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Research and development areas

SDL is currently working on reserarch projects within the fields of children and young people in out-of-home care (Me and My Foster Family), social worker working lives (SocialWorkLife), and expertise in professions (at Center for Bedre Børneliv).

Keywords

Disadvantaged children, young people, and adults; marginalisation; working life; health; well-being; social indicators; survey methodology; well-being

Competences

Research design, evaluating teaching in higher education, quantitative methods, mixed methods, validation, longitudinal data

Presentation

Sofie Dencker-Larsen (SDL) holds a PhD degree in Sociology from University of Copenhagen. SDL is Assistant Professor at University College Copenhagen, teaching and researching within areas such as vulnerable groups, marginalisation, and social worker work life. Throughout her academic career, SDL has researched topics such as unemployment, work environment, health, well-being, vulnerable groups, stigmatisation, survey design, and psychometrics.

Education/Academic qualification

Sociology (University of Copenhagen), PhD, University of Copenhagen

20132016

Sociology (University of Copenhagen), MSc, University of Copenhagen

20092012

Sociology, BSc, University of Copenhagen

20052009

Positions

Assistant Professor, University College Copenhagen

2022 → …

Business Intelligence and Analytics Specialist, Region Hovedstaden, Center for HR

20212022

Academic Officer, Copenhagen Business School

20192021

Assistant Professor, Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø

20172019

Visiting Student Researcher, Queensland University of Technology

Nov 2015

Visiting Student Researcher, University of California

Aug 2014Dec 2014

PhD Fellow, VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd

20122016

Student Teacher (University of Copenhagen), University of Copenhagen

20092012

Student Assistant (University of Copenhagen), University of Copenhagen

20092010

Student Assistant, VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd

20082012

Keywords

  • quality of life
  • social exclusion
  • labour market
  • socially endangered
  • stigmatization
  • validation
  • health
  • work environment
  • socially endangered youth
  • research designs, theory and method
  • quantitative method
  • evaluation design
  • socially endangered children

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