Maria Appel Nissen

Research output

Research output per year 2001 2007 2008 2015 2017 2018 2023 2024 2025

• 49 Book chapter
• 37 Journal article
• 6 Conference abstract for conference
• 6 Paper without publisher/journal
• 33 More
  • 5 Anthology
  • 5 Preface/Introduction/postscript
  • 5 Editorial
  • 4 Report
  • 4 Literature review
  • 2 Book
  • 2 Article in proceeding
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 2 Letter
  • 1 PhD thesis
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Niklas Luhmann

  Nissen, M. A., Vardinghus-Nielsen, H. & Ørsted, A. S., 2025, (Submitted) Sociologiske Perspektiver på Socialt Arbejde. Hans Reitzels Forlag

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2024

  Børns trivsel og deltagelse i fællesskaber – differentierede forståelser og behovet for refleksiv inklusion

  Nissen, M. A., Ørsted, A. S. & Ravn, M., 19 Apr 2024, In: Social Kritik:Tidsskrift for social analyse & debat. 2024, 171

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Emotional practices of care and expectations of cost-effectiveness in social work with children and families in Denmark

  Nissen, M. A., 2024, In: European Journal of Social Work. 27, 3, p. 452-463 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 100%
  • Denmark 100%
  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • Social Services 50%
  • Danish 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  79 Downloads (Pure)

• Enactments of evidence-based programs in social work – the gap between ideal and practice in the context of Norway

  Kristensen, C. L. & Nissen, M. A., 16 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nordic Social Work Research. 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Evidence-Based 100%
  • Norway 100%
  • Evidence-Based Practice 100%
  • Social Workers 40%
  • Attitudes toward Evidence-based Practice 20%

• Er der omsorg i socialt arbejde?

  Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A., 4 Apr 2024, Plads til omsorg i socialt arbejde med børn og familier. Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Akademisk Forlag, p. 9-13 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Preface/Introduction/postscript › Research › peer-review

• Et socialfagligt sprog for omsorg i socialt arbejde

  Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A., 4 Apr 2024, Plads til omsorg i socialt arbejde med børn og familier. Engen, M., Møller Jørgensen, A. & Appel Nissen, M. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 77-89 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Følelsesmæssig omsorgskultur

  Nissen, M. A., 4 Apr 2024, Plads til omsorg i socialt arbejde med børn og familier. Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 37-46 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Going beyond dichotomous political discourses about children’s participation and voice: Unfolding the complexities of children’s needs in and around supervised contact in Denmark

  Nissen, M. A. & Ravn, M., 30 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Social Work.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Denmark 100%
  • Political Discourse 100%
  • Childrens 100%
  • Going beyond 100%
  • Home Care 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Omsorgens politik

  Nissen, M. A., 4 Apr 2024, Plads til omsorg i socialt arbejde med børn og familier. Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 67-76 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Plads til omsorg i socialt arbejde med børn og familier

  Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Jørgensen, A. M., 4 Apr 2024, 1 ed. Akademisk Forlag. 102 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
• 2023

  A framework for exploring and developing the power of care in social work

  Engen, M., Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A., 21 Apr 2023, Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change. Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Møller Jørgensen, A. (eds.). Routledge, p. 101-116 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Conceptual Framework 100%
  • Visualized Model 50%

• A theory of care for social work with families

  Engen, M., Nissen, M. A. & Jørgensen, A. M., 21 Apr 2023, Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change. Appel Nissen, M., Engen, M. & Møller Jørgensen, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge, p. 17-33 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Attention 100%
  • Ruling Relations 25%
  • Potential for Conflict 25%

• Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change

  Nissen, M. A. (Editor), Engen, M. (Editor) & Jørgensen, A. M. (Editor), 21 Apr 2023, Routledge. 144 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

  • Need for Care 100%
  • Occupations 100%
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 100%
  • Evidence-Based 100%
  • Incentive 100%

• Care in social work with families in advanced capitalist welfare states

  Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Jørgensen, A. M., 21 Apr 2023, Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change. Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Møller Jørgensen, A. (eds.). Routledge, 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Social Policy 100%
  • Welfare State 100%
  • Social Exclusion 25%
  • Social Workers 25%
  • Self-Sufficiency 25%

• Emotional practices and the economy of care and sympathy

  Nissen, M. A., Apr 2023, Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change. Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Møller Jørgensen, A. (eds.). Routledge, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Welfare 100%
  • Emotional Investment 100%
  • Consciousness 100%
  • Care Economy 100%
  • Theoretical Perspective 50%

• Preface: Exploring care in social work with families

  Nissen, M. A., Engen, M. & Jørgensen, A. M., 21 Apr 2023, Care in Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change. Routledge

