i
Skip to main content Go to chat
Cookies

We use cookies on this website. Cookies help us deliver the best experience on our website. Read about cookies.

  • Malmö University
  • Student Web
  • Library
  • Intranet
  • På svenska
Malmö University - Logo
    • Education
    • Education
    • Programmes and courses
    • Applications and admissions
    • Tuition fees
    • Scholarships
    • Exchange studies at Malmö University
    • Study Guidance
      • Housing
      • Housing
      • Find housing in Malmö
        • University Housing
        • University Housing
        • Page is no longer valid
      • After admission
      • After admission
      • Moving to Malmö
      • Pre-orientation
      • Arrival guide
      • About studies at Malmö University
      • About studies at Malmö University
      • Why choose Malmö University
      • Understanding university studies
      • Connect with our students
    On the page
    • Research
    • Research
      • Doctoral studies
      • Doctoral studies
      • Doctoral courses
        • Doctoral schools
        • Doctoral schools
        • Adaptation of urban space through sustainable regeneration
        • Culturally Empowering Education through Language and Literature
        • Doctoral school: DACHE
        • Education, Learning and Globalisation
        • Finding ways in a time of great future challenges (FinnFram)
        • Swedish National Graduate School in Science and Technology Education Research
        • Learning in Multicultural Societal Contexts
        • Pedagogy and Vocational Skills
        • Relevancing Mathematics and Science Education (RelMaS)
        • Sustainable Movement Education
        • The National Research School for Professionals in Social Services
    • Research subjects
      • Research centres
      • Research centres
      • Biofilms Research Centre for Biointerfaces
        • Citizen Health
        • Citizen Health
        • Kids in Action
      • Imagining and Co-Creating Futures
      • Institute for Urban Research
      • Malmö Institute for Migration Studies
      • Literacy and Inclusive Teaching
      • Centre for Work Life Studies
      • Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre
      • Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies
      • Research publications
      • Research publications
      • Search for research publications in Diva
      • Malmö University Press
      • Research in focus
      • Research in focus
      • Focus: In the classroom
      • Focus: A future with AI
      • Focus: Climate and society
      • Focus: The mouth
      • Focus: Migration
      • Focus: The war in Ukraine
      • Focus: Perspectives on Malmö
      • Focus: Loneliness
      • Focus: Peace, democracy and human rights
    • Research events
    • Participate in a research study
    • Coffee Break Quiz
    On the page
    • Collaboration and Innovation
    • Collaboration and Innovation
      • Levels of collaboration
      • Levels of collaboration
        • Local collaboration
        • Local collaboration
        • Muvah
        • Co-Create Malmö
      • Regional collaboration
      • National collaboration
        • International collaboration
        • International collaboration
        • UNIC
    • Innovation
    • Collaboration with students
      • Collaborate with researchers
      • Collaborate with researchers
      • Labs and facilities
    • Culture collaboration
    • Support Malmö University
    • Alumni & Friends
    On the page
    • About us
    • About us
      • Work with us
      • Work with us
      • Apartments for researchers
      • Current vacancies
      • Meet our staff
      • Employee benefits
      • HR Excellence in Research award
      • EURAXESS
      • Recruiting associate senior lecturers
      • Faculties and departments
      • Faculties and departments
        • Faculty of Health and Society
        • Faculty of Health and Society
        • Department of Biomedical Science
        • Department of Criminology
        • Department of Social Work
        • Department of Care Science
        • Department of Police Work
        • Faculty of Culture and Society
        • Faculty of Culture and Society
        • Department of Global Political Studies
        • School of Arts and Communication
        • Department of Urban Studies
        • Faculty of Education and Society
        • Faculty of Education and Society
        • Department of Childhood, Education and Society
        • Department of Sport Sciences
        • Department of Culture, Languages and Media
        • Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society
        • Department of Society, Culture and Identity
        • Department of School Development and Leadership
        • The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL)
        • Faculty of Technology and Society
        • Faculty of Technology and Society
        • Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
        • Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics
      • Faculty of Odontology
    • University Dental Clinic
      • Find and contact Malmö University
      • Find and contact Malmö University
      • Visit Malmö University
        • News and press
        • News and press
        • Graphic manual
      • Map of the buildings (Google Maps)
      • Merchandise
      • Supplier information and invoice management
      • Whistleblowing
      • We'll help with your questions
    • Management and decision-making paths
      • Malmö University's strategy 2030
      • Malmö University's strategy 2030
      • Sustainability
      • Widened recruitment and participation
    • Quality assurance work at the University
      • Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra
      • Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra
      • Student work – video pieces
      • Annual Academic Celebration
      • Annual Academic Celebration
      • Academic traditions
      • Meet our new professors
      • Meet our new doctors
      • Honorary doctors
      • The University in a troubled world
      • The University in a troubled world
      • Campus total defence
    On the page
  • På svenska På svenska
  • Search

