Teaching
I am a trained social worker and have been teaching social work since 2006. I am primarily involved as a lecturer in various courses within the BSc in social work programme (socionomprogrammet). The programme consists of three blocks: one basic block (terms 1-3), one continuation block (terms 4-6) and one specialisation term (term 7) and leads to a professional qualification. I have also designed and delivered various commissioned courses. In addition, I teach in the Health and Medical Care Social Work Programme (hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorsprogrammet), a one‑year specialist training programme for future healthcare social workers.
Research
My research interests span broadly across social policy, with a particular focus on social insurance, labour market policy, and eldercare. I am also interested in knowledge development in social work, professional competence, and the boundaries—both dividing and connecting—different scientific and professional fields.
In 2014, I completed my PhD at Linnaeus University with a dissertation on activity compensation (disability allowance) and young people with mental health problems. Alongside my social work degree, I also hold a bachelor’s degree in French. Together with Jayeon Lee at the University of Gothenburg, I run the network Social Insurance for Social Workers, and I also serve as a university ambassador in The Research School for Professionals in Social Services Hem -. I am a member of the advisory group for the Journal of Comparative Social Work, trying to promote fairness and transparency in the publishing of scientific articles. Likewise, I am locally engaged in issues of open science in Lund University Open Science initiatives About – The Open Science Notice Board. As a member of the steering group for the profile area Proactive Ageing, Proaktivt åldrande | Lunds universitetI am committed to the promotion of cross disciplinary studies on age and ageing.
Synergies between teaching and research
Previously, I have worked as a lecturer at the Departments of Social Work at Linnaeus University and the University of Gothenburg, as a care assistant in home care, as a researcher at the Nordic Welfare Centre, and as an investigator in child welfare services. These experiences have shaped my conviction that the intersection of politics, practice, and academia holds great potential for societal development.
My ambition is to create synergies between teaching and research. Since social work is both an academic discipline and a professional field, there is great potential in linking teaching in professional education with practice-oriented research. I also aim to strengthen the social perspective within health care and labour market policy—two areas where medicine and economics often take precedence. In a recently completed research project, Moral Stress and Moral Agency in Swedish Elder Care, the design partly included training for future eldercare staff. Combining research and education adds value when two of academia’s core missions are intertwined.