• Parenting, mothering, and motherhood
• Childhood and children
• Migration, ethnicity, and transnational studies
• Intimate Partner Violence
• Foster care
• Qualitative methodologies

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Masters program in Child Welfare Work

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Herrero-Arias, R., & Tonheim, M. (2025). The significance of religion when matching children with migrant background and foster carers− child welfare workers’ perspectives. Children and Youth Services Review, 172, 108240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108240 

Herrero-Arias, R., Halbostad, I. V., & Diaz, E. (2024). Norwegian “dugnad” as a rhetorical device in public health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study from immigrant’s perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01237-0 

Herrero-Arias, R., Parra-Casado, D. L., Ferrández-Ferrer, A., Sanchís-Ramón, M.-J., & Ortiz-Barreda, G. (2023). Experiences and constructions of womanhood and motherhood among Spanish Roma women. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 30(2), 164-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505068231152699

Czapka, E. A., Herrero-Arias, R., Haj-Younes, J., Hasha, W., Madar, A. A., Møen, K. A., ... & Diaz, E. (2023). ‘Who is telling the truth?’Migrants’ experiences with COVID-19 related information in Norway: a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51(3), 454-462. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221135237 

Herrero-Arias, R., Ortiz-Barreda, G., Czapka, E., & Diaz, E. (2022). The evolvement of trust in response to the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants in Norway. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), 154.

Madar, A. A., Benavente, P., Czapka, E., Herrero-Arias, R., Haj-Younes, J., Hasha, W., ... & Diaz, E. (2022). COVID-19: information access, trust and adherence to health advice among migrants in Norway. Archives of Public Health, 80(1), 15.

Herrero-Arias, R., Ortiz-Barreda, G., & Carrasco-Portino, M. (2022). Maternity care through the eyes of Southern European immigrant parents in Norway. Gaceta Sanitaria, 36(2), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.11.004 

Herrero-Arias, R., & Diaz, E. (2021). A qualitative study on the experiences of southern European immigrant parents navigating the Norwegian healthcare system. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 42.

Herrero-Arias, R., Truong, A. N., Ortiz-Barreda, G., & Briones-Vozmediano, E. (2021). Keeping silent or running away. The voices of Vietnamese women survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Global health action, 14(1), 1863128. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1863128    

Herrero-Arias, R., Lee, E., & Hollekim, R. (2020). ‘The more you go to the mountains, the better parent you are’. Migrant parents in Norway navigating risk discourses in professional advice on family leisure and outdoor play. Health, risk & society, 22(7-8), 403-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2020.1856348 

Herrero‐Arias, R., Hollekim, R., & Haukanes, H. (2020). Self‐legitimation and sense‐making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations. Population, Space and Place, 26(8), e2362. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2362 

Herrero-Arias, R., Hollekim, R., Haukanes, H., & Vagli, Å. (2021). The emotional journey of motherhood in migration. The case of Southern European mothers in Norway. Migration Studies, 9(3), 1230-1249. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaa006 

Herrero-Arias, R., Ortiz-Barreda, G., Hollekim, R., Briones-Vozmediano, E., & Vives-Cases, C. (2021). The position of the child in the life experiences of immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence: a study of service providers’ perspectives in Spain. Journal of interpersonal violence, 36(21-22), https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519889931 
 

Home and (dis)continuity: Foster care for children with migrant backgrounds (HoMi)

HoMi’s primary objective is to enhance the participation and wellbeing of children with migrant backgrounds living in foster care, through providing policy makers and practitioners with the knowledge they need to implement culturally sensitive services. To achieve this objective, we will a) analyse policy documents in six European countries, b) explore professional practice in Norway and Sweden, and c) follow a group of children and their foster carers in Norway and Sweden for three years.

Role: Project Collaborator

RoMOMatteR – Empowering Roma Girls' Mattering through Reproductive Justice

RoMOMatteR is a transnational project that aims to tackle gender discrimination by empowering Roma girls to envision their own futures and choose motherhood only if and when they are ready. It was funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) of the EU.

Role: Project Collaborator