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Senior lecturer Lupita Svensson is one of the researchers in a research group that has received funding for a project that will explore how the digitization of everyday life, including consumption, credit management and communication, affects economic vulnerability among young adults. The project, which will last for a year, os led by Stefan Larsson, Lund University Internet Institute, and funded

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-1-million-research-project-online-consumption-and-vulnerability - 2025-10-01

In the light of the ongoing invasion in Ukraine, Lund University wants to show our support for students and employees that may be affected. To our current knowledge, no Lund University students or staff members are in Ukraine at the moment. However, we recognise that these are stressful and upsetting times for many and we want to remind those of you who are directly affected by the situation about

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/regarding-situation-ukraine - 2025-10-01

On October 29, Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino were in Rome to present the results of a survey of Italian social workers. The survey originated in a project run at the School of Social Work between 2005 and 2008: 'Municipal individually-oriented social work in four Nordic capital areas' (FAS 2005-2008). The questionnaire is about social workers' workers' conditions, about their views on so

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/researchers-present-italy - 2025-10-01

Alexandru Panican, researcher from the School of Social Work at Lund University and Richard Ulmestig from Linnaeus University has published an article about the Swedish welfare state and social assistance in the prestigious Citizenship Studies Journal. In the article Social Rights in the shadow of poor relief - Social Assistance in the universal Swedish welfare state the researchers analyse social

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/researchers-published-prestigious-journal - 2025-10-01

Approximately one in five Swedish young adults (18–25) have experienced recurring problems with paying their bills in the past year. The group with recurring payment problems tend to make more unplanned purchases, are less likely to have a social network to discuss their financial problems with, and are less likely to have friends that could help them financially, than those who do not experience

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/study-finds-every-fifth-swedish-young-adult-has-payment-problems - 2025-10-01

Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? “In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case”, says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138 countries is the first ever to take a global approach to the connections between growth, prosperity and ecological sustainability. The study was recently p

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/economic-development-leads-greater-carbon-footprint-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions - 2025-10-01

Max Koch professor at the School of Social Work has together with Oksana Mont from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University edited a new book on welfare and its relationship to sustainability. For more information, click here (new window).

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-sustainability-and-political-economy-welfare - 2025-10-01

Cecilia Heule and Arne Kristiansen, researchers and teachers at the School of Social Work share their experiences in gap-mending pedagogy in a new European anthology: The Service User as a Partner in Social Work Projects and Education. The anthology is one of the outcomes that can be traced back to a unique mobilisation course that started 11 years ago at Lund University. The anthology gives for t

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-anthology-describes-gap-mending-europe - 2025-10-01

Last week a group of researchers from the University Muhammadiyah, Surakarta, Indonesia participated in a two-day conference, organised by Child Rights Institute at Lund University. The Indonesian researchers met with researchers in social work and other research fields at Lund University to discuss issues regarding children’s perspectives and children’s rights. During the conference the researche

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/swedish-indonesian-conference-focuses-childrens-rights - 2025-10-01

Carolin Schütze and Erin Kennedy and Cynthia Phiri, PhD students at the School of Social Work, have organised an international PhD workshop in Copenhagen. The workshop covered emerging themes in social work research. The PhD workshop was connected to this year’s Nordic FORSA/NOUSA conference. PhD students from Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the USA participated in the workshop were the main focus was

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/phd-students-organise-international-workshop - 2025-10-01

The doors at Bredgatan 26 will be closed 22/12 - 8/1, except for Tuesday afternoon 3/1 and Thursday morning 5/1.In Helsingborg, the doors will be locked at Campus during 23/12 - 5/1.During this period we advise you to use your LU-card if you need entrance into our buildings in Lund or Helsingborg.

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/opening-hours-during-christmas-season - 2025-10-01

The book "Realising Child Rights in Education. Experiences and Reflections from the International Training Programme on Child Rights, Classroom and School Management" contains presentations and reflections based on a Impact and Dissemination Seminar held in February 2016 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 170 participants from the Child Rights, Classroom and School Management programme of batches 15-21 visi

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/book-addresses-international-childrens-rights-education - 2025-10-01

The School of Social Work and the Department of Sociology have nominated Professor Jaber F. Gubrium for an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University. ”I am very pleased to receive this honour. It not only reflects the significance of the research on which it is based, but also the important contributions of the many prominent social science scholars at Lund and througho

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/professor-jaber-f-gubrium-awarded-honorary-doctorate - 2025-10-01

The European Social Fund provides 3,5 million SEK in funding for researchers at the School of Social Work to participate in a joint EU-project with Belgian and Dutch colleagues as well as service user representatives. The project will examine and disseminate best practises in service user participation in social work education across Europe. In Sweden the project will particularly study 700 social

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/service-user-participation-survey-gets-35-million-sek-eu-funding - 2025-10-01

The School of Social Work has launched a new Certificate of International Merits (CIM), a credential to be issued alongside the degree. This is a new opportunity for students to summarise and present their international merits, for example to potential employers. It is also a way to encourage students to take part in more international activities. “The CIM is a great way for students to compile an

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-certificate-strengthen-international-profile - 2025-10-01

Sara Helmersson has defended her thesis Between Sisterhood and Treatment - Renegotiations in a Changed Support Field for Abused Women. The thesis sheds light on two types of support services for abused women in Sweden: voluntary women's shelters and specialised public sector units for people with experience of violence in intimate relationships. Sara Helmersson’s findings show that the question of

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-dissertation-looks-support-services-abused-women-sweden - 2025-10-01

How have universities adapted to the refugee crisis in Europe? How can universities find constructive solutions through their own educational activities? Norma Montesino, Christel Avendal and Carolin Schütze are part of a collaborative European research project about higher education and issues related to migration and forced displacement. The first step will be to talk to students about their att

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/refugee-reception-and-universities-agents-social-innovation - 2025-10-01

Lotta Jägervi has received the Oscar II scholarship for her dissertation "Villiga stödjare och motvilliga offer: Självpresentation och identitetsskapande hos stödjare och brottsoffer", which she defended at the School of Social Work in 2016. The Oscar II Scholarship is annually awarded to the authors of the best doctoral theses at each of the Lund University faculties. Lotta Jägervi was nominated

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lotta-jagervi-awarded-oscar-ii-scholarship - 2025-10-01

On 25 May, Professor Max Koch will speak at the London School of Economics, together with Dr Milena Buchs (University of Leeds). The event is part of a seminar series called Climate Change, Inequality and Social Policy. Max Koch and Milena Buchs will be presenting their new book "Postgrowth and Wellbeing: Transitions to Sustainable Welfare" (which will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in August)

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-speak-lse - 2025-10-01

Jan Magnusson, lecturer at the School of Social Work, has recently returned after visiting the School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai. One of the purposes of the trip was to learn more about their work in Ladakh, a region devastated by flashfloods in 2010. The School of Social Work has had a partnership with TISS since 2010, and Jan Magnusson, associate professor

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/different-kind-social-work - 2025-10-01