Scientific article
17. FEB 2023
17. FEB 2023
Children, youth and family
Social issues
Children, youth and family, Social issues
Mette Lausten
Children, Adolescents and Families
The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families, The Social Sector
Key Expertise:
- Placement,
- Vulnerable persons
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Analyses on administrative data on vulnerable children and their families
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Longitudinal analyses on children in out-of-home care
Mette Lausten M.Ec., Ph.D., is Senior Researcher at VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research. Her research interests span from balancing family and work over child wellbeing to vulnerable children and children in out-of-home care using longitudinal data, being PI of several longitudinal datasets on children and young people in out-of-home care. Mette has 25 years of experience in working quantitatively on combining survey- and administrative data publishing articles and books on children in out-of-home care, children in preventive care, and child wellbeing in general. Mette is an active member of international research networks including EUSARF, the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents, and NORDLOCH, Nordic Network on Longitudinal Child Welfare Research.
Selected publications
Book contribution
13. DEC 2022
13. DEC 2022
- Children, youth and family
Lausten, M. (2022). Residential Care for Children and Youth in Denmark. In J. K. Whittaker, L. Holmes, J. C. F. del Valle, & S. James (Eds.), Revitalizing Residential Care for Children and Youth: Cross-National Trends and Challenges (pp. 225-C16.P49). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197644300.003.0016
Scientific article
9. JUL 2022
9. JUL 2022
Daycare, school and education
Health
Social issues, Children, youth and family, Daycare, school and education, Health
Bengtsson, T. T., Olsen, R. F., & Lausten, M. (2022). The role of mental health problems in out-of-home care youths' educational pathways: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of Danish longitudinal data. Child abuse and neglect, 131, Article 105782. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105782
Scientific article
12. MAY 2022
12. MAY 2022
Management and implementation
- Management and implementation, Social issues, Children, youth and family
Pålsson, D., Backe-Hansen, E., Kalliomaa-Puha, L., Lausten, M., & Pösö, T. (2022). Licence to Care – Licensing Terms for For-Profit Residential Care for Children in Four Nordic Countries. Nordisk Välfärdsforskning/Nordic Welfare Research, 7(1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.18261/nwr.7.1.2
Scientific article
1. APR 2022
1. APR 2022
- Management and implementation, Social issues, Children, youth and family
Lausten, M., & Kloppenborg, H. S. (2022). Involvement of children and young people in care order decision-making – a Danish perspective. Child & Family Social Work, 27(2), 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12882
Scientific article
8. DEC 2021
8. DEC 2021
- Children, youth and family
Lausten, M., Sallnäs, M., Lundström, T., Shanks, E., Backe-Hansen, E., Eriksson, P., & Ranta, H. (2021). Privatisation of residential care for children and youth in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Nordisk Välfärdsforskning/Nordic Welfare Research, 6(3), 128-141. https://doi.org/10.18261(issn.2464-4161-2021-03-02
