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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 in

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/35-million-research-civil-society-elites - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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. Th

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/brief-interview-carolin-schutze - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 H

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seven-years-housing-first-success-story - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At least Three (2 year) Postdoctoral positions on Great social challenges at the Faculty of Social Sciences. To be appointed as a postdoc requires a PhD in any of the following research subjects offered at the Faculty of Social Sciences: Communication and Media Studies, Education, Gender Studies, Human Ecology, Human

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/postdoctoral-positions-great-social-challenges - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Hans Swärd has been awarded the biennial Swedish Association for Social Work Research (FORSA) Prize. "With long-term commitment, Professor Hans Swärd has been interested in the most vulnerable in society and their living conditions for several decades. Through his research, Hans Swärd has achieved improvemen

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hans-sward-awarded-forsa-prize - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanna Johansson and Lina Ponnert have published an article in the British Journal of Social Work. The article aims to analyse juridification and standardisation as two legal dimensions influencing contemporary child-protection work, and to discuss their implications for practice.  Read the while article online: Juri

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/johansson-and-ponnert-juridification-and-standardisation-contemporary-child-protection - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 14 and 15 April, the School of Social Work, in collaboration with SASNET, hosted a workshop on nationalisms in South Asia. The convenors were Frank Korom from Boston University, Jan Magnusson from the School of Social Work and the Director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson. The core idea of the workshop was formed in op

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/comparing-nationalist-actors-south-asia - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "We have no alternative but to look for new ideas and imaginaries of welfare and social inclusion in the absence of growth", says Max Koch in an interview in the Green European Journal. Read the entire interview with Max Koch and Jean Lambert, a Greens/EFA MEP from the UK, on the Green Journal Website.Professor Max Ko

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-welfare-and-work-within-planetary-limits - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö will take place from August 21-25. The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö, Sweden, titled “Dialogues in turbulent times” is organized by the Institute for degrowth studies. This conference aims at expanding the geographical and thematic scope of degrowth d

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/malmo-hosts-degrowth-conference - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In an article recently published in the European Social Work Research journal, researchers Anna Rypi, Malin Åkerström and Veronika Burcar Alm attempt to shed light on why young men with an immigrant background who are subjected to violent crimes rarely report the incidents to the police. The young men who were intervi

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/discrimination-discourse-incompatible-hegemonic-masculinity - 2026-04-29

Carolin Schütze has been awarded the ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize in social sciences for the best conference paper at the Third Nordic Challenges Conference, 2019. In her award-winning paper entitled “Feeling Fear in Times of Polarization.  A Systematic Content Analysis of Bureaucrats’ Commentary on Migrants using the Concept of Ontological Security”, Schütze addresses the question of immigratio

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-student-wins-early-career-prize - 2026-04-29

During a whole day in April researchers in elite studies discussed the relevance of central theoretical and empirical knowledge about elite research for studying civil society elites. The research seminar was filled with discussions about ”shadow elites” in America influencing important geopolitical decisions without visible political leadership, and the power decline of bureaucratic elite groups

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seminar-brings-together-several-international-researchers - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe, a new Europe-wide study from the Housing First Europe Hub shows. Marcus Knutagård, researcher at Lund University School of Social Work is one of the authors of the new report that will be released on World Home

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2026-04-29

About 70 teachers, researchers, and representatives from different service user organisations from nine countries highlighted the matter during the conference Experience-based knowledge in the shadow of the pandemic. The conference was arranged by the international network PowerUs.  “We discussed many creative solutions to improve user participation in social work educations, as well as the possib

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/how-covid-impacts-experience-based-knowledge-social-work - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-1-million-research-project-online-consumption-and-vulnerability - 2026-04-29

What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskaren Cecilia Akselsson fick nyligen anslag för forskningsprojekt inom utlysningen "Perspektiv på de globala hållbarhetsmålen". Hon ska forska på hållbar markanvändning och utveckling av landskapsansatser för att nå de globala hållbarhetsmålen. Hej Cecilia! Vad är det du ska göra för forskning?Syftet är att utve

https://www.nateko.lu.se/sv/artikel/forskning-hallbarhet - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vilken påverkan har skogen och andra ekosystem på växthusgasbalansen? Hur mäts detta? Forskare och ingenjörer från institutionen och ICOS var med i radioprogrammet Vetandets Värld. Lyssna på ljudklippet för att få reda på mer. ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) bygger för närvarande en infrastruktur för mät

https://www.nateko.lu.se/sv/artikel/vaxthusgasmatningar-och-overvakning-av-ekosystem-i-ett-foranderligt-klimat - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Aktiska expeditioner är dyra, tidskrävande och ibland farliga. Forskarna Hakim Abdi och Daniel Metcalfe berättar om ojämnt fördelad forskning. Arktis är ett avlägset och relativt svårtillgängligt, vilket påverkar vart forskningsexpeditioner åker och var klimatforskare sätter upp sina instrument. "Resultatet är en ex

https://www.nateko.lu.se/sv/artikel/vad-vi-inte-vet-om-arktis - 2026-04-29