Published 15 September 2017 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 a

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-welfare-postgrowth-society - 2025-02-11

Published 13 October 2017 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

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/social-workers-challenged-irregular-migration - 2025-02-11

Published 25 October 2017 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 w

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-nordic-barnahus-model - 2025-02-11

Published 27 October 2017 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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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

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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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

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 - 2025-02-11

Published 30 March 2015 Prof. Thoas Fioretos What is MAD for Cancer? In this 3-minute film you will understand more about the research focus in this multidisciplinary cancer program. Prof. Thoas Fioretos, Prof. Carl Borrebaeck and Prof. Kristian Pietras touches upon different research focus that is part of the program as well as share their vision of the program in this film.More information about

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Published 12 April 2015 Micrograph of a carotid body in paraganglioma (Credits: Nephron, Wikimedia Commons) Sven Påhlman and MAD for Cancer recently recieved $2 million aiming to support Sven´s research for improving outcome for neuroendocrine cancers. A paraganglioma is a neuroendocrine type of tumor. It can develop at various body sites (including the head, neck, thorax and abdomen). The funding

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Published 12 May 2015 Nordea Masters is part of the prestigious PGA European Golf Tour. Last year, this event attracted 80.000 people at PGA Sweden National in Bara, outside of Malmö. This is one of the most anticipated golf competitions in Europe and will this June return to the PGA Sweden National in Bara. During Nordea Master 2014, MAD for Cancer at Lund University was the focus of a donation c

https://www.madforcancer.lu.se/article/mad-cancer-nordea-masters-4-7-june - 2025-02-11