Marcela Douglas Aranibar

Dr. Marcela Douglas Aranibar is an Associate Professor and Head of Centre at the Centre for Peace Studies (UiT The Arctic University of Norway). Her work focuses on refugee family integration, memory culture, and sensitive communication methods through visual media.

• Member of ICred research group
• Co-leader of PIRM (Parenting Interventions for Refugee Minorities)
• Involved in ITIRE (Improving Teaching to Improve Refugee Education)

Research interests bridge collective trauma, minority mental health, and educational practices addressing:

• Memory culture in post-conflict societies
• Visual communication of sensitive topics
• Refugee family resilience
• Cross-professional child protection
• Parenting program effectiveness

Recent publications (2022-2025) examine refugee family stressors, digital feedback systems for parenting programs, and visual pedagogy in multicultural education. She employs mixed-methods research across:

• Refugee child adaptation
• Post-migration stress
• App-based intervention tracking
• Collective trauma analysis

Current projects include:

• PIRM study (2019-2024)
• Ukrainian refugee mental health research
• Democracy education initiatives

She collaborates with multidisciplinary teams across Norway's welfare services and educational institutions.