Field of work
Masego Katisi is a Social Work practitioner and a Health Promotion specialist. She holds a Masters Degree in Child Welfare and Applied Childhood Studies from Swansea University, Wales UK and a PhD in Health Promotion and Development from University of Bergen, Norway. Her main theoretical interests are Systemic theories, Resilience, Relational Wellbeing,Salutogenesis and other strength-based approaches. Her current research projects are on resilience of marginalized children, families, and adult populations. She is currently doing research on migration in Norway and on orphaned children in Sab Saharan Africa. She is part of several international research networks for refugees in Norway.
Masego has published several peer-reviewed articles including the following: On Health Partnerships: Aspirations and realities in a North-South partnership for health promotion;Tensions between traditional practices and biomedical marketing;Exploring the roots of antagony in health partnerships. On Resilience and Salutogenesis: Fostering resilience in children who have been orphaned; The use of rites of passage in strengthening the psychosocial wellbeing of orphaned children; Drawing as a salutogenic therapy aid for grieving adolescents (upcoming) Readmore: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Masego_Katisi2/research
- MAMET1SO, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Research Methods, Spring 2027
- MASO500, Social Inequality and Marginalistion, Fall 2026
- MASO510, Participation and Citizenship, Fall 2026, subject responsible
- MASO591D, Master's Thesis , Spring 2027
- MASO591D, Master's Thesis , Fall 2026
- MASS520, Community Work Disciplinary History, Theory and Practice, Spring 2027
- MASS530, Processes of Social Change and Project Management in Community Work, Fall 2026
- SAB310, Community Work, Fall 2026
- SABV240, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Practices in Social Work, Spring 2027
- SABV260, Socio-Cultural Diversity and Inequalities in Social Work, Spring 2027
- TPHR501, Perspectives on Mental Health, Substance Use and Addiction, Fall 2026
Publications
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Learning from each other. An autoethnographic exploration of two child welfare systems with a nort-south perspective - Norway and Botswana
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Alcohol misuse within different socio-ecologies in rural communities of Botswana
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Perceptions and Experiences of Adult Children of Parents and Carers with Alcohol-Related Problems in Botswana: The Coexistence of Resilience and Resemblance
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Narratives of Symbolic Objects: Exploring Relational Wellbeing of Young Refugees Living in Scotland, Finland, and Norway
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Exploring informal learning processes in mentoring programmes for refugees: a pilot study
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Art Exhibition Drawing Together
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Musikk som verktøy i psykisk helsearbeid. Kva skjer i eit barnesinn som opplever krig og store traume? Korleis kan musikk brukast som verktøy i psykisk helsearbeid med barn og unge? Musikk som fredsbærar
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Å fortelle gjennom bilder. Erfaringer med kunst og brukerdeltakelse i forskningsprosjektet Kreativ Sammen i Norge
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A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience
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Intergenerational perspectives on refugee children and youth's adapatation to life in Norway
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Transdisciplinary processes in research with young refugees in Norway
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Transdisciplinary processes in research with young refugees in Norway
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Fostering Resilience in Children Who have been Orphaned: Preliminary Results from the Botswana Balekane EARTH Program
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Measuring the value of OVC programming using practices to understand critical moments
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Exploring the roots of antagony in the safe male circumcision partnership in Botswana
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Leader of Symposium: Promoting resilience of refugees as ‘South-in-the-North’ communities
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Promoting resilience of unaccompanied minors in Norway
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The impact of boundaries and inequalities on adaptation by refugee children and youth in Norway
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Intergenerational perspectives on adaptation by refugee children and youth in Norway
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The power of context in health partnerships. Exploring synergy and antagony between external and internal ideologies in implementing Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) for HIV prevention in Botswana
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Aspirations and realities in a North-South partnership for health promotion: Lessons from a program to promote safe male circumcision in Botswana
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Exploring alternative approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of a resilience program in Botswana
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Safe male circumcision in Botswana: Tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing
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Sexuality, gender dynamics and development goals
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Exploring responses to transformative group therapy for orphaned children in the context of mass orphaning in Botswana
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The use of rites of passage in strengthening the psychosocial well-being of orphaned children in Botswana