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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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 - 2025-10-05

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 to strengthen international collaboration and research focusing on child rights and al

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/change-agents-child-rights-told-their-stories - 2025-10-05

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 graduate, received a Mi

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/first-student-receives-international-certificate - 2025-10-05

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 entrepreneurs at Campus Helsin

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sopact-open-applications - 2025-10-05

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. The course trains social w

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/guardian-writes-about-gap-mending - 2025-10-05

Professor Johansson was invited by the European Economic and Social Committee to speak at a public hearing on financing civil society organisations by the EU. On 6 September Professor Håkan Johansson participated in a hearing on Financing of civil society organisations by the EU at the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee). The goal of the hearing was to come up with recommendations for re

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hakan-johansson-spoke-brussels-civil-society-funding - 2025-10-05

A new book by Max Koch, professor in social policy at the School of Social Work, and Milena Buchs (University of Leeds) presents a detailed and critical discussion about how human wellbeing can be improved in a postgrowth era. One of the reviewers writes :“Endless economic growth will destroy the planet but a post-growth economy threatens security and wellbeing. Büchs and Koch provide an honest an

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-welfare-postgrowth-society - 2025-10-05

The issues of undocumented migrants and deportations of unaccompanied minors have increasingly become a challenge in social work. Vanna Nordling’s doctoral dissertation is a study of how social workers handle their role as on the one hand support workers but also representatives of institutions of control. How did the social workers you interviewed negotiate being support workers and civil servant

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/social-workers-challenged-irregular-migration - 2025-10-05

Susanna Johansson, Senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, is one of the editors of a new book offering an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the Barnahus model. This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crim

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-nordic-barnahus-model - 2025-10-05

Professor Håkan Johansson  has received more than SEK 35 million to lead a project about elites in civil society: "Civil Society Elites" A comparative study of the composition, reproduction, integration and questioning of elites in European Civil Society. " The money is awarded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond. Read an interview with Håkan in Swedish here.

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/35-million-research-civil-society-elites - 2025-10-05

Kristina Göransson has received five million from the Riksbankens jubileumsfond for the project "Parents' strategies for children's education in China, South Korea and Singapore: A Comparative Ethnographic Study".Read an interview with Kristine in Swedish here.

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/research-project-parenting-receives-funding - 2025-10-05

This fall PhD candidate Carolin Schütze is a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. What have you been working on since you got there?I recently gave a presentation about migration in the Swedish welfare state and discussed a new working paper, which is part of my dissertation project. The paper focuses on the role of attitudes towards migrants in the practical welfar

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/brief-interview-carolin-schutze - 2025-10-05

The city of Helsingborg first implemented the Housing First method seven years ago. Since then, the number of homeless per 10,000 inhabitants has fallen sharply. The programme, introduced by researchers at the School of Social Work, has also brought about additional positive effects for socially vulnerable groups in Helsingborg. This is shown in a new report, written by Arne Kristensen and Marcus

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seven-years-housing-first-success-story - 2025-10-05