Projects

Violence in intimate relations: gender, gender equality and power

This project addresses theoretical and methodological challenges in studying violence from an intimate partner and its relation to gender, gender equality and power. Two empirical sub studies…

Trust after Sexual Trauma

Violence in Sami communities

PROTECT: Prospective Research On Terrorist Events and Collective Trauma

The overall aim of the PROTECT study is to provide knowledge to improve the health services’ preparedness and response to terrorist attacks and disasters.

Violence against women migrants and refugees: analysing causes and effective policy response

Female migrants and refugees are particularly exposed to violence and sexual violence, but we lack a systematic understanding of the underlying dynamics that (re)produce patterns…

My everyday life

In this project we will develop and pilot test an application for smartphones (an “app”) where adolescents between 13 and 18 years who receive trauma-focused…

Prevalence of violence and abuse in Norway 2021

Stepping Together for Children after Trauma: Investigating the effectiveness of a parent-led, therapist assisted, treatment for traumatized children (the NorStep study)

Stepping Together for Children after Trauma is a parent-led trauma treatment that has been tested as an early intervention in municipal services. The pilot project…

Trauma and adult learning. Re(gu)lation – refugees’ experiences with helpful strategies for emotional regulation, learning and well-being

Traumatic experiences create difficulties concerning concentration, attention and memory, as well as impact classroom behaviour and social relationships with implications for learning and function. In…

Adaption of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) to measure ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD – A validation study