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Preface/Introduction/postscript › Research › peer-review

• Relationel magt – om forholdet mellem professionel og borger

  Fallov, M. A. & Nissen, M. A., 2023, Professionelle i velfærdsstaten. Hansen, S. J. (ed.). 4. ed. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 136-187

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Transformative Disruption? Reflections on Care in Social Work under a COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

  Jørgensen, A. M., Engen, M. & Nissen, M. A., 2023, Social Work During COVID-19: Glocal Perspectives and Implications for the Future of Social Work. Harrikari, T., Mooney, J., Adusumalli, M., McFadden, P. & Leppiaho, T. (eds.). 1. ed. Routledge, 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • COVID 19 Epidemic 100%
  • Lockdown 100%
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown 100%
  • Social Workers 40%
  • Danish 20%
• 2022

  Editorial: Social work technologies

  Jørgensen, A. M., Nissen, M. A., Devlieghere, J. & Gillingham, P., 2022, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 12, 3, p. 323-327 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Making sense of decision support systems in child protection: Rationales, translations and potentials for critical reflections on the reality of child protection

  Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A., Jul 2022, In: Big Data & Society. 9, 2, 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Critical Reflection 100%
  • Child Protection 100%
  • Public Sector 50%
  • Social Workers 50%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  149 Downloads (Pure)

• The sociology of knowledge: Ideology, critical reflection and the consequences of capitalism to social work

  Nissen, M. A., 9 Dec 2022, Revitalising Critical Reflection in Contemporary Social Work Research, Practice and Education. Svensson, C. F. & Ringø, P. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 10-23 14 p. ( Routledge Advances in Social Work).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Ideologies 100%
  • Sociology of Knowledge 100%
  • Work Research 75%
  • Denmark 25%
  • Everyday Experience 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2021

  Automatiseret sagsbehandling: om grænsedragninger og rekonstruktion af socialt arbejde

  Jørgensen, A. M. & Nissen, M. A., 2021, In: Uden for Nummer. 42, p. 30-39 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Does it feel right? – Emotional and embodied processes as a ‘shadowy epistemology’ in difficult child protection cases

  Bjerre, L. S. & Nissen, M. A., 2021, In: British Journal of Social Work. 51, 2, p. 600–616 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Social Workers 100%
  • Difficult child 100%
  • Embodied Processes 100%
  • Child Protection 100%
  • Construction of Reality 33%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  201 Downloads (Pure)

• Does social work care? Practising care in social work with vulnerable children and their families

  Engen, M., Petersen, S. K., Bjerre, L. S. & Nissen, M. A., 2021, In: European Journal of Social Work. 24, 1, p. 34-46 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Micro Level 100%
  • Macro Level 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Danish 100%
  • Child Protective Services 50%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Eksistentiel fænomenologi: den sansede verden

  Feilberg, C. & Nissen, M. A., 2021, Videnskabsteori og socialt arbejde: en grundbog. Christensen, M., Jørgensen, R. E., Lysen, N. H. & Rosenberg, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Frederiksberg C: Samfundslitteratur, p. 95-114 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Power and Care in Statutory Social Work with Vulnerable Families

  Nissen, M. A. & Engen, M., 2021, In: Ethics and Social Welfare. 15, 3, p. 279-293 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Social Workers 100%
  • Parenthood 100%
  • Health Care Delivery 100%
  • Sociological Perspective 100%
  • Statutory Social Work 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  89 Downloads (Pure)

• Time Matters: Changes in the time horizon in social services for children and their families in Denmark in an era of productivity and competition

  Nissen, M. A., 2021, In: European Journal of Social Work. 24, 3, p. 430-441 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Services 100%
  • Denmark 100%
  • Welfare State 100%
  • Incentives 100%
  • Competitive Advantage 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Psykologiske og sociologiske forståelser af udvikling, trivsel og sundhed i børne- og ungdomslivet

  Bjerre, L. S. & Nissen, M. A., May 2020, Sundhed, menneske og samfund - i socialt og pædagogisk arbejde. Niklasson, G. (ed.). 2 ed. Samfundslitteratur, p. 265-283 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2019

  Aktuelle og alternative menneskesyn i socialt arbejde

  Ringø, P., Nissen, M. A. & Fallov, M. A., 2019, In: Uden for Nummer. 38, p. 16-25

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  912 Downloads (Pure)

• Challenges in social work research–Conflicts, barriers and possibilities in relation to social work

  Engen, M., Nissen, M. A. & Uggerhøj, L., 3 Sept 2019, In: European Journal of Social Work. 22, 5, p. 735-737 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• We need to focus on the resources: Struggling with neoliberal economic rationales in social work with children and families

  Nissen, M. A., 2019, Social Welfare Responses in a Neoliberal Era: Policies, Practices, and Social Problems. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 119-136 18 p. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Vol. 132).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2018

  Behind political ideas of welfare and productivity: Exploring ontological models and forms of exclusion

  Ringø, P., Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A., Birk, R. & Kjaerulff, J., 2018, In: Social Work & Society. 15, 2, 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  221 Downloads (Pure)

• Helhedsorienteret arbejde med udsatte familier: - hvor kom det fra og hvorfor er det stadig vigtigt?

