Published 27 October 2017 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 - 2025-08-05

Published 31 October 2017 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 migran

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/brief-interview-carolin-schutze - 2025-08-05

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 21 December 2017 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 soc

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seven-years-housing-first-success-story - 2025-08-05

Published 24 March 2018 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, Ser

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/postdoctoral-positions-great-social-challenges - 2025-08-05

Published 28 March 2018 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 homeles

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hans-sward-awarded-forsa-prize - 2025-08-05

Published 28 February 2018 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 I

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/johansson-and-ponnert-juridification-and-standardisation-contemporary-child-protection - 2025-08-05

Published 20 April 2018 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/comparing-nationalist-actors-south-asia - 2025-08-05

Published 4 June 2018 "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 i

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-welfare-and-work-within-planetary-limits - 2025-08-05

Published 21 August 2018 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/malmo-hosts-degrowth-conference - 2025-08-05

Published 4 October 2018 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/discrimination-discourse-incompatible-hegemonic-masculinity - 2025-08-05

By patrik [dot] hekkala [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik Hekkala) - published 11 March 2019 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 Mi

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-student-wins-early-career-prize - 2025-08-05

By patrik [dot] hekkala [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik Hekkala) - published 6 May 2019 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 decisio

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seminar-brings-together-several-international-researchers - 2025-08-05

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 9 October 2019 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 relea

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2025-08-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 4 April 2024 On April 9, a Zoom meeting will be held about Region Skåne's biobank and their services in freezer storage. Useful information about the new Biobank Act and rules will also be presented. Is all the material you have in the freezer actively used in your research? If not, it should be classified as biobank mat

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/mission-more-space-freezers-and-room-more-freezers - 2025-08-05

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 26 March 2024 A colorful Easter visit to the Faculty. Happy Easter everybody!

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/easter-visit-faculty - 2025-08-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 2 April 2024 At the April meeting you will meet vice dean Niklas Nielsen and Mats Johansson, senior lecturer in medical ethics, who will talk about what’s happening in the field of research ethics and how to handle ethical questions. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are r

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-44-research-ethics - 2025-08-05

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 2 April 2024 The Faculty has carried out a review of empty facilities within the Faculty, which are currently burdening the Faculty's budget. This review means that 1) rent will be charged retroactively for facilities that have been terminated but not yet emptied 2) empty facilities that the faculty pays for will be lock

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/inspection-empty-facilities-malmo-and-lund - 2025-08-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 9 April 2024 Tomas Deierborg, professor and brain researcher, says that he used to be a cat person, but is now the proud owner of the dog Malte. Photo: Private Tomas Deierborg is Head of Department at the Department of Experimental Medical Science. "As Head of Department, you can make a difference and that is what drives me

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/head-department-cog-machinery - 2025-08-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 4 April 2024 Jobbsprånget (job leap) has been a win-win for Nicole van Der Burg and Rana Mansour. "If other companies don't hire her soon, we hope to have the funds to do it ourselves," says Nicole. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist Do you have a lot of ideas but nobody and no time to pursue them? Do as Nicole van Der Burg and ge

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/internship-programme-jobbspranget-was-just-kickstart-we-needed - 2025-08-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 8 April 2024 The PhD Day is an annual event organized by MDR (the Medical Doctoral Student Council) for the PhD students of the Faculty of Medicine. The event is funded by the Research Education Committee at the Faculty of Medicine.Date: 12th of AprilThis year’s 2024 theme is: The PhD Prescription : Crafting a Care

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/facultys-phd-day-april-12 - 2025-08-05