Sine Kirkegaard

Senior Researcher

Children, Adolescents and Families
Health Care
Management and Implementation
The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families, Health Care, Management and Implementation, The Social Sector

Key Expertise:

Professionals,
Crime,
Civic and user involvement,
Organization,
Mental health,
Substance abuse

Page created Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Page updated Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Selected publications

Scientific article
AUG 2020

Kirkegaard, S. (2020). The everyday drama of co-production in community mental health services: Analyzing welfare workers’ performance as the “undercover agent”. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.478

Scientific article
2014

Kirkegaard Nielsen, S., Filges, T., & Jørgensen, A.-M. K. (2014). 12-step programs to reduce illicit drug use. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.08

Report
2016

The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families
The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families

Kirkegaard, S. (2016). Creating participation for youth with mental health problems: Cross-sector collaboration between public services and the civil society in Denmark and Sweden. Nordic Council of Ministers. https://nordicwelfare.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/creating20participation20webb.pdf

Selected research projects

Project
1. JAN 2020 — 31. DEC 2024

Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Health Care
Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Health Care

Co-production

Publications

Scientific articles

Scientific article
2. MAY 2026

Kirkegaard, S. (2026). Who are the experts? A study of the everyday enactment of expertise in mental health care. Current Sociology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261437422

Scientific article
10. APR 2025

The Social Sector
The Social Sector

Kessing, M. L., & Kirkegaard, S. (2025). Ethnography of User Involvement: Navigating a Blurred Research Position. Qualitative Health Research, Article 10497323251328538. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323251328538

Scientific article
FEB 2025

Children, Adolescents and Families
The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families, The Social Sector

Henze-Pedersen, S., & Kirkegaard, S. (2025). Digital communication and child participation in child welfare services: a scoping review of potentials and challenges. European Journal of Social Work, 28(2), 300-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2353854

Scientific article
DEC 2024

The Social Sector
The Social Sector

Kessing, M. L., & Kirkegaard, S. (2024). Peer arbejde: en kompliceret balanceøvelse. Social Kritik, 173(December), 70-77. https://socialkritik.dk/2020/173-2024-3/

Scientific article
2024

The Social Sector
The Social Sector

Ballegaard, S. A., Mikuta, M. I., Kirkegaard, S., & Bengtsson, T. T. (2024). Digital kontakt med anbragte unge kan styrke inddragelse. Uden for nummer – Tidsskrift for forskning og praksis i socialt arbejde, 49, 4-12. https://issuu.com/socialrdg/docs/49-udenfornummer

Scientific article
SEP 2023

Health Care
Health Care

Andersen, D., Waldemar, A. K., & Kirkegaard, S. (2023). Recovery college dropout: A qualitative study of external, relational and course-related dropout drivers in co-produced mental health care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32(5), 1346-1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13173

Scientific article
DEC 2022

Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Health Care
Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Health Care

Kirkegaard, S., & Andersen, D. (2022). Peer workers as emotion managers: Tight and loose enactment of mutuality in mental health care. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, Article 100200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100200

Scientific article
1. JAN 2022

Labour Market
Management and implementation
Labour Market, Management and implementation

Andersen, D., Toubøl, J., Kirkegaard, S., & Bang Carlsen, H. (2022). Imposed volunteering:gender and caring responsibilities during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Sociological Review, 70(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211052396

Scientific article
2022

Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Health Care
Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Health Care

Kirkegaard, S. (2022). Experiential knowledge in mental health services: Analysing the enactment of expertise in peer support. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(2), 508-524 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13438

Scientific article
14. DEC 2020

Management and implementation
Management and implementation

Andersen, D., Kirkegaard, S., Carlsen, H., & Toubøl, J. (2020). Co-production of care during COVID-19. Contexts - sociology for the public, 19(4), 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536504220977928

Scientific article
AUG 2020

Kirkegaard, S. (2020). The everyday drama of co-production in community mental health services: Analyzing welfare workers’ performance as the “undercover agent”. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.478

Scientific article
2014

Kirkegaard Nielsen, S., Filges, T., & Jørgensen, A.-M. K. (2014). 12-step programs to reduce illicit drug use. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.08

Reports

Report
28. JAN 2022

The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families
Health Care
The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families, Health Care

Kirkegaard, S. (2022). Ung i Ambulatorie for Psykoterapeutisk Udvikling: En undersøgelse af tværsektorielt behandlingstilbud til unge med dobbeltdiagnose. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd.

