Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för socialt arbete

I skärningspunkten mellan kropp och samhälle – Multipel skleros och funktionshinder

Ståhl, Daniel (2025-09-22)

The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze disability as a social problem concerning lack of social inclusion, in relation to persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Study I of the thesis is a scoping ...

Emotional Navigation in Social Services - on Emotional Labor among Swedish Social Workers

Holt, Fanny (2025-05-19)

This thesis explores emotional labor among social workers in Swedish Social Services. The primary aim is to enhance understanding of how social workers discuss and utilize emotions in their practice, as well as how ...

Sexuellt samtycke bland unga - mellan ideal och praktik

Blom, Kristin (2025-03-28)

In 2018, Sweden implemented a revised sexual offence law based on voluntariness (SFS 2022:1043), and the year prior the #MeToo movement shed light on the power dynamics between men and women, emphasising the importance ...

Uppkopplad mot världen: Om unga med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning och deras erfarenheter av sociala aktiviteter på internet

Borgström, Åsa (2025-02-10)

The aim of this thesis is to explore the experiences of young people with intellectual disability on social media and the internet by reviewing previous research, analysing and interpreting experiences of social activities ...

Mellan marknad och profession: en studie av socionomkonsulter och deras professionella ideologi

Bergström, Lowe (2025-01-27)

The social services in Sweden have faced recruitment challenges for decades. Since the 2010s, this problem has commonly been solved by hiring consultants from private companies. The emergence and continued existence of ...

Sexualitet, sexuell hälsa och socialt välfärdsarbete. En studie om gränsdragningar för sexualitet och sexuell hälsa som privat eller samhällsangelägen fråga

Andersson, Johanna (2023-05-09)

Vem får stanna? Om politiska problemrepresentationer av rätten att stanna i Sverige 1936–1989

Jansson, Tobias (2023-02-02)

In 2015, the Swedish government restricted the right to stay in Sweden, to reduce the number of asylum seekers seeking protection in the country. Since then, it has established a restrictive migration policy that only ...

Hantering av hemlöshet. En kartläggning och analys av organiseringen av lokala hemlöshetsystem i Sveriges kommuner.

Wirehag, Matti (2022-11-17)

The general aim of this thesis is to study the organization of housing services for persons living in homelessness in Sweden. Three areas are in focus. The first concerns how the right to housing assistance is interpreted ...

COMMERCIAL SUGARCANE FARMING AND RURAL YOUTH LIVELIHOODS IN EASTERN UGANDA

Mwanika, Kassim (2022-06-23)

Commercial farming is a pathway for pro-poor growth because of its economic linkages such as jobs and incomes. However, most of the available studies of commercial farming are largely generic, leaving a dearth of evidence ...

Older people in Sweden – Age at migration, poverty and utilization of long-term care services

Hanna, Mac Innes (2022-03-02)

This thesis studies the significance of age at migration for labor market integration and old-age poverty, as well as the utilization of long-term care services by older people. This thesis comprises four studies. All ...

Governing migrants through the Norwegian Introduction Programme

Fernandes, Ariana Guilherme (2021-08-26)

This thesis focuses on the Norwegian Introduction Programme for newly arrived immigrants and refugees. With its implementation in 2004, the Introduction Programme represents one of the most significant policy measures ...

Politisering av omsorg. En kvalitativ studie om kollektivt motstånd bland feminiserade välfärdsprofessionella yrkesgrupper i Sverige.

Ryan Bengtsson, Anna (2021-08-26)

This thesis is about collective mobilisation and new forms of resistance among feminised welfare professional groups in contemporary Sweden. The research focus is placed on what these struggles are about, the different ...

Unaccompanied minors (un-)made in Sweden. Ungrievable lives and access to rights produced through policy

Kazemi, Baharan (2021-05-04)

On 24 November 2015, the Swedish prime minister announced a new, restrictive asylum policy with the explicit aim of placing Sweden at the EU minimum level in terms of refugee reception. A temporary Aliens Act minimized ...

Crime, punishment, and counselling – a study of the local judicial and social work application of prostitution policy in Sweden

Olsson, Narola (2021-02-18)

This thesis explores the social construction of a purchase of a sexual service within the implementation of prostitution policy in Sweden and seeks to contribute to the current knowledge about how a purchase of a sexual ...

Handlingsimperativets dilemman – Om frihet och kontroll i socialtjänstens arbete med klienter som använder narkotika

Lindwall, Johan (2020-10-13)

ABSTRACT Title: Dilemmas of the imperative for action – On freedom and control in social services’ work with clients who use illicit drugs Author: Johan Lindwall Keywords: social service, substance use, discourse, ...

Teenage Kicks – The Differential Development of Drug Use, Drunkenness, and Criminal Behaviour in Early to Mid-Adolescence

Turner, Russell (2020-05-12)

This thesis studies the development of drug use, drunkenness, and criminal behaviour in early to mid-adolescence. Its main aims are to improve knowledge about how and why these three behaviours develop and to contribute ...