Maria Appel Nissen

Maria Appel Nissen is a Professor at Aalborg University's Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on social work with children and families across diverse contexts, including social authority work, home-based interventions, and cross-sector collaborations. She contributes to basic and applied research in social work, emphasizing welfare policies, interdisciplinary approaches, and partnerships with stakeholders.

• UN Sustainable Development Goals contributor
• Principal investigator in projects like ROSA (Robots in Social Work) and SOUL: COMMUNITY

Her work explores emotional care practices, cost-effectiveness in social services, and the impact of neoliberalism on child welfare. Recent publications analyze children's well-being discourses, supervised contact complexities, and care ethics. She actively collaborates with organizations like Oslo Metropolitan University and the Journal of Comparative Social Work, while participating in research networks and conferences.

Scientific activities include membership in the Danish RSE research network and contributions to thematic debates on child protection policies.