Report
4. FEB 2021

Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Daycare, school and education
Health Care
Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Daycare, school and education, Health Care

Espersen, H. H., Bastholm Andrade, S., & Kirkegaard, S. (2021). Styrkelse af samarbejdet mellem frivillige og kommuner gennem uddannelse: En afdækning af behov og efterspørgsel. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd.

Report
3. SEP 2020

The Elderly
Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Health Care
The Elderly, Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Health Care

Kjær, A. A., Kirkegaard, S., Trier Grønfeldt, S., & Olsen, L. (2020). Kvalitet i bostøtte: Et litteraturstudie om kvalitet i bostøtte til mennesker med psykiske vanskeligheder i egen bolig.

Report
3. SEP 2020

The Elderly
Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Health Care
The Elderly, Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Health Care

Rasmussen, P. S., Kirkegaard, S., Elisabeth Qwist Bilbo, R., Trier Grønfeldt, S., & Olsen, L. (2020). Kvalitet på botilbud: Et litteraturstudie om kvalitet på botilbud for mennesker med psykiske vanskeligheder.

Report
2016

The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families
The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families

Kirkegaard, S. (2016). Creating participation for youth with mental health problems: Cross-sector collaboration between public services and the civil society in Denmark and Sweden. Nordic Council of Ministers. https://nordicwelfare.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/creating20participation20webb.pdf

Report
2014

Kirkegaard, S. (2014). Unge med psykiske vanskeligheder – overgang fra barn til voksen. Rambøll.

Report
2014

Kirkegaard, S. (2014). Evaluering af ADHD-udviklingsprojekter. Rambøll.

Books and book contributions

Book contribution
2017

Kirkegaard, S. (2017). Tværsektorielt samarbejde: Dilemmaer og muligheder i en kompleks virkelighed. In Partnerskaber og samarbejde mellem det offentlige og civilsamfundet Socialstyrelsen. file:///C:/Users/B059081/Downloads/Antologi_2udgave_Socialstyrelsen_web.pdf

Theses

PhD thesis
2019

Kirkegaard, S. (2019). Samskabelse i socialpsykiatrien. En undersøgelse af grænser, performance og stigma i hverdagsinteraktionerne mellem professionelle, brugere og frivillige. Roskilde Universitetsforlag. https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/publications/samskabelse-i-socialpsykiatrien-en-unders%C3%B8gelse-af-gr%C3%A6nser-perfor

Technical papers

Technical paper
8. APR 2020

Andersen, D., & Kirkegaard, S. (2020, Apr 8). The co-production of public health: the case of Denmark. Contexts. Sociology for the public. https://contexts.org/blog/covid-19-policies-from-around-the-world/#ditte

Selected publications

Kirkegaard, S. (2020). The everyday drama of co-production in community mental health services: Analyzing welfare workers’ performance as the “undercover agent”. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.478

Kirkegaard Nielsen, S., Filges, T., & Jørgensen, A.-M. K. (2014). 12-step programs to reduce illicit drug use. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.08

Kirkegaard, S. (2016). Creating participation for youth with mental health problems: Cross-sector collaboration between public services and the civil society in Denmark and Sweden. Nordic Council of Ministers. https://nordicwelfare.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/creating20participation20webb.pdf

Selected research projects

Co-production

Publications

Scientific articles

Kirkegaard, S. (2026). Who are the experts? A study of the everyday enactment of expertise in mental health care. Current Sociology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261437422

Kessing, M. L., & Kirkegaard, S. (2025). Ethnography of User Involvement: Navigating a Blurred Research Position. Qualitative Health Research, Article 10497323251328538. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323251328538

