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 - 2025-08-25

Photo: EESC 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 recommenda

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hakan-johansson-spoke-brussels-civil-society-funding - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/johansson-and-ponnert-juridification-and-standardisation-contemporary-child-protection - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

"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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

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 - 2025-08-25

Perfusion monitoringFull-thickness eyelid flaps and free skin grafts are frequently used in reconstructive surgery. Perfusion monitoring has recently been implemented in several reconstructive surgical procedures, however, perfusion monitoring of a rotational eyelid flap and free skin grafts has not been described previously. In two recently published scientific articles the authors used state-of-

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/new-publications-0 - 2025-08-25

Cu Dybelius Ansson nailing his PhD thesis. On April 23rd Cu Dybelius Ansson nailed his PhD thesis "Perfusion Monitoring of Advancement and Rotational Flaps". The thesis will be defended on May 21st 2021.

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/nailing-phd-thesis - 2025-08-25

We welcome new PhD students Magne Tordengren, MD and Azin Khodaverdi, MSc. Magne and Azin will work in the skin tumor project with application and development och photoacoustic imaging. 

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/welcome-new-phd-students - 2025-08-25

Because of the current COVID-19 situation we need to postpone the PAI workshop on September 24th. We will return with a new date as soon as the pandemic situation allows. 

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/pai-workshop-postponed-0 - 2025-08-25