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All open to the public The Sociology of Law Department arranges a series of research seminars inviting both local and international researchers who are conducting state-of-the-art research within various areas of law and society. Spring 2026The seminar calendar is continuously updated throughout the semester.February 11Eric BrandstedtLecturer in Human Rights and Associate Professor in Practical Ph

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/research/research-seminars-sociology-law - 2026-09-01

Over-indebtedness amongst young adults creates difficulties when entering adulthood and tends to be a long-term problem. Description “Over-indebtedness” indicates enduring difficulties to pay off debts and fixed expenses. During the 2010s, over-indebtedness has increased among Swedish households and manifested itself as a societal problem. Moreover, indebtedness increases among young people, both

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/civil-society-and-social-movements/debt-young-adults-and-dimensions-guilt - 2026-09-01

The focus of this group's interest is the different organizations of social work and the organization of different practices. We thus join a tradition at Lund University of Applied Sciences to critically study institutions and institutionalization. Research topics The group works on research projects with varying methods and empirical basis. Some of the themes that unite the group's interest and t

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/professions-and-organisation - 2026-09-01

For several years now, this well-established research group has focused on issues relating to vocational education, young people's living conditions and problems with establishment on the labor market. Several research council-funded projects have been carried out at the School of Social Work and the Department of Economic History. The research group includes researchers and PhD students from seve

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-policy-and-sustainability/vocational-training-labor-market-and-living-conditions - 2026-09-01

Experiental Knowledge in Higher Education is a strategic partnership between twelve universities from ten countries in Europe. The three year project focuses on creating educations on experiental knowledge and building strategies for strengthening and individualizing professional educations (for social workers and nurses), to strengthen students in their personal and professional development. The

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/professions-and-organisation/experiential-knowledge-higher-education - 2026-09-01

Promising practices or institutionalized ageism? Increasing numbers of people age with substance abuse and complex needs, yet research is scarce. Existing studies have focused on users’ problems or the gaps in standard treatment provision and eldercare. The proposed project will do the opposite, investigating promising eldercare arrangements for people with substance abuse and complex needs. These

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/specialist-eldercare-people-substance-abuse-and-complex-needs - 2026-09-01

15 credits What motivates people to volunteer in social work? How is voluntary social work organised, and where should the lines be drawn between the public sector, the market and civil society? This course highlights civil society’s roles and functions in contemporary social work. How and when to apply Read more about admissions requirements and how to apply. This course focuses on the roles and

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/education/courses/civil-society-and-social-work - 2026-09-01

Welcome to the School of Social Work! Teaching and research in collaboration with practictioners and serivce users at one of Swedens oldest universities. Assistant Professor in the field of resilient crime prevention Are you a promising, academically young, researcher who can build and lead research within the area resilient crime prevention? Apply before 10 June! International cooperation A prior

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/start - 2026-09-01

Social work is digitalized and automated to an increasing extent. The development aims to solve problems in the practice of social work, but at the same time new challenges arise. The expanding field of research on digitalization in social work studies, among other things, how the practice and knowledge of social work is defined, created and re-created when digital solutions meet professionals and

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/digitalization-social-work - 2026-09-01

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the failure to guarantee the right to adequate housing has had major consequences during this global crisis in Europe. CO-HOPE is a response to this health, housing and social crisis. CO-HOPE focuses on conducting a mixed methods evaluation of the resilience and transformative capacities of collaborative housing projects and inhabitants in five European coun

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/migration-and-mobility/co-hope-collaborative-housing-pandemic-era - 2026-09-01

Democratic consequences of changing engagement in the Swedish disability movement The disability movement is a core part of democracy where disabled people can influence issues that affect them. However, membership has steadily declined in disability rights organisations, while engagement in online spaces has increased – a general tendency in civil society that has accelerated during the COVID-19

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/civil-society-and-social-movements/digrep-representation-digital-era - 2026-09-01

Substance Use and Society Researchers in this area study the use, harmful use, and dependence on alcohol and other drugs, often from a social science perspective. Gambling-related addiction problems and doping are also included. The research addresses both people’s living conditions and experiences, and the work of healthcare services, social services, and other societal actors. It takes a broad m

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/addiction-research - 2026-09-01

The research area covers research on social vulnerability, inequality and social problems in a broad sense. The area includes the study of, among other things, poverty and homelessness. Research projects in the field apply diverse methods and theories to analyze the consequences of inequality on several levels, from the local to comparative studies in an international perspective. Theories of powe

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-vulnerability-and-inequality - 2026-09-01

While welfare states and associated social policies have been successful in addressing social risks associated with the provision of capitalist growth and increasing their citizens’ wellbeing, they have also contributed to climate emergency and the ecological crisis. We carry out social-policy research of traditional themes such as labour markets, inequality or poverty, but also and particularly i

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-policy-and-sustainability - 2026-09-01

A PROGRAMME THEORY BackgroundEvery year, 10–15 000 children in Sweden receive a contact person or contact family from the social services. There are no overall statistics on the interventions and very few studies that focus on their occurrence, actual content, results, or effects. Knowledge of the interventions is local and based on experience and in the traditions and routines developed in social

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/what-are-they-doing-swedish-social-services-interventions-contact-person-and-contact-family-children - 2026-09-01

Food poverty, food insecurity and civil society’s food aid have recently become more visible in the Nordic countries due to rising inflation and food prices. Simultaneously, there are ongoing changes in the Nordic welfare systems, not the least the devaluation of levels for social assistance and different social insurances. Based on this development, it is important to strengthen the research fiel

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/nordic-food-aid-research-network-nofair - 2026-09-01

Practices, justifications and regulations of unsustainable lifestyles in Sweden The wealthiest 10 percent of the world’s population are responsible for nearly half of global consumption-based emissions. Their influence, however, goes beyond their personal carbon footprint. Through their lifestyles, they set trends that others aspire to, driving even more unsustainable consumption. This project inv

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/economic-elites-climate-change-transformation - 2026-09-01

From the projcet Economic Elites in the Climate Change Transformation 4 Jun 2026 De rika och klimatet: Svenska folkets inställning till rika individer i ljuset av klimatkrisen De rika och klimatet: Svenska folkets inställning till rika individer i ljuset av klimatkrisenEmilsson, K., Lee, J., Koc... 1 Feb 2026 Perspectives on Social and Justice Issues in Climate Policy – Comparing the Just Transiti

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research-output - 2026-09-01

Comparing elite composition, reproduction, integration and contestation in European civil societies, this research programme is based at the School of Social Work, Lund University. The progamme is funded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond 2018-2023. Why is it interesting to study civil society elites?Civil society organisations (CSOs) are usually seen as vehicles for advocacy with the key function of ch

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/civil-society-elites - 2026-09-01

The research programme looks at four European countries, which allows for comparing features and composition of civil society elites, and identifying mechanisms and processes that lead to elite consolidation and elites contestation in different national contexts. Moreover the programme includes the study of civil society organisations operating at the EU level. ItalyItaly follows a corporatist tra

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/countries - 2026-09-01