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Department of Social Work
Social Work
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
- Bachelor's Programme in Social Work (in Swedish)
- Social Pedagogical Work in the Field of Disability (in Swedish)
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.
Researchers, Publications and Projects
Contact the institution's researchers with your questions and proposals for collaboration.
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MAStaff
Maria Afzelius - Senior lecturer
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Israa Ahmad - Doctoral student
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Åsa Alftberg - Associate Professor
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Nada Amroussia - Doctoral student
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Lisa Andersson - Program director/Lecturer
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Catrine Andersson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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DAStaff
Daniel Ankarloo - Senior lecturer
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Elisabet Apelmo - Senior lecturer
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Anna Arvidsson - Lecturer
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Per Arvidsson - Doctoral student
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Sofia Bergholtz - Doctoral student
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Kamila Biszczanik - Lecturer
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Robin Björkas - Doctoral student
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Annelie Björkhagen Turesson - Program director/Senior lecturer
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Mikael Boregren - Lecturer
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ACStaff
Aje Carlbom - Associate Professor
aje.carlbom@mau.se -
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Charlotta Carlström - Senior lecturer
charlotta.carlstrom@mau.se -
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Jonas Christensen - Senior lecturer
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Hanna Cinthio - Doctoral student
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Carin Cuadra - Professor
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Kristina Edman - Doctoral student
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Hanna Egard - Senior lecturer
hanna.egard@mau.se -
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Ann-Sofie Ek - Doctoral student
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Eva Elmerstig - Associate Professor/Program director/Senior lecturer
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Staff
Magnus Englander - Associate Professor
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MEStaff
Marie Engström Henriksson - Senior lecturer
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TFStaff
Torbjörn Friberg - Associate Professor
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Harald Gegner - Doctoral student
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Per Germundsson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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MGStaff
Maria Grönte - Doctoral student
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Ylva Grönvall - Doctoral student
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Dana Hagström - Doctoral student
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Ida Hall - Research administrator/Research assistant
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Kristofer Hansson - Senior lecturer/Assistant head of dep.
kristofer.hansson@mau.se -
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Anna Hart - Doctoral student
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MHStaff
Maria Hjortsjö - Senior lecturer/Head of department
maria.hjortsjo@mau.se -
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Juliana Holeksa - Doctoral student
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Charlotta Holmström - Associate Professor
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Bengt Ingvad - Senior lecturer
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KIStaff
Karin Ingvarsdotter - Senior lecturer
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Camilla Ivarsson - Doctoral student
camilla.ivarsson@mau.se -
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Mon Johansson - Senior lecturer
mon.johansson@mau.se -
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Sara Johnsdotter - Professor
sara.johnsdotter@mau.se -
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Björn Johnson - Professor
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KJStaff
Kent Johnsson - Senior lecturer
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Marie Karlsson - Senior lecturer
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LKStaff
Layla Khairallah - Lecturer
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IKStaff
Ingela Kolfjord - Senior lecturer
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Oskar Krantz - Senior lecturer
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Olivia Liahaugen Flensburg - Doctoral student
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Linda Lill - Senior lecturer
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Linnea Lindemann - Doctoral student
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Malin Lindroth - Associate senior lecturer
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Svante Lingärde - Lecturer
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Jack Lukkerz - Lecturer
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Susanna Lundberg - Senior lecturer
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Charlotta Löfgren - Professor
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FMStaff
Finnur Magnusson - Professor
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AMStaff
Annica Markström - Doctoral student
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Paula Mulinari - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Manne Mårtensson - Doctoral student
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Kettil Nordesjö - Associate Professor/Associate senior lecturer
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CNStaff
Camilla Nordgren - Senior lecturer
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Johan Nordgren - Senior lecturer
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Vanna Nordling - Associate senior lecturer
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Maria Norstedt - Senior lecturer
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FOStaff
Frans Oddner - Lecturer
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JOStaff
Jonas Olofsson - Professor
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POStaff
Pernilla Ouis - Associate Professor
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JPStaff
José Pacheco - Lecturer
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Camilla Palm - Doctoral student
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Charlotte Petersson - Senior lecturer/Assistant head of dep.
