Cecilia’s research stems from an interest in State regulation of childhood and family life, and, more specifically, in notions of ‘the child’s best interest’ and ‘parenting capacity’ in family law, social work practices and people’s everyday lives. Her work includes studies on the history of domestic and intercountry adoption, adoptees’ perspectives on background and roots, and today’s assessment of parenting capacity. In the research project “Preparing for parenthood”, she and her colleagues examine the assessment process preceding an adoption.
Cecilia also works within the field of ‘disabled children’s childhood studies’ with an aim to explore how disabled children’s right to leisure and recreation can be implemented in everyday life. She supervises a PhD project on the co-construction of ‘meaningful leisure time’ in holiday and weekend camps for children and young people with neuropsychiatric disabilities, and she is PI for the research project “Implementing disabled children’s right to leisure and recreation – A study of activities and participation in an indoor play space for young children with neuropsychiatric disabilities”.
Cecilia also works within the field of ‘disabled children’s childhood studies’ with an aim to explore how disabled children’s right to leisure and recreation can be implemented in everyday life. She supervises a PhD project on the co-construction of ‘meaningful leisure time’ in holiday and weekend camps for children and young people with neuropsychiatric disabilities, and she is PI for the research project “Implementing disabled children’s right to leisure and recreation – A study of activities and participation in an indoor play space for young children with neuropsychiatric disabilities”.
