Her research interests lie within and at the border of the fields of public and family law, and concern different aspects of children’s rights and child protection. Recent and on-going projects are focused on, among other things, the role and function of courts in child protection systems, the Swedish ban on physical punishment, and children’s right to participation through legal representatives. From January to July 2016, Pernilla is on a sabbatical at the University of Oxford, the Institute for European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, and she is an Associate Member of Exeter College.