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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 - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
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 or Economic Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Service Studies, Social Ant
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/postdoctoral-positions-great-social-challenges - 2025-12-01
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 improvements and a paradigm shift in how to think about the homeless, including contributin
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hans-sward-awarded-forsa-prize - 2025-12-01
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: Juridification and Standardisation: Two Legal Dimensions Influencing Contemporary Chi
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 opposition to a generation of scholarship which argued that nationalism was strictl
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/comparing-nationalist-actors-south-asia - 2025-12-01
"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 Koch's research deals with capitalist restructuring and its impact on social inequa
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-welfare-and-work-within-planetary-limits - 2025-12-01
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 discussions, as well as building dialogues with critical social theories, sciences
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/malmo-hosts-degrowth-conference - 2025-12-01
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 interviewed mainly portrayed their decisions not to notify the police in the context of
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/discrimination-discourse-incompatible-hegemonic-masculinity - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
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 Homelessness Day, 10 October. On World Homelessness Day, the Housing First Europe Hub
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
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 - 2025-12-01
How can artificial intelligence help us better predict the future of our planet? That was the central question when researchers from across Europe gathered at Lund University earlier this summer for the second full consortium meeting of AI4PEX—a four-year Horizon Europe research project focused on improving Earth System Models (ESMs) using the latest AI methods. Organised by the Max Planck Institu
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers and BECC and MERGE-members at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, among others, shows that an unexpectedly large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions after the ice age may have come from thawing permafrost. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary natural
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/thawing-permafrost-raised-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere - 2025-12-01
By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2025-12-01
By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2025-12-01
How do forests shape the climate — and how does a changing climate reshape our forests? What can science reveal about the forests of tomorrow? This mini-documentary dives into the world of climate modeling and forest ecosystems, offering insights into one of the most pressing environmental questions of our time. This short documentary explores the complex relationship between forests and climate t
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/mini-documentary-climate-modeling-and-forests - 2025-12-01
