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Children, Adolescents and Families

Gain insight into and an overview of the factors that affect families and the daily lives, upbringing and development of children and adolescents.

  • Carsten Strømbæk Pedersen

    Head of Research

    +45 41 93 24 27
    casp@vive.dk

Here you can get an overview of factors and institutions that affect families and the daily lives, upbringing and development of children and adolescents. VIVE has a special focus on children and adolescents in disadvantaged and vulnerable positions, such as children and adolescents placed in care, the inclusion of pupils with special needs and the general well-being of children and adolescents.

VIVE continuously produces new knowledge about a number of factors that are significant for life in families and for the upbringing, daily lives and development of children and adolescents. This is done on a solid data basis, for example through longitudinal studies, where various groups of children, students and adolescents are followed over a period of time.

VIVE has a special focus on children and adolescents in vulnerable positions. This applies, for instance, to the one per cent of all children and adolescents who are placed outside the home. We also study and monitor the well-being of children and adolescents in general.

Day care centres, schools and youth education programmes are crucial institutions for the upbringing and development of children and adolescents in Denmark. Health care, educational psychological counselling (PPR) and the municipal organisation of support and initiatives are of great importance to children and families in Denmark. VIVE also has knowledge on quality, management and initiatives in these welfare areas, among other topics.

Publications

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Scientific article
MAR 2026

Adapting and Validating the Client Engagement Scale for the Danish Child and Family Welfare Context

  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
Inspiration catalogue
15. JAN 2026

Udredning og indsatser for børn og unge med sprogforstyrrelsen DLD

  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families, Daycare, school and education, The Social Sector
Report
18. DEC 2025

Indsatser og faktorer, der øger sandsynligheden for at gennemføre grundskolen for børn og unge, der er anbragt uden for hjemmet

  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families, Daycare, school and education, The Social Sector
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Experts

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Hanne Søndergård Pedersen

Head of Tender and Project Development, {ignore}, Cand.scient.pol.

+45 33 69 77 28
hape@vive.dk
Management
Aarhus
  • Management and implementation
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education
  • Management and implementation, Children, Adolescents and Families, Daycare, school and education

Key Expertise:

  • Prevention,
  • Organization,
  • Placement,
  • Municipalities and regions,
  • Inclusion,
  • Styring,
  • Vulnerable persons

Kathrine Vitus

Professor

Kathrine Vitus is a Professor in Sociology. Her research interests cover childhood and youth, migration and integration, and welfare state encounters and policies.

+45 24 98 72 38
kavi@vive.dk
VIVE Social Welfare and the Labour Market
Copenhagen
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector
  • Health Care
  • Children, Adolescents and Families, The Social Sector, Health Care

Key Expertise:

  • Professionals,
  • Immigrants,
  • Integration,
  • Crime,
  • Gender and identity,
  • Vulnerable persons,
  • Policy analysis,
  • Social theory,
  • Qualitative method development,
  • Narrative analysis

Nicolai Kristensen

Professor, Cand.oecon., PhD

+45 25 11 73 72
nikr@vive.dk
VIVE Governance and Public Economics
Copenhagen
  • Labour Market
  • Daycare, school and education
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Labour Market, Daycare, school and education, Children, Adolescents and Families

Key Expertise:

  • Public school,
  • Upper secondary education,
  • Education,
  • NEETS (Not in Education, Employment or Training),
  • Continuous vocational training,
  • Dynamic effects of public expenditures,
  • Dyslexics,
  • Adults’ basic skills
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VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research provides knowledge that contributes to developing the welfare society and strengthening quality development, efficiency enhancement and governance in the public sector, both in municipalities, regions and nationally.
Tel: +45 44 45 55 00
E-mail: vive@vive.dk
EAN: 5798000354845
CVR: 23 15 51 17