Henze-Pedersen, S., & Kirkegaard, S. (2025). Digital communication and child participation in child welfare services: a scoping review of potentials and challenges. European Journal of Social Work, 28(2), 300-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2353854

Kessing, M. L., & Kirkegaard, S. (2024). Peer arbejde: en kompliceret balanceøvelse. Social Kritik, 173(December), 70-77. https://socialkritik.dk/2020/173-2024-3/

Ballegaard, S. A., Mikuta, M. I., Kirkegaard, S., & Bengtsson, T. T. (2024). Digital kontakt med anbragte unge kan styrke inddragelse. Uden for nummer – Tidsskrift for forskning og praksis i socialt arbejde, 49, 4-12. https://issuu.com/socialrdg/docs/49-udenfornummer

Andersen, D., Waldemar, A. K., & Kirkegaard, S. (2023). Recovery college dropout: A qualitative study of external, relational and course-related dropout drivers in co-produced mental health care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32(5), 1346-1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13173

Kirkegaard, S., & Andersen, D. (2022). Peer workers as emotion managers: Tight and loose enactment of mutuality in mental health care. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, Article 100200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100200

Andersen, D., Toubøl, J., Kirkegaard, S., & Bang Carlsen, H. (2022). Imposed volunteering:gender and caring responsibilities during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Sociological Review, 70(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211052396

Kirkegaard, S. (2022). Experiential knowledge in mental health services: Analysing the enactment of expertise in peer support. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(2), 508-524 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13438

Andersen, D., Kirkegaard, S., Carlsen, H., & Toubøl, J. (2020). Co-production of care during COVID-19. Contexts - sociology for the public, 19(4), 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536504220977928

Kirkegaard, S. (2020). The everyday drama of co-production in community mental health services: Analyzing welfare workers’ performance as the “undercover agent”. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.478

Kirkegaard Nielsen, S., Filges, T., & Jørgensen, A.-M. K. (2014). 12-step programs to reduce illicit drug use. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.08

Reports

Kirkegaard, S. (2022). Ung i Ambulatorie for Psykoterapeutisk Udvikling: En undersøgelse af tværsektorielt behandlingstilbud til unge med dobbeltdiagnose. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd.

Espersen, H. H., Bastholm Andrade, S., & Kirkegaard, S. (2021). Styrkelse af samarbejdet mellem frivillige og kommuner gennem uddannelse: En afdækning af behov og efterspørgsel. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd.

Kjær, A. A., Kirkegaard, S., Trier Grønfeldt, S., & Olsen, L. (2020). Kvalitet i bostøtte: Et litteraturstudie om kvalitet i bostøtte til mennesker med psykiske vanskeligheder i egen bolig.

Rasmussen, P. S., Kirkegaard, S., Elisabeth Qwist Bilbo, R., Trier Grønfeldt, S., & Olsen, L. (2020). Kvalitet på botilbud: Et litteraturstudie om kvalitet på botilbud for mennesker med psykiske vanskeligheder.

Kirkegaard, S. (2016). Creating participation for youth with mental health problems: Cross-sector collaboration between public services and the civil society in Denmark and Sweden. Nordic Council of Ministers. https://nordicwelfare.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/creating20participation20webb.pdf

Kirkegaard, S. (2014). Unge med psykiske vanskeligheder – overgang fra barn til voksen. Rambøll.

Kirkegaard, S. (2014). Evaluering af ADHD-udviklingsprojekter. Rambøll.

Books and book contributions

Kirkegaard, S. (2017). Tværsektorielt samarbejde: Dilemmaer og muligheder i en kompleks virkelighed. In Partnerskaber og samarbejde mellem det offentlige og civilsamfundet Socialstyrelsen. file:///C:/Users/B059081/Downloads/Antologi_2udgave_Socialstyrelsen_web.pdf

Theses

Technical papers

Andersen, D., & Kirkegaard, S. (2020, Apr 8). The co-production of public health: the case of Denmark. Contexts. Sociology for the public. https://contexts.org/blog/covid-19-policies-from-around-the-world/#ditte

Areas