Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The research area includes the interaction between definitions of social problems, practitioners' assessments and actions, governance, knowledge forms and life contexts for users. The SOSS research group thus deals with the interaction between definition processes and struggles on what the background to social problems is, as well as how forms of knowledge, such as risk statements and diagnoses, form part of the management of social work. The group deals with all levels of these issues, from the interaction between front-line staff and users to the professionals to the overall social policy framework.
The research group deals broadly with the conditions of vulnerable groups in society, their life world, their contact with the social services and their management, both at the concrete level of case management and at the overall level through specialised institutional structures and professional discourses.
However, a majority of the research group's work in the future will revolve around the interaction between societal change processes and the emergence of new types of social and mental health problems. It empirically theorizes and examines how society, social policy and social and therapeutic work contribute to the generate of psychological vulnerability and new social and emotional divisions between people. In this context, SOSS takes a separate interest in the development of problem definitions and diagnoses and in the social and therapeutic response to people with cognitive problems, as well as focusing on the reality and life context of these people in relation to the efforts and overall management of the field.
The group thus deals broadly with social exclusion and exclusion processes which create psychological vulnerability or exacerbate the situation of people who are already vulnerable. It focuses on definition processes and power struggles in social and therapeutic work, on the human vision and the understandings of normalities underlying prevailing understandings of cognitive impairments, and on the management technologies used to help/discipline people with cognitive problems - including how, for example, risk statements and diagnoses are part of the management of social action. In short, the group deals with all levels of problem understanding and management of social action in the field, from the interaction between front-line staff and users through the professionals to the overall social policy and societal framework for action. It deals with methods and discourses in social pedagogy, counselling and treatment and strives for the development of paradigms and methods that can strengthen coordination and multidisciplinary efforts in the field.
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Collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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BEST: In the best interests of the child? Exploring child protection practices and their impact
Engen, M. (PI), Jacobsen, B. S. (CoI), Matthiesen, N. C. L. (CoI), Jensen, S. K. (CoI) & Mørk, A. (CoI)
01/02/2025 → 31/01/2028
Project: Research
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Disabling Exclusion. Negotiated practices of social welfare targetting families with children with disabilities
Nørup, I. (PI) & Ringø, P. (CoI)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research
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Mental illbeing among adolescents - performance structures and social pathologies
Nørup, I. (PI) & Jacobsen, B. S. (CoI)
01/02/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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Beyond the Buzzword: Unpacking ‘Special Needs’ in Denmark
Ringø, P. & Falster, E. S., 23 Apr 2025, In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 27, 1, p. 173-185 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Challenges in the selection and measurement of outcomes in psychiatric trials
Juul, S., Faltermeier, P., Siddiqui, F., Petersen, J. J., Kamp, C. B., Jakobsen, R. H., Thabane, L., Moncrieff, J., Horowitz, M., Samaan, Z., Hengartner, M. P., Mbuagbaw, L., Olsen, M. H., Gluud, C. & Jakobsen, J. C., 21 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Flying Under the Radar: Double standards in frontline workers’ identification of vulnerable children
Nørup, I., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Children and Youth Services Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Datasets
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Supplemental_material - Social marginalization and chronic illness: A critical analysis of the role of labour-market exclusion
Nørup, I. (Creator), Sage Journals, 25 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.7634576.v1, https://doi.org/10.25384%2Fsage.7634576.v1
Dataset: Supplementary material
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Social marginalization and chronic illness: A critical analysis of the role of labour-market exclusion
Nørup, I. (Creator), Sage Journals, 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4379444, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Social_marginalization_and_chronic_illness_A_critical_analysis_of_the_role_of_labour-market_exclusion/4379444/1
Dataset
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Ethnic inequalities in child and adolescent health in the Scandinavian welfare states: The role of parental socioeconomic status – a systematic review
Mock-Muñoz de Luna, C. J. (Contributor), Vitus, K. (Creator), Torslev, M. K. (Creator), Krasnik, A. (Creator) & Jervelund, S. S. (Creator), Figshare, 11 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4160633.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Ethnic_inequalities_in_child_and_adolescent_health_in_the_Scandinavian_welfare_states_The_role_of_parental_socioeconomic_status_a_systematic_review/4160633/1
Dataset: Supplementary material
Activities
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Social Drive Out - læringen og perspektiverne fra følgeforskningen
Jacobsen, B. S. (Lecturer) & Nørup, I. (Lecturer)
5 May 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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The Research Council of Norway (External organisation)
Jacobsen, B. S. (Member)
Mar 2025 → May 2025Activity: Memberships › Membership of review committee
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Oplæg: Børne- og ungesyn i socialt arbejde
Jacobsen, B. (Lecturer)
16 Dec 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press/Media
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Hvordan kan et kram være unikt? Derfor skiller hjælp til udsatte sig ud
08/06/2025 → 10/06/2025
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Jeg har tit tænkt på, hvor god jeg kunne have været
14/05/2025 → 15/05/2025
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Sundhedsplejersker kan være spydspids i kommuners kamp mod børnefattigdom//KV25: Tre mærkesager er to for mange
23/04/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media