Dr. Susan Ketner is a professor specialised in the research area Comprehensive Approach to Child Abuse, which falls under the professorship Youth, Education and Society.
Within her research area, she conducts research to tackle child abuse in an effective, practical, innovative and integrated way. In cases of child abuse within a family, parents are often under significant pressure for various reasons, such as poverty, mental health issues, or traumatic experiences from their own past. According to Ketner, a comprehensive approach to preventing and stopping child abuse requires collaboration between families and professionals from different disciplines. She emphasises the importance of openness about the challenges of parenting and the need to consider parents' perspectives.
In addition to her role as professor, Susan Ketner is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice. This is an open access, peer-reviewed journal for publications on research and innovations in the social domain. The leading journal includes articles on research, policy and practice development, book reviews, and contributions from students about their (final) research.
Ketner obtained her PhD at the University of Groningen with research on identity formation among Moroccan youth and subsequently worked as a policy researcher in areas such as diversity, youth, and parenting support. As a senior researcher at the research group Parenting and Parent Support at Leiden University of Applied Sciences, she explored risk and protective factors for the wellbeing of parents.
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