Merja Anis
Professor Emerita, Senior Advisor
Department of Social Research merani@utu.fi +358 29 450 2121 +358 50 570 8673 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4438-5427 |
Social work with migrants and ethnic minorities, child protection; child, youth and family social work
Social work and religion, SOWREL project; Adolescents with neuropsychiatric symptoms, NEPSOS project
My research activities and publications as well as my teaching topics embrace social work with migrants and ethnic minorities, child welfare social work, gender and social work and social work ethics.
My methodological emphasis is on qualitative research.
I supervise doctoral students.
I am also a licentiate social worker.
My recent and current research projects are:
- Sosial work and religion, SOWREL research project, 2024-2026: https://sites.utu.fi/sowrel/
- Child protection expertise in social work with migrant children and families, LAMPE research project, 2021-2023: https://www.chydenius.fi/fi/sosiaalitieteet/tutkimus/lastensuojelun-asiantuntijuus-maahanmuuttajalasten-ja-perheiden-sosiaalityossa-lampe
- Adolescents with neuropsychiatric symptoms in the turmoil of the service system: The NEPSOS interdisciplinary study of social work, adolescent psychiatry and special, education, 2022-2024: https://sites.utu.fi/sote/tutkimus/hankkeet/nepsos-neuropsykiatrisesti-oireilevat-nuoret-palvelujen-pyorteissa/
- Youth in child protection and adolescent psychiatry services, LANUPS research project, 2021-2022: https://sites.utu.fi/sote/tutkimus/hankkeet/lanups/
Cultural diversity, immigration and minority issues in social work, social work and gender, child and family social work
- Siirtolaisuus ja kulttuuriset merkitykset nuorten perhe- ja vertaissuhteiden kehystäjinä - nuorten kokemuksia vaikeista elämäntilanteista, sukupuolesta ja palveluista (2024) Lasten erityishuolto ja -opetus Suomessa. Turtiainen, Kati; Anis, Merja; Kaittila,Anniina
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Social workers’ perceptions on structural challenges for minorities’ social care (2024) Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and Practices of Care. Turtiainen, Kati; Anis, Merja
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Tutkijat nepsy-perheistä: "Hakemusten laatimista ja toistuvia palavereita lapsen asioissa" (2024)
- Savon Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Elements of Communication Competence in Encountering Traumatized Adolescents in Substitute Care (2023)
- Young
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Factors supporting resilience during out-of-home care: Experiences of former child welfare clients in Finland (2023)
- Child and Family Social Work
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lastensuojelun asiakkaiden mielenterveyden tuki ja palveluiden kehittäminen (2023) Anis Merja, Kaittila Anniina, Alin Minna, Salminen Jaanet
(Other publication) - Miten neuropsykiatrisesti oireilevia lapsia ja heidän perheitään voidaan tukea sosiaalityön keinoin? (2023)
- Kasvun tuki -aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Monitieteistä tutkimusta neuropsykiatrisesti oireilevien nuorten palveluista (2023)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Scoping review on mental health and child protective services of migrated and refugee children and youth (2023)
- Psychiatria Fennica
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Ulkomaalaistaustaiset lapset ja nuoret lastensuojelun sijaishuollossa: sijoitusten määrän, perusteen ja sijoituspaikan tarkastelu vuosina 1991-2015 (2023)
- Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
