Sofie Henze-Pedersen

Senior Researcher, Msc anthropology, PhD sociology

  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector

Key Expertise:

  • Violence,
  • Child participation,
  • Field studies

Areas of work

Sofie Henze-Pedersen works with studies investigatin children and families with a focus on their everyday lives and family relationships, especially in vulnerable life situation, such as domestic violence, parental imprisonment or young people at risk of getting involved in crime.

Methods

Sofie Henze-Pedersen works with qualitative methods and has specialised in the use of qualitative methods in surveys about the difficult life experiences. She has competencies in fieldwork, various types of interviews (e.g. semi-structured interviews, life story interviews and focus group interviews) as well as visual and inclusive methods.

Background

Sofie Henze-Pedersen has a degree in anthropology and a PhD degree in sociology. She has worked with qualitative studies of social issues relating to children and families in the welfare state since she started work at SFI/VIVE in 2013.

Selected publications

Areas