Asgeir Falch-Eriksen is Associate Professor focussing on child protection at Norwegian Social Research, Oslo University College. He has worked in central government in Norway with policy-implementation, regulation and development with regard to professionalism in child protection, organizational design, and education. He has also written a book on trust in child protection.
Elisabeth Backe-Hansen worked at Norwegian Social Research, Oslo University College, as a full-time researcher within the field of child protection and research on children and young people from 1988-2016. She has a background in psychology, focussed on decision-making in child welfare, in particular concerning out-of-home placement of small children. She worked as a practitioner within child protection for many years before becoming a full-time researcher.