Social work is both a scientific discipline, an educational field and a profession. Here, classic welfare issues such as poverty, homelessness and social ill health are combined with a strong focus on issues dealing with children, the family, ageing, disability, substance abuse and addiction.

Education at Social Work

The Department of Social Work provides education at bachelor's and master's levels. You can also take on of our many independent courses in the fields of social work, disability and rehabilitation science, or social psychiatry.

Bachelor's level

Master's level

Courses offered in English

Research environment at Social Work 

Research is conducted at the Department of Social Work in a number of different fields relating to issues concerning social problems and work on social change. This involves research not only into individuals and groups, but also into how social conditions can be used in a welfare perspective. 

Research subjects

Health and Society

Health and Society is a research topic which studies the health and illness of individuals and groups in relation to societal...

Social Work

The research subject social work concerns traditional social issues regarding the welfare of children and families, substance...

Researchers, Publications and Projects

Contact the institution's researchers with your questions and proposals for collaboration.

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Research environments

Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies

The Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies carries out multidisciplinary research on sexuality from social science,...

Disability and Rehabilitation Studies

Research on the field of disability and rehabilitation (FURE) brings together a group of researchers and doctoral students at...

People, Places and Prevention

Why do people commit crime? The overall aim of the research platform is to contribute to a better understanding of the causes...

Studies in Housing and Welfare

Studies in Housing and Welfare (SBV) is a research group and a cross-disciplinary research environment. It deals with housing i...

Doctoral studies

Most of the research at the Faculty of Health and Society is interdisciplinary, which opens up opportunities for new and exciting areas of research beyond the subject divisions that have traditionally existed between medicine and social sciences.

Collaborate with us

Our research is carried out and developed in close cooperation with local stakeholders, national organisations and agencies, as well as with international cooperation partners. Research training is conducted more than 20 doctoral students, some of whom are recruited via the graduate school for professionals in the fields of health, nursing and welfare.

Contract courses

We can offer continuing professional development for your staff in the form of courses tailored to meet your wants and needs. You will get access to the latest research and to the disciplinary range offered by the University.

Contact Mikael Matteson for more information about contract courses

Contact us

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Citadellsvägen 7, Malmö
+46 40 665 70 00

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