  Nissen, M. A. & Harder, M., 2018, Helhedsorienteret socialt arbejde med udsatte familier. Villumsen, A. M. A. (ed.). Akademisk Forlag, p. 21-40

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Hvordan sociale forhold kan gøre mennesker syge

  Vardinghus-Nielsen, H. & Nissen, M. A., 2018, Sociologi for sundhedsprofessionelle. Dalsgaard, A. & Meldgaard, L. (eds.). Gads Forlag, p. 177-200

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Ideen om det produktive menneske: historiske kampe om menneskesyn

  Ringø, P. & Nissen, M. A., 16 Aug 2018, Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: Om udviklingen af det produktive menneske.. Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A. & Ringø, P. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 29-52 23 p. (Professions|serien).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Indledning: At udforske menneskesyn

  Fallov, M. A., Nissen, M. A. & Ringø, P., 2018, Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: Om udviklingen af det produktive menneske. Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A. & Ringø, P. (eds.). København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 11-26 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Kampe om menneskesyn: hvem er Homo Faber?

  Nissen, M. A., 16 Aug 2018, Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: Om udviklingen af det produktive menneske. Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A. & Ringø, P. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 53-74 21 p. (Professions|serien).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Kampe om menneskesyn og perspektiver på udviklingen af socialt arbejde

  Nissen, M. A., Ringø, P. & Fallov, M. A., Jul 2018, Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: Om udviklingen af det produktive menneske. Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A. & Ringø, P. (eds.). København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 203-222 19 p. (Professions|serien).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Kompleksitet, tid og fleksibilitet

  Nissen, M. A., 16 Aug 2018, Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: Om udviklingen af det produktive menneske. Nissen, M. A., Fallov, M. A. & Ringø, P. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 141-160 19 p. (Professions|serien).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Menneskesyn i socialt arbejde: om udviklingen af det produktive menneske

  Nissen, M. A. (Editor), Fallov, M. A. (Editor) & Ringø, P. (Editor), 16 Aug 2018, 1 ed. København: Akademisk Forlag. 250 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Nordic Social Work Research - steadily growing and moving around: Editorial

  Nissen, M. A. & Eriksson, M., 2018, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 8, 3, p. 205-209 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Social work, health and health care

  Eriksson, M. & Nissen, M. A., 2018, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 8, 2, p. 101-104 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Social work education and a changing welfare state in Denmark

  Ringø, P., Nissen, M. A. & Nielsen, V. B., 1 Apr 2018, Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work: Current and Future Challenges. Kamali , M. & Jönsson, J. H. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 161-170 10 p. ( Routledge Advances in Social Work).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Social work in and around the home: using home as a site to promote inclusion

  Fallov, M. A. & Nissen, M. A., 2018, Social Welfare Responses in a Neoliberal Era : Policies, Practices and Social Problems. Fallov, M. A. & Blad, C. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 160-181 23 p. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences; No. 08, Vol. 132).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• We need to focus on resources: Struggling with Neoliberal Economic Rationales in Social Work with Children and Families

  Nissen, M. A., 2018, Social Welfare responses in a Neoliberal Era. : Policies, Practices and Social Problems. Arp Fallov, M. & Blad, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, p. 119-136 (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Vol. 132/08).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2017

  Categorization and changing service user positions

  Eriksson, M. & Appel Nissen, M., 2017, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 7, 3, p. 183-187 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Editorial

  Nissen, M. A. & Eriksson, M., 2017, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 7, 2, p. 81-85

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Editorial

  Eriksson, M. & Nissen, M. A., 23 Jan 2017, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 7, 1, p. 1-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Editorial

  Eriksson, M. & Nissen, M. A., 2017, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 7, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• On the Unnoticed Aspects of Professional Practice

  Antoft, R., Høgsbro, K., Nissen, M. A. & Olesen, S. P., Feb 2017, Social and Caring Professions in European Welfare States: Policies, services and professional practice. Blom, B., Evertsson, L. & Perlinski, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 193-207 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)