charlotte.c.petersson@mau.se -
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Lars Plantin - Prodekanus
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Dawan Raoof - Lecturer
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Torkel Richert - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Erica Righard - Associate Professor /Assistant head of dep.
erica.righard@mau.se -
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Kim Ringmar Sylwander - Postdoc
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Ingrid Runesson - Senior lecturer
ingrid.runesson@mau.se -
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Ida Runge - Lecturer
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Lotti Ryberg Welander - Senior lecturer
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Tapio Salonen - Professor
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Tove Samzelius - Senior lecturer
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Valter Sandell-Maury - Doctoral student
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Anna-Chuchu Schindele - Doctoral student
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JSStaff
Johanna Sixtensson - Associate senior lecturer
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John Stigmar - Lecturer
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Matilda Svensson Chowdhury - Senior lecturer
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JTStaff
Jakob Tornberg - Doctoral student
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Michael Wallengren Lynch - Associate senior lecturer
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Andréa Wiszmeg - Researcher
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Angelica Wågby Gräfe - Doctoral student
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CZStaff
Charlotta Zettervall - Senior lecturer
charlotta.zettervall@mau.se
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2023 | Article in journal
Trade unions negotiating the Swedish model: racial capitalism, whiteness and the invisibility of race
Paula Mulinari, Anders Neergaard
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2023 | Conference paper
Sexual Consent in Young People’s Digital Communication Practices: A review of recent literature
Kim Ringmar Sylwander
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2023 | Article in journal
Barriers to and strategies for dealing with vaginal dilator therapy - Female pelvic cancer survivors' experiences: A qualitative study
Linda Åkeflo, Eva Elmerstig, Karin Bergmark, Gail Dunberger
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2023 | Article, review/survey
Collaborative Learning through a Virtual Community of Practice in Dementia Care Support: A Scoping Review
Justice Dey-Seshie Dedzoe, Agneta Malmgren Fänge, Jonas Christensen, Connie Lethin
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2023 | Conference paper
Precarization, Armed Love, and Municipal Activism: Social Work and the Production of Hierarchies of Social Rights in Helsinki and Malmö
Valter Sandell-Maury
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2023 | Article in journal
Empowerment-Based Physical Activity Intervention for People with Advanced Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Mixed-Methods Protocol
Eva-Carin Lindgren, Jeanette Källstrand, Åsa Alftberg, Pia Johansson, Lars Kristén, Linn Håman, Andreas Ivarsson, Ing-Marie Carlsson
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2023 | Article in journal
Sexuality >1 year after brain injury rehabilitation: A cross-sectional study in Sweden
Ann-Sofie Ek, Charlotta Holmström, Eva Elmerstig
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2023 | Article in journal
Three Nordic countries responding to COVID-19: Eldercare perspectives
Merja Rapeli, Johan Carlstedt, Ragnheiður Hergeirsdottir, Halldór S. Guðmundsson, Carin Björngren Cuadra, Ilona Hatakka
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2023 | Collection (editor)
Empathy and Ethics
Magnus Englander, Susi Ferrarello
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2023 | Article in journal
Preventive interventions for children of parents with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder: A quasi-experimental clinical trial
Emme-Lina Wirehag Nordh, Karin Grip, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, Gisela Priebe, Maria Afzelius, Ulf Axberg
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Research project
Changed sexual practices and relationships when sexually transmitted infections become resistant to antibiotics? - a postdoc study focusing...
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Research project
Parents with mobility impairment: Children and parents tell about living conditions, norms and organisation of everyday life
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Research project
"What do we do now?"How the Swedish police authority work with sexual offences among people with intellectual disabilities
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Young womens self reported experiences of crime against person - the crime trend in Sweden 2006-2021
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Research project
Fatherhood following experiences of child sexual abuse
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Young LGBT+ people in state care
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Research project
Being young and living with inflammatory bowel disease - an international perspective
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Children with the right to support according to LSS-parents relationships with professionals
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Research project
Alternative communication in elderly care settings
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Research project
School health care and SRHR promotion
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Research project
Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Research project
On-going research on living conditions and social initiatives in Malmö's marginalised housing areas
martin.grander@mau.se -
Research project
Can you see the future?
asa.alftberg@mau.se -
Research project
Reflections regarding sexual experiences and boundaries of young adults with intellectual disability
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Youth substance abuse, sexual health and the social services
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Research project
A practice-oriented research study about self-determination and empowerment at sheltered accommodations – ethical dilemmas in the working...
