Maria Appel Nissen
| Maria Appel Nissen | |
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| Born | 1971 |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Danish |
| 💼 Occupation | Professor |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Henrik Vardinghus-Nielsen |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
Maria Appel Nissen (born 1971) is a Danish professor of social work at Aalborg University. She has a degree in communication and sociological social analysis from Aalborg University from 2000. In 2005 she received her Ph.D. in sociology also from Aalborg University.[1] Before she was employed by Aalborg University in 2001, she was independent consultant for six years within the area of social work. She was also employed by Aalborg Kommune for a year. In the last 20 years Maria Appel Nissen has contributed to development of bachelor-, master- and candidate programmes in social work at Aalborg University and since 2017 she has been chairman of the study board of Bachelor in Social Work.[2] She is director of the research group: Shaping concepts, practices and advances in social work (SCOPAS). Maria Appel Nissen's research contributes to development of social work's forms of knowledge and practices in society through a combination of in-depth studies in practice and development of theories and concepts in dialogue with practitioners and decision-makers within the area.[3] She has been a member of the board for European Social Work Research Association (2014-2016) and chief editor for Nordic Social Work Research (2016-2019).
Projects[edit]
Maria Appel Nissen has been principal investigator of a series of projects.
Selected are:
- Views on Human Being in Social Work: Welfare policies, Technologies and Knowledge about Human Being (2014-2019, funded by VELUX og WILLUM foundations)[4]
- Does social work care? Exploring relational, emotional and embodied practices of social services for vulnerable children and their families (2018-2022, funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark)
Publications[edit]
Maria Appel Nissen has published a series of Danish books as well and Danish and English book chapters and articles.[5] Selected publications:
- Bjerre, L. S. & Nissen, M. A. 2020. Does it feel right? Emotional and embodied processes as a ‘shadowy epistemology’ in difficult child protection cases. British Journal of Social Work[6]
- Nissen, M. A. 2019. Time matters: Changes in the time horizon in social services for children and their families in Denmark in an era of productivity and competition. European Journal of Social Work.[7]
- Nissen, M. A., 2018. We need to focus on resources. Struggling with Neoliberal Economic Rationales in Social Work with Children and Families. In Fallov, M. A. & Blad, C. (eds.) Social Welfare Responses in a Neoliberal Era. Leiden: Brill Publishers: 119-136[8]
- Nissen, M. A., 2017. The impact of Neoliberalism through ideas of productivity – The case of child welfare in Denmark. In Høgsbro, K. & Shaw, I. (eds.) Social work and research in Advanced Welfare states. Abingdon-Oxon, New York: Routledge: 61-73[9]
- Nissen, M. A., 2015. Social Workers and the Sociological Sense of Social Problems: Balancing Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Social Construction. Loseke, D. & Best, J. (eds.) Special Issue: Constructionist Futures: New Directions in Social Problems Theory. Qualitative Sociology Review. XI (2): 216-231[10]
- Nissen, M. A., 2014. In search for a sociology of social problems for social work. Qualitative Social Work. 13(4): 555-570.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Maria Appel Nissen". Aalborg University's Research Portal. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Socialrådgiver". 2021-03-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "SCOPAS - Shaping concepts, practice and advances in social work". www.en.soc.aau.dk. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Menneskesyn". www.menneskesyn.aau.dk. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Maria Appel Nissen". Aalborg University's Research Portal. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "AAU - Login". signon.aau.dk. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa172. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ↑ "AAU - Login". signon.aau.dk. doi:10.1080/13691457.2019.1651253. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ↑ Nissen, Maria Appel (2018-11-20). We Need to Focus on the Resources: Struggling with Neoliberal Economic Rationales in Social Work with Children and Families. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004384118_007. ISBN 978-90-04-38411-8. Search this book on
- ↑ "Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ↑ Appel Nissen, Mara (2021-03-16). "Social Workers and the Sociological Sense of Social Problems: Balancing Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Social Construction" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "AAU - Login". signon.aau.dk. doi:10.1177/1473325013506928. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
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