewpoints. Child & Family Social Work.

Show author(s) (2017). The role and function of spokesperson in care order proceedings: A cross-country study in Finland and Norway. Children and Youth Services Review. 8-16.
Show author(s) (2017). Repair, stigmatisation or tolerance? Former girl soldiers' experience of their 'homecoming'. Conflict, Security and Development. 429-449.

Show author(s) (2016). Improving the care order decision-making processes: viewpoints of child welfare workers in four countries. Human service organizations, management, leadership & governance. 107-117.
Show author(s) (2016). Deliberative decision-making on the Norwegian County Social Welfare Board The experiences of expert and lay members. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 108-132.

Show author(s) (2014). Reintegrering av tidligere barnesoldater: Fra teori til praksis. Internasjonal Politikk. 524-536.
Show author(s) (2014). Genuine social inclusion or superficial co-existence? Former girl soldiers in eastern Congo returning home. International Journal of Human Rights. 634-645.

Show author(s) (2012). "Who will comfort me?" : stigmatization of girls formerly associated with armed forces and groups in eastern Congo. International Journal of Human Rights. 278-297.

Report

Show author(s) (2019). Hjelp til å avdekke vold og overgrep mot barn og unge – en evaluering av konsultasjonsteam. .

Show author(s) (2015). Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration of Asylum-seeking Children Affected by War and Armed Conflict . 2015: 2. 2015: 2. , Stavanger.

Lecture

Show author(s) (2022). Kontinuitet for barn i fosterhjem - hva sier policydokumentene?
Show author(s) (2022). Home and (dis)continuity: Foster care for children with migrant backgrounds (The HoMi project).
Show author(s) (2022). Hjem og (dis)kontinuitet. Fosterhjem for barn med migrasjonsbakgrunn (HoMi).

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2022). The significance of religion in foster care matching with children with migrant background.
Show author(s) (2022). Continuity for children in foster care: A policy analysis.

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Show author(s) (2013). Filles ex-soldats du Congo: la route cahoteuse de la réintégration. L'Harmattan.

Thesis at a second degree level

Show author(s) (2003). The HIV/AIDS Controversy in South Africa: A study of the Parliament Deliberation of HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Medication.

Feature article

Doctoral dissertation

Show author(s) (2017). A troublesome transition: Social reintegration of girl soldiers returning ‘home’.

Interview

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Show author(s) (2013). Le phénomène des enfants ex-soldats. 15 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). La réintégration des enfants-soldats : assurer la sécurité ou proteger l`enfant? 26 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). L`utilisation de focus groups dans la recherche sur les filles ex-soldats : difficultés et avantages. 25 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). Des conflits armés permanents et des conditions socioéconomiques difficiles : un contexte défavorable à la réintégration. 20 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). "Qui va me consoler?": la stigmatisation des filles ex-soldats dans l`est du Congo. 37 pages.

Chapter

Show author(s) (2010). Where Are the Research Gaps? Reviewing Literature on Former Girl Soldiers’ Reintegration in the African Context. 13-37. In:
- Show author(s) (2010). Culture, religion, and the reintegration of female child soldiers in Northern Uganda. Peter Lang.

Current research project: "Unintended placement moves from foster care" (Anette Iversen, Milfrid Tonheim). Stiftelsen Wøyen (2016-2017).

Previous research project: “Legitimacy and Fallibility in Child Welfare Services – A Cross-Country Study of Decision-Making” (Marit Skivenes, Tarja Pösö, Jill Berrick, Jonathan Dickens, Anne-Mette Magnussen, Line Sørsdal, Milfrid Tonheim). The Norwegian Research Council (VAM) 2012-2016.

Fields of competence