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Social Work
The research subject social work concerns traditional social issues regarding the welfare of children and families, substance misuse and addiction, ageing, disability, and poverty and other manifestations of structural inequality. Research is carried out using both practical and theoretical knowledge models.
The focus of the research ranges from individuals and groups in vulnerable life situations to societal circumstances influencing people’s conditions and life chances. The research asks questions about how social vulnerability arises, and how to prevent and counteract it. It is about how social work can be organised in terms of interventions and mobilisation, and also about the organisation and impact of welfare and social-political measures. The user perspective, as well as that of social workers and professionals, inform the research.
Research also deals with issues connected to experiences of migration processes, encounters with welfare institutions, as well as the response of social work to migration and diversity.
Other important elements of research are sexuality studies, and issues related to sustainable urban development.
Focus areas
Children, youth and family
The research within this area concerns children, youth, families and parenthood in a post-modern contemporary society, which is characterised by particular complexities and vulnerabilities.
Among other things, we focus on:
- the living conditions of children and families in situations that are both individually and structurally challenging
- everyday life of young people, with a special focus on identity issues and resistance
- on family politics and the conditions for parenthood
- the collaboration between actors who are involved in social child care
Contact person
Professor Lars Plantin
Disability and rehabilitation and social psychiatry
The research within this area concerns physical, mental and intellectual impairments, which can lead to social exclusion. Such impairments can be obstacles to participation due to a lack of opportunities for equal participation, and of societal prerequisites for citizenship and health equality.
An important task for research is to analyse the interaction between the individual and society in, for example, the interplay between the welfare state, civil society and individuals living with disability.
This research addresses aspects such as:
- politics and policy regarding participation, accessibility, influence and everyday life for persons with disability
- assistance and the support of society, the use of aids, and professional decision-making
- understandings and conceptualisations of the body
A closely-related area is social psychiatry with its focus on recovery and psychosocial interventions.
Contacts
Senior lecturer Per Germundsson for questions relating to disability and rehabilitation.
Associate professor Magnus Englander for questions relating to social psychiatry.
Substance abuse and addiction
The research within this area concerns the problems that may arise as a result of drug misuse for individuals and the people closest to them, as well as for society. The control, support and care systems of society are also at the centre of this research.
Most of the research focuses on illegal narcotics, but there is also research on alcohol abuse. Some areas have been elucidated in a number of projects, and those areas are primarily:
- living conditions, life styles and risk taking among persons with drug problems
- social and medical problems as well as mortality among persons who inject drugs
- treatment and care of persons with substance abuse and addiction, within the social services and health care
- drugs policy in Sweden and internationally
The use and misuse of, and the addiction to, drugs need to be analysed from a social perspective and related to social, cultural and political factors. Among other things, the consequences of individualisation, medicalisation and economisation are analysed in our research, with regard to individuals as well as the healthcare system and drugs policy.
The research is often based on an actor perspective, where the individuals’ reasons for drug use and the various functions and areas of use are central. Both qualitative and quantitative methods (interviews, surveys, register data, ethnography) are used, and in our projects we like to cooperate with practitioners, user organisations and persons with drug experiences of their own.
Structural and ecosocial inequality
The research within this area concerns questions at the interface of welfare and poverty issues, social policy, production patterns, working life and labour market, housing and the housing market, as well as migration regimes.
The interest is directed towards unequal conditions and opportunities, and precariousness, and also at how contemporary technologies, such as evaluation and digitalisation, interact with those circumstances. This includes an interest in ecosocial inequality regarding the connection between welfare and resource distribution issues, on the one hand, and ecological and physical as well as social dimensions of sustainability, on the other.
Contact person
Professor Carin Cuadra
Ageing
The research within this area deals with the living conditions of the elderly from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, migration and embodiment in care, but also with the organisation of both traditional and new forms of elderly care in the wake of demographical changes and increasing differences in social conditions and longevity. Furthermore, the research concerns working conditions and the restructuring of the welfare state, as well as the growing dependence on technological infrastructure, such as digitalisation.
Contact person
Professor Finnur Magnusson
Researchers, publications and projects
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Maria Afzelius - Senior lecturer
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Israa Ahmad - Doctoral student
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Åsa Alftberg - Associate Professor
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Lisa Andersson - Senior lecturer/Program director
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Catrine Andersson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Daniel Ankarloo - Senior lecturer
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Elisabet Apelmo - Senior lecturer
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Sofia Bergholtz - Doctoral student
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Robin Björkas - Doctoral student
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Mikael Boregren - Lecturer
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Charlotta Carlström - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Jonas Christensen - Senior lecturer
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Linda Clavier - Senior lecturer
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Kristina Edman - Doctoral student
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Hanna Egard - Senior lecturer
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Magnus Englander - Associate Professor
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Torbjörn Friberg - Associate Professor
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Per Germundsson - Associate Professor/Hourly employee
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Maria Grönte - Doctoral student
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Dana Hagström - Doctoral student
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Anna Hart - Doctoral student
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Maria Hjortsjö - Senior lecturer/Head of department
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Juliana Holeksa - Doctoral student
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Charlotta Holmström - Associate Professor
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Camilla Ivarsson - Doctoral student
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Mon Johansson - Senior lecturer
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Kent Johnsson - Senior lecturer
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Marie Karlsson - Senior lecturer
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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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Jacob Lind - Postdoc
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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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Finnur Magnusson - Professor
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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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Camilla Nordgren - Senior lecturer
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Johan Nordgren - Senior lecturer
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Vanna Nordling - Senior lecturer
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Maria Norstedt - Senior lecturer
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Frans Oddner - Lecturer
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Charlotte Petersson - Senior lecturer/Assistant head of dep.