  • Malmö University
    • Education

      Education
      • Education

      • Programmes and courses

      • Applications and admissions

      • Tuition fees

      • Scholarships

      • Exchange studies at Malmö University

      • Study Guidance

      • Housing

        Housing
        • Housing

        • Find housing in Malmö

        • University Housing

          University Housing
          • University Housing

          • Page is no longer valid

      • After admission

        After admission
        • After admission

        • Moving to Malmö

        • Pre-orientation

        • Arrival guide

      • About studies at Malmö University

        About studies at Malmö University
        • About studies at Malmö University

        • Why Choose Malmö University

        • Understanding university studies

        • Connect with our students

    • Research

      Research
      • Research

      • Doctoral studies

        Doctoral studies
        • Doctoral studies

        • Doctoral courses

        • Doctoral schools

          Doctoral schools
          • Doctoral schools

          • Doctoral school: ASSURE

          • Doctoral school: Culturally Empowering Education through Language and Literature

          • Doctoral school: DACHE

          • Doctoral school: Education, Learning and Globalisation

          • Doctoral school: FinnFram

          • Doctoral school: FontD

          • Doctoral school: Learning in Multicultural Societal Contexts

          • Doctoral school: Pedagogy and Vocational Skills

          • Doctoral school: Relevancing Mathematics and Science Education (RelMaS)

          • Doctoral school: Sustainable Movement Education

          • Doctoral school: The National Research School for Professionals in Social Services

      • Research subjects

      • Research centres

        Research centres
        • Research centres

        • Biofilms Research Centre for Biointerfaces

        • Citizen Health

          Citizen Health
          • Citizen Health

          • Kids in Action Working Group/Network

        • Imagining and Co-Creating Futures

        • Institute for Urban Research

        • Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM)

        • Literacy and Inclusive Teaching

        • Centre for Work Life Studies

        • Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre

        • Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies

      • Research publications

        Research publications
        • Research publications

        • Search publications

        • Malmö University Press

      • Research in focus

        Research in focus
        • Research in focus

        • Research in focus: In the classroom

        • Research in focus: a future with AI

        • Research in focus: Climate and our society

        • Research in focus: The mouth – a part of the body

        • Research in focus: Migration

        • Research in focus: The war in Ukraine

        • Research in focus: Perspectives on Malmö

        • Research in focus: Loneliness

        • Research in focus: Peace, democracy and human rights

      • Research events

      • Be part of research

      • Coffee Break Quiz

    • Collaboration and Innovation

      Collaboration and Innovation
      • Collaboration and Innovation

      • Levels of collaboration

        Levels of collaboration
        • Levels of collaboration

        • Local collaboration

          Local collaboration
          • Local collaboration

          • Muvah

          • Co-Create Malmö

        • Regional collaboration

        • National collaboration

        • International collaboration

          International collaboration
          • International collaboration

          • UNIC

      • Innovation

      • Collaboration with students

      • Collaborate with researchers

        Collaborate with researchers
        • Collaborate with researchers

        • Labs and facilities

      • Culture collaboration

      • Support Malmö University

      • Alumni & Friends

    • About us

      About us
      • About us

      • Work with us

        Work with us
        • Work with us

        • Apartments for researchers

        • Current vacancies

        • Meet our staff

        • Employee benefits

        • HR Excellence in Research award

        • EURAXESS

        • Recruiting associate senior lecturers

      • Faculties and departments

        Faculties and departments
        • Faculties and departments

        • Faculty of Health and Society

          Faculty of Health and Society
          • Faculty of Health and Society

          • Department of Biomedical Science

          • Department of Criminology

          • Department of Social Work

          • Department of Care Science

          • Department of Police Work

        • Faculty of Culture and Society

          Faculty of Culture and Society
          • Faculty of Culture and Society

          • Department of Global Political Studies

          • School of Arts and Communication

          • Department of Urban Studies

        • Faculty of Education and Society

          Faculty of Education and Society
          • Faculty of Education and Society

          • Department of Childhood, Education and Society

          • Department of Sport Sciences

          • Department of Culture, Languages and Media

          • Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society

          • Department of Society, Culture and Identity

          • Department of School Development and Leadership

          • The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL)