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Research project
Bio-modifying technologies in Change: Cultural Perspectives on Responsible Research and Innovation in CRISPR- and stem cell technologies
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Research project
Public Housing and Social Mix in Practice
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Research project
The Benefit of Public Housing – In practice
martin.grander@mau.se
Research subjects
FILM: Research that has an impact on the living conditions of drug users
A film about the drug misuse group at the Department of social work
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Research about Covid-19 and the pandemic
Researchers at the department have examined covid-19 and the corona pandemic from several perspectives in recent years. Some central themes have been ageing and covid, relatives' experiences, distance learning, the impact on relationships and sexuality, living conditions during the pandemic, and how the conditions for social work have been affected for, for example, social services and women's shelters.
Contact
Publications
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2023 | Article in journal
Three Nordic countries responding to COVID-19: Eldercare perspectives
Merja Rapeli, Johan Carlstedt, Ragnheiður Hergeirsdottir, Halldór S. Guðmundsson, Carin Björngren Cuadra, Ilona Hatakka
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2023 | Article in journal
Phenomenological psychology and qualitative research
Magnus Englander, James Morley
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2022 | Article in journal
Changes in Intimacy and Sexuality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Data from a Survey on Partnered Individuals in Eight European Countries
Charlotta Löfgren, Eva Elmerstig, Johanna Schröder, Marie Chollier, Jasmina Mehulic, Hanneke de Graaf, Katerina Klapilova, Ines Tavares, Peer Briken, Özlem Köse, Pedro Nobre, Aleksandar Stulhofer
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2022 | Article in journal
Social work with people who use drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study
Johan Nordgren, Torkel Richert
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2022 | Conference paper
Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ida Elisabet Hall, Charlotta Holmström, Maja Bodin, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe, Eva Elmerstig
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2022 | Conference paper
Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ida Elisabet Hall, Charlotta Holmström, Maja Bodin, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe, Eva Elmerstig
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2022 | Article in journal
Risk environments of people who use drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic: the view of social workers and health care professionals in Sweden
Johan Nordgren, Torkel Richert
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2022 | Article in journal
Information Communication Technology during Covid-19
Michael Wallengren-Lynch
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2022 | Article in journal
Perceived Changes in Sexual Interest and Distress About Discrepant Sexual Interest During the First Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Assessment in Cohabiting Partnered Individuals
Aleksandar Stulhofer, Jasmina Mehulic, Peer Briken, Katerina Klapilova, Hanneke de Graaf, Ana Alexandra Carvalheira, Charlotta Löfgren-Mårtenson, Pedro Nobre, Marie Chollier, Özlem Köse, Eva Elmerstig, Christophe Lancon, Leona Plasilova, Johanna Schroeder
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2022 | Article in journal
Care Home and Home Care Staff’s Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beliefs about Subsequent Changes in the Future: A Survey Study in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom
Agneta Malmgren Fänge, Jonas Christensen, Tamara Backhouse, Andrea Kenkmann, Anne Killett, Oliver Fisher, Carlos Chiatti, Connie Lethin
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2022 | Article in journal
Social Work Responses to Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Perspectives of Professionals at Women’s Shelters in Sweden
Charlotte C Petersson, Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Conference paper
The art of basic empathy in an online social work context
Mikael Boregren
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2021 | Article in journal
Rekrytera och behålla personal i den kommunala äldreomsorgen under Covid-19
Susanna Lundberg
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2021 | Article in journal
”Tidigare sa vi: Vad behöver ni hjälp med? Nu är det mer: Hur mår ni?”: Anhörigkonsulenters upplevelser av stöd till anhöriga under covid-19-pandemin.
