Professor

Milfrid Tonheim

Department of Welfare and Participation
Milfrid Tonheim
Tel: +47 55 58 59 44
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Bergen
KRONSTAD2, M4-41
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Field of work

I have an M.Phil. degree in Administration and Organisation Theory and a Dr. philos from Department of Health Promotion and Development at the University of Bergen (UiB). My doctoral degree was a study of the social reintegration of former girl soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, entitled A troublesome transition: Social reintegration of girl soldiers returning ‘home’.

I have previous experience as a researcher at NORCE Research Samfunn (2017-2019), at UiB (2015-2017) and at Centre for Intercultural Communication (2008-2014). 

My research has to a large extent focues on children and youth who are or have been exposed to war, violence, abuse and neglect. I am the project manager of Home and (dis)continuity: Foster care for children with migrant backgrounds (HoMi)', which is funded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2020-2024. I'm also involved in 'Relational wellbeing in the lives of refugee young people in Finland, Norway and the UK (Drawing together)', a research project led by Prof. Ravi Kohli at the University of Bedfordshire and funded by NordForsk.  

 

To learn more about my ongoing projects: 

HoMi: https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2473988 

Drawing together: https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2136209 



Courses taught
  • Social work
  • Child welfare

Research areas
  • Child welfare
  • Child soldiers
  • Social reintegration
  • Refugees and relational wellbeing
  • Foster care
  • Children and migration
  • Decision making

Research groups
Courses taught
  • BARN210, Working with interventions in Child Welfare Service, Fall 2024
  • MAMET1SO, Philosophy of science, ethics and research methods, Spring 2025, subject responsible
  • MASB520, Different perspectives on the child welfare service's subjects and professional practice, Spring 2025
  • MASB530, Child welfare professional assessments, decisions and initiative work, Fall 2024
  • MASO500, Social inequality and marginalistion, Fall 2024
  • MASO510, Participation and citizenship, Fall 2024
  • MASO591, Master's Thesis (45 credits), Fall 2024
  • MASO591, Master's Thesis (45 credits), Spring 2025

Publications

  • Minoritetsfamilier i barnevernet

    Milfrid Tonheim (2024)

  • Hjem og kulturell kontinuitet for barn med migrasjonsbakgrunn i fosterhjem: Matching, oppfølging og erfaringer

    Milfrid Tonheim (2024)

  • Navigating contact with family of origin and the sense of home: Exploring the experiences of children with migration backgrounds in foster care

    Eirinn Hesvik Ljones, Marte Knag Fylkesnes, Milfrid Tonheim (2024)

  • Narratives of Symbolic Objects: Exploring Relational Wellbeing of Young Refugees Living in Scotland, Finland, and Norway

    Masego Katisi, Milfrid Tonheim, Sharon A. McGregor, Fath E Mubeen (2024)
    Social Sciences 2024 ;Volum 13.

  • Foreløpige funn - HoMi-prosjektet

    Milfrid Tonheim, Marte Knag Fylkesnes (2023)
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