            The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL)
            • The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL)

            • Education at CAKL

            • Research at CAKL

        • Faculty of Technology and Society

          Faculty of Technology and Society
          • Faculty of Technology and Society

          • Department of Computer Science and Media Technology

          • Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics

        • Faculty of Odontology

      • University Dental Clinic

      • Find and contact Malmö University

        Find and contact Malmö University
        • Find and contact Malmö University

        • Visit Malmö University

        • News and press

          News and press
          • News and press

          • Graphic manual

            Graphic manual
            • Graphic manual

            • Logo

            • Colours

            • Typography

            • Visual language

            • Film and live broadcasts

        • Map of the buildings

        • Merchandise

        • Supplier information and invoice management

        • Whistleblowing

        • We'll help with your questions

      • Management and decision-making paths

      • Malmö University's strategy 2030

        Malmö University's strategy 2030
        • Malmö University's strategy 2030

        • Sustainability

        • Widened recruitment and participation

      • Quality assurance work at the University

      • Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra

        Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra
        • Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra

        • Student work – video pieces

      • Annual Academic Celebration

        Annual Academic Celebration
        • Annual Academic Celebration

        • Academic traditions

        • Meet our new professors

        • New doctors

        • Honorary doctors

      • The University in a troubled world

        The University in a troubled world
        • The University in a troubled world

        • Campus total defence

  • Student web - Malmö University
  • Library
  • Intranet - Malmö University
  • Malmö University
  • Tove Samzelius

Tove Samzelius

Tove Samzelius
Senior lecturer

tove.samzelius@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 40
orcid.org/0000-0003-3641-5542
Faculty of Health and Society
Department of Social Work
Social Work
Sociology
  • Content
  • Publications
  • Research Projects
  • Research environments

Publications

  • 2025 | Conference paper

    The ethics co-laboratory: participatory research under the microscope

    Tove Samzelius, Sarah Banks, Annette Korntheuer, Tanja Kleibl

  • 2025 | Article in journal

    Om viljan att vete (eller inte): en essä om fattigdom, moderskap och motstånd

    Tove Samzelius

  • 2025 | Article in journal

    Navigating tricky waters: inter-agency collaboration and competing logics in Swedish welfare provision

    Tove Samzelius, Rickard Ulmestig

  • 2024 | Conference paper

    Nurturing autonomy through radical care and situated knowledge: What social work practice can learn from activist mothering

    Tove Samzelius

  • 2024 | Report

    De första åren i Sverige: Ukrainska mammor berättar

    Tove Samzelius

  • See all Publications in Diva

Research Projects

  • Doctoral Project

    Welfare policies and children’s rights and living conditions: A study of how Early and coordinated interventions are translated in a local...

My research environments

Institute for Urban Research

The Institute for Urban Research is a university-wide interdisciplinary research centre that brings together all urban research...

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...

Citizen Health

The research centre focuses on improving public health and reducing health inequalities through community-engaged research and...

Research Group

Children, youth, family; living conditions, vulnerability and social change

The research area brings together researcher and teaching staff at the faculty interested in the living conditions of children,...

Research Group

Structural Inequalities and Everyday Lives (SOVV)

Structural Inequality in Everyday Lives is a research environment at Malmö University that investigates how global and local...

Research Group

Organisation, professionalisation and work life (OPA)

Organisation, professionalisation and working life (OPA) is a research group at the Department of Social Work that explores how...

Find Malmö University on social media

  • Malmö University - Logo on Facebook
  • Malmö University - Logo on Instagram
  • Malmö University - Logo on Youtube
  • Malmö University - Logo on LinkedIn
Security information
  • +46 40 665 70 00
  • Contact us
  • Map of the University buildings
  • About this website and GDPR