Åsa Alftberg
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2021 | Article in journal
Att hålla ihop det sociala arbetet: Hur covid-19-pandemin påverkade tre olika civilsamhällesorganisationer
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Article in journal
Kommunalt socialt arbete under covid-19 pandemin: Osäkerhet, reglering och kontroll av rummet
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Sergio Cuadra
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2021 | Article in journal
Förord: I pandemins spår. Socialvetenskapliga perspektiv på covid-19
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Kristofer Hansson, Dimitris Michailakis, Anders Neergaard
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2021 | Collection (editor)
I pandemins spår: Socialvetenskapliga perspektiv på covid-19
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Kristofer Hansson, Dimitris Michailakis, Anders Neergaard
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2021 | Article, book review
Nya böcker: Carol Tosone (red.) (2021) Shared trauma, shared resilience during a pandemic. Social work in the time of COVID-19. Cham: Springer.
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Conference paper
Interpersonal understanding, empathic attitude and ethnographic epoché in Social Psychiatry and recovery-oriented practices: Shared decision making, closeness and distance in the professional relationship
John Stigmar
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2021 | Article in journal
De smittsamma sjukdomarnas kultur: Hur vår uppmärksamhet har kommit att riktas mot vardagens mikroorganismer
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Report
Barnfattigdom i Sverige: Årsrapport 2021
Tapio Salonen
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2021 | Article in journal
Working and learning from home during COVID-19: International experiences among social work educators and students
Michael Wallengren-Lynch, Lena Dominelli, Carin Björngren Cuadra
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2021 | Article in journal
Forskare: Vi behöver stärka vår kunskap om det yttersta skyddsnätet
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Conference paper
“COVID cultures” in the Swedish civil society: Complex entanglements between guidelines and everyday practice in civil societies organizations
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Article in journal
Organizational Support Experiences of Care Home and Home Care Staff in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Connie Lethin, Andrea Kenkmann, Carlos Chiatti, Jonas Christensen, Tamara Backhouse, Anne Killett, Oliver Fisher, Agneta Malmgren Fänge
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2021 | Article in journal
Den sårbara gemenskapen: kvinnojourer under covid-19-pandemin
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte C Petersson
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2021 | Article in journal
”Inställt tillsvidare”: Diakonernas arbete att hitta nya vägar ut under covid-19-pandemin
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Collection (editor)
Att leva med bakterier: Möjligheter till ett levbart immunitärt liv
Kristofer Hansson, Cecilia Lenander, Henrik Loodin
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2021 | Chapter in book
En levbar värld med bakterier: Hur vi berättar om framtid
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Chapter in book
From the Political to the Personal in An Age of Uncertainty: Assault on self, identity, family, community, and nationhood
Susy Giulari, Negat Hussein, Moestak Hussein, Tove Samzelius, Sue Cohen
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2020 | Article in journal
Post Covid-19 youth work: A contribution to the Swedich social pedagogical debate
Irena Dychawy Rosner
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2020 | Article in journal
Rädsla riskerar nu att skapa en stigmatisering av människor med ursprung i Kina
Kristofer Hansson
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2020 | Article in journal
”Folkhälsomyndigheten följer WHO:s rekommendationer”
Rachel Irwin, Kristofer Hansson
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2020 | Conference paper
Det yttersta skyddsnätet under Covid-19: Kvinnojourer satta under press
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte Petersson
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2020 | Conference paper
Heterogena element i det sociala arbetet: COVID-19 och dess organisatoriska effekter på socialt arbete
Kristofer Hansson, Carin Björngren Cuadra
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2020 | Article in journal
Ökad ojämlikhet i boendet i spåren av coronapandemin
Martin Grander, Tapio Salonen
Research environments
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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Maria Hjortsjö - Senior lecturer/Head of department
maria.hjortsjo@mau.se
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Karin Ingvarsdotter - Senior lecturer
Primary level
karin.ingvarsdotter@mau.se
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Åsa Alftberg - Associate Professor
Advanced level
asa.alftberg@mau.se
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Carin Cuadra - Professor
Research and PhD studies
carin.cuadra@mau.se
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Malin Idvall - Administrative assistant
malin.idvall@mau.se
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Kerstin Björkander - Administrative officer
Research liaison officer
kerstin.bjorkander@mau.se
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Jonas Christensen - Senior lecturer
Internationalisation Coordinator
jonas.christensen@mau.se
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Germana di Lorenzo - Study administrator
germana.di-lorenzo@mau.se
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Carina Nina Grujic - Study and careers adviser
carina.grujic@mau.se