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Lars Plantin - Prodekanus
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Erica Righard - Assistant head of dep./Professor
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Kim Ringmar Sylwander - Postdoc
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Ingrid Runesson - Senior lecturer
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Ida Runge - Lecturer
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Tapio Salonen - Professor emeritus
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Tove Samzelius - Senior lecturer
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Valter Sandell-Maury - Doctoral student
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Johanna Sixtensson - Senior lecturer
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John Stigmar - Lecturer
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Bengt Svensson - Professor emeritus/emerita
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Matilda Svensson Chowdhury - Senior lecturer
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Jakob Tornberg - Doctoral student
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Michael Wallengren Lynch - Senior lecturer
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Angelica Wågby Gräfe - Lecturer
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Charlotta Zettervall - Senior lecturer
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2024 | Article in journal
“They really looked, looked and looked”: Contemporary dance, disability and the circulation of emotions
Elisabet Apelmo
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2024 | Report
De första åren i Sverige: Ukrainska mammor berättar
Tove Samzelius
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2024 | Article in journal
"I knew it was different there": a qualitative study of the motivations and risks of drug policy migrants going to Denmark from Sweden
Julie Holeksa
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2024 | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
The Purchase of Sex: Perceptions, Experiences, and Social Work Practices
Ylva Grönvall, Charlotta Holmström, Lars Plantin, David Wästerfors
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2024 | Article in journal
From compassion to action: school social workers at the forefront of emergency response
Michael Wallengren-Lynch
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2024 | Chapter in book
”Det vi gör ska ha en påverkan på det praktiska”: Perspektiv från socialarbetare inom vård och omsorg
Kristofer Hansson
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2024 | Conference paper
Funktionshinderperspektiv på digitalisering av kollektivtrafiken
Kristofer Hansson
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2024 | Article in journal
Utvecklingsarbete som styrteknik: en analys av hur utvecklingsledare erfar makt i de regionala stöd- och samverkansstrukturerna
Harald Liebenstein Gegner, Verner Denvall
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2024 | Article in journal
Talking about needs and rights in inter-agency meetings: interpretive contests in Swedish welfare provision
Tove Samzelius, Rickard Ulmestig
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2024 | Article in journal
Facilitating children’s in-session involvement in child and family therapies: A dynamic framework of clinical practices.
Kristina Edman, Anna W. Gustafsson, Carin B Cuadra
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Understanding epilepsy: Knowledge, education and stigmatisation, 1950-2020
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Expectations and responsibility: education for and with family carers who care for a relative with dementia
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Children and youth integration through sport. Examples of Sweden and Uganda
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eHealth support to improve the care process for patients and partners who are involuntary childlessness
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Sex Education and Disability in Tanzania
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Working with the updated sexuality education directives: A process-oriented practice-based study in a Swedish municipality
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Neutralpositive Malmö
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Changed sexual practices and relationships when sexually transmitted infections become resistant to antibiotics? - a postdoc study focusing...
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Growing up in illegality: Young adults’ life histories about the impact of a childhood lived under a long-lasting threat of deportation...
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Fatherhood following experiences of child sexual abuse
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Young LGBT+ people in state care
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Being young and living with inflammatory bowel disease - an international perspective
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Alternative communication in elderly care settings
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Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the Covid-19 pandemic
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On-going research on living conditions and social initiatives in Malmö's marginalised housing areas
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Child-to-parent violence - a cross-sectional study
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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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"A hand appeared suddenly” – Experiences and reflections of sexual harassment among students and PhD-students
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New infidelities? Life stories on infidelity 1960-2020
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Avoidable Deaths? The Politics of Intellectually Disabled People's Life Expectancy
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Being young, with migration experiences and identifying as an LGBTQ+ person
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Children’s involvement in supportive and therapeutic encounters
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Dance and young people with disabilities: A study on visions and strategies in inclusive dance
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The Purchase of Sex – Meanings, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Initiatives
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Polyamory – relationships, family and everyday life beyond norms of coupledom
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Female genital cutting and sexuality
camilla.palm@mau.se
Research environments
Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS)
Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS)The Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies carries out multidisciplinary research on sexuality from social science, humanistic, medical and clinical perspectives. Our aim is to develop and stimulate faculty-wide research in sexology and sexuality studies, and also to strengthen national and international research collaboration within the field.
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) is an international research centre with a multidisciplinary profile and a strong international presence.
Doctoral studies in Social work
Malmö University offers Doctoral studies in Social work.
Social Work is a study of individuals and groups in vulnerable life situations and of social conditions that affect people’s living conditions.
The studies take their point of departure in social problems but also include factors and strategies that prevent and counteract social marginalisation and exclusion. Social work also comprises studies of the social interventions and of the human service organisations which provide such interventions.