Edda Stang

Edda Stang serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy at Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Social Sciences. Her work examines critical intersections between child welfare systems, digital media landscapes, and professional social work practice.

Her research prioritizes Child Welfare, Digital Social Work, and Ethical Decision-Making, with specific focus on how social media platforms like Facebook catalyze public resistance against child protection services. She investigates digital competence in social work education, ethical challenges in online research, and media portrayals of child welfare systems, emphasizing tensions between child-centered approaches and parental rights.

Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals escalating attention to digital environments' impact on professional practice. Recent work (2023-2024) centers on digital storytelling pedagogy and readiness for technology-integrated practice, while foundational studies (2016-2018) established frameworks for understanding online protest dynamics and ethical dilemmas in researching child welfare criticism. Her scholarship consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical implications for child protection systems.