Published 5 April 2016 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/study-finds-every-fifth-swedish-young-adult-has-payment-problems - 2025-05-09

Published 13 April 2016 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.

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/economic-development-leads-greater-carbon-footprint-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions - 2025-05-09

Published 23 May 2016 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 - 2025-05-09

Published 7 September 2016 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-anthology-describes-gap-mending-europe - 2025-05-09

Published 17 October 2016 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 th

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/swedish-indonesian-conference-focuses-childrens-rights - 2025-05-09

Published 8 November 2016 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 worksh

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/phd-students-organise-international-workshop - 2025-05-09

Published 15 December 2016 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 - 2025-05-09

Published 17 January 2017 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 progr

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/book-addresses-international-childrens-rights-education - 2025-05-09

Published 19 January 2017 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 sch

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/professor-jaber-f-gubrium-awarded-honorary-doctorate - 2025-05-09

Published 29 March 2017 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 parti

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/service-user-participation-survey-gets-35-million-sek-eu-funding - 2025-05-09

Published 5 April 2017 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-certificate-strengthen-international-profile - 2025-05-09

Published 18 April 2017 Photo: Patrik Hekkala 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 H

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-dissertation-looks-support-services-abused-women-sweden - 2025-05-09

Published 25 April 2017 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/refugee-reception-and-universities-agents-social-innovation - 2025-05-09

Published 27 April 2017 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. Lott

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lotta-jagervi-awarded-oscar-ii-scholarship - 2025-05-09

Published 17 May 2017 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 Palgrav

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-speak-lse - 2025-05-09

Published 18 May 2017 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 Magnusso

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/different-kind-social-work - 2025-05-09

By emma [dot] lord [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Lord) - published 7 June 2017 Last week some 60 people gathered in the conference room at Palaestra in Lund for the seminar ”Universities' role in sustainable change work” hosted by Lund University Commissioned Education, Child Rights Institute at Lund University and partners. The event marked the start of a new online global platform aiming t

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/change-agents-child-rights-told-their-stories - 2025-05-09

Published 12 June 2017 At the graduation ceremony in the main university hall on 31 May, Alida Karlman received her BSc in Social Work, and, as the first student at the department, a Certificate of International Merit. Alida completed her work placement within the programme in the Cayman Islands, working at institutions which dealt with addiction and domestic abuse. She and Emma Jonerud, a fellow

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/first-student-receives-international-certificate - 2025-05-09

Published 28 August 2017 Are you a Skåne-based entrepreneur or part of a startup working to make a positive impact on the planet? SoPact, part of the School of Social Work, is a startup accelerator for social ventures – entrepreneurs working to solve social, cultural or environmental needs in society. SoPact is open for applications for their next three-month accelerator programme for social entre

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sopact-open-applications - 2025-05-09

Published 30 August 2017 Gap mending is an analytical tool that helps teachers and researchers in social work to reflect upon what, in their practice, increases, maintains or mends gaps between professionals and service user groups. Teachers and researchers at the School of Social Work, Lund University, have been developing this method since 2005, when the first "Mobilisation course" was taught. T

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/guardian-writes-about-gap-mending - 2025-05-09