Research in Focus: alone in society
Research publications on loneliness
This section brings together research that highlights loneliness from different perspectives – from the experiences of young and older people, to issues of health, inclusion and existential dimensions.
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2025 | Article in journal
Emotional and Spiritual Challenges of Informal Caregivers: The Need for Early Mobile Palliative Care Support
Samir Husic, Bojan Miletic, Tamara Stemberger Kolnik, Vedrana Vejzovic
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2025 | Article in journal
Navigating the Unseen: Healthcare Support Staff's Perception of Existential Loneliness Among Older Migrants
Jonas Olofsson, Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen, Margareta Rämgård, Katarina Sjögren Forss
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2025 | Article in journal
Health, social, and civic society professionals' and volunteers' view on the health among young people in unstable housing situations in the south of Sweden: a qualitative interview study
Elisabeth Mangrio, Maria Afzelius, My Lilja, John Stigmar, Annelie Björkhagen Turesson
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2025 | Article in journal
The Significance of Social Connections and Health in Relation to Loneliness Experienced by Older Adults Living at Home: A Qualitative Study
Anna Axén, Line Christiansen, Elin Taube, Christine Kumlien, Christel Borg
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2024 | Article in journal
Voices Unheard: A Reflective Lifeworld Research Study of Older Arabic-Speaking Female Migrants and Their Experience of Existential Loneliness.
Jonas Olofsson, Katarina Sjögren Forss, Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen, Margareta Rämgård
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2024 | Article in journal
Recovery at an Adult Psychiatric Day Hospital-A Qualitative Interview Study Describing Patients' Experiences
Marie Mellerup, Karin Sjöström, Karin Örmon
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2023 | Article in journal
What we share: covert commoning in Swedish coliving?
Karin Grundström, Daniela Lazoroska
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2023 | Article in journal
Loneliness in Relation to Social Factors and Self-Reported Health Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Anna Axén, Elin Taube, Johan Sanmartin Berglund, Lisa Skär
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2022 | Article, review/survey
Existential aspects documented in older people's patient records in the context of specialized palliative care: a retrospective review
Marina Sjöberg, Birgit H Rasmussen, Anna-Karin Edberg, Ingela Beck
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2022 | Article in journal
Swedish family care advisors’ views on existential loneliness and existential support to informal caregivers of older people: A cross-sectional national survey
Helena Larsson, Kerstin Blomqvist, Anna-Karin Edberg, Christine Kumlien
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Doctoral Project
Activities targeting loneliness
anna.axen@mau.se15 April 2024 - 31 December 2025 -
Doctoral Project
HEALTHCOM- Healthy communities in ageing societies – participatory research with elderly immigrants and refugees living in a Nordic...
margareta.ramgard@mau.se31 October 2023 - 31 October 2026
Researchers exploring loneliness in different stages of life and contexts
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Anna Axén - Doctoral student
Thesis on activities to reduce loneliness among the elderly.
anna.axen@mau.se
+46 45 538 54 30
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Linda Clavier - Senior lecturer
Forskning om att motverka ofrivillig ensamhet.
linda.clavier@mau.se
+46 40 665 77 73
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Sara Eldén - Professor
Research on how the welfare state has changed everyday care in close relationships and people's ways of living and relating to care.
sara.elden@mau.se
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Nahikari Irastorza - Associate Professor
Research highlighting how migrants experience and combat loneliness through integration and social cohesion in local communities.
nahikari.irastorza@mau.se
+46 40 665 78 22
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Emma Hall - Lecturer
Thesis on how young unaccompanied refugees remember their flight and shape their identity in relation to place, time and change.
emma.hall@mau.se
+46 40 665 82 40
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Charlotta Löfgren - Professor
Research on online dating, love and sex on the internet.
charlotta.lofgren@mau.se
+46 70 204 89 85
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Jonas Olofsson - Doctoral student/Lecturer
Doctoral project on existential loneliness from the perspective of older migrants.
jonas.olofsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 74 47
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Margareta Rämgård - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research that develops methods for participation in civil society and promotes equal health, especially among older people and migrants.
margareta.ramgard@mau.se
+46 40 665 74 36
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Elin Taube - Associate senior lecturer
Research on loneliness among older people.
elin.taube@mau.se
+46 40 665 86 74
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Birgitta Vitestam - Senior lecturer
Building away loneliness.
birgitta.vitestam@mau.se
+46 40 665 76 13
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Jon Wittrock - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research on loneliness and social exclusion in relation to autonomy, dignity and human rights.
jon.wittrock@mau.se
+46 40 665 75 32
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