Ditte Andersen is a sociologist preoccupied with narratives of relational justice, care work and social inequality in the context of the Danish welfare state. Her research examines the interaction between professionals and young people with complex problems including drug use, mental illness and homelessness. A narrative approach constitutes the common ground for her research and her publications address in various ways the question of how narratives work as sense-making tools that shape the way humans act. In her current research projects she studies 1) lay perceptions of social inequality, 2) co-production of recovery involving participants experiencing mental illness, and 3) unpaid care work during the COVID-19 lockdown with special attention to gender bias and the experience among some women of 'imposed voluntarism'.
Areas Social issues
Areas Social issues
Ditte's highlighted publications Scientific article 1. DEC 2009 The Making of the Chronic Addict
Book contribution 1. JUN 2015 "Så mange, der mødes for at snakke om dig og din fremtid"
Andersen, D. (2015). "Så mange, der mødes for at snakke om dig og din fremtid": - unges oplevelse af netværksmøder . In T. Erlandsen, N. Rosendal Jensen , S. Langager, & K. E. Petersen (Eds.), Udsatte børn og unge. En grundbog Hans Reitzel.
Scientific article 2020 Narrative sense-making and prospective social action: methodological challenges and new directions
Andersen, D. , Ravn, S., & Thomson, R. (2020).
Narrative sense-making and prospective social action: methodological challenges and new directions .
International Journal of Social Research Methodology ,
23 (4), 367-375.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1723204
Scientific article 1. JUN 2015 Stories of change in drug treatment
Andersen, D. (2015).
Stories of change in drug treatment: A narrative analysis of ‘whats’ and ‘hows’ in institutional storytelling .
Sociology of Health and Illness ,
37 (5), 668-682.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12228 Social issues Social issues Book contribution 3. DEC 2020 Narrative ethnography: How to study stories in the context of their telling
Andersen, D. (2020). Narrative ethnography: How to study stories in the context of their telling . In Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research Routledge.
Scientific article 14. DEC 2020 Co-production of care during COVID-19
Management and implementation Management and implementation Book contribution 2019 Rettidighed og synkronisering af indsatser i komplekse ungesager
Bengtsson, T. T. , & Andersen, D. (2019). Rettidighed og synkronisering af indsatser i komplekse ungesager . In B. Bjerge, & E. Houborg (Eds.), Rusmiddelbrugere- I krydsfeltet mellem sektorer og fagligheder (pp. 45-64). Aarhus Universitetsforlag. Samfund og rusmidler No. 6
The Elderly Management and implementation Social issues Children, youth and family Health The Elderly, Management and implementation, Social issues, Children, youth and family, Health Scientific article 27. JUN 2018 Timely care
Andersen, D. , & Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, T. (2018).
Timely care: Rhythms of bureaucracy and everyday life in cases involving youths with complex needs .
Time & Society .
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X18783371 Management and implementation Economic and governance Social issues Children, youth and family Health Management and implementation, Economic and governance, Social issues, Children, youth and family, Health Report 1. JAN 1997 Flytninger til og fra landkommunerne
Graversen, B. K. , Hummelgaard, H. , Lemmich, D., & Nielsen, J. B. (1997). Flytninger til og fra landkommunerne . AKF Forlag.
Scientific article 25. FEB 2018 Co‐production in community mental health services: blurred boundaries or a game of pretend?
Nielsen, S. K.
, & Andersen, D. (2018).
Co‐production in community mental health services: blurred boundaries or a game of pretend? Sociology of Health and Illness ,
40 (5), 828-842.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12722 Management and implementation Social issues Health Management and implementation, Social issues, Health Scientific article 10. DEC 2018 Stigma, problem drug use and welfare state encounters
Andersen, D. , & Lue Kessing, M. (2018).
Stigma, problem drug use and welfare state encounters: Changing contours of stigmatization in the era of social investment .
Addiction Research and Theory ,
27 (4), 277-284.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2018.1508568 Management and implementation Social issues Management and implementation, Social issues
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