Ditte Andersen

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'.