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Over-indebtedness amongst young adults creates difficulties when entering adulthood and tends to be a long-term problem. Description “Over-indebtedness” indicates enduring difficulties to pay off debts and fixed expenses. During the 2010s,…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/civil-society-and-social-movements/debt-young-adults-and-dimensions-guilt- 2023-10-12

The focus of this group's interest is the different organizations of social work and the organization of different practices. We thus join a tradition at Lund University of Applied Sciences to critically study institutions and…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/professions-and-organisation- 2023-10-12

For several years now, this well-established research group has focused on issues relating to vocational education, young people's living conditions and problems with establishment on the labor market. Several research council-funded…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-policy-and-sustainability/vocational-training-labor-market-and-living-conditions- 2023-10-12

Experiental Knowledge in Higher Education is a strategic partnership between twelve universities from ten countries in Europe. The three year project focuses on creating educations on experiental knowledge and building strategies for…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/professions-and-organisation/experiential-knowledge-higher-education- 2023-10-12

Promising practices or institutionalized ageism? Increasing numbers of people age with substance abuse and complex needs, yet research is scarce. Existing studies have focused on users’ problems or the gaps in standard treatment provision…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/specialist-eldercare-people-substance-abuse-and-complex-needs- 2023-11-22

In the light of the ongoing invasion in Ukraine, Lund University wants to show our support for students and employees that may be affected. To our current knowledge, no Lund University students or staff members are in Ukraine at the moment…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/regarding-situation-ukraine- 2022-02-28

15 credits What motivates people to volunteer in social work? How is voluntary social work organised, and where should the lines be drawn between the public sector, the market and civil society? This course highlights civil society’s roles…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/education/courses/civil-society-and-social-work- 2026-01-26

Welcome to the School of Social Work! Teaching and research in collaboration with practictioners and serivce users at one of Swedens oldest universities. International cooperation A prioritised issue at the School of Social Work. Doctoral…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/start- 2026-01-26

Social work is digitalized and automated to an increasing extent. The development aims to solve problems in the practice of social work, but at the same time new challenges arise. The expanding field of research on digitalization in social…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/digitalization-social-work- 2023-10-18

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the failure to guarantee the right to adequate housing has had major consequences during this global crisis in Europe. CO-HOPE is a response to this health, housing and social crisis. CO-HOPE focuses…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/migration-and-mobility/co-hope-collaborative-housing-pandemic-era- 2023-10-12

Democratic consequences of changing engagement in the Swedish disability movement The disability movement is a core part of democracy where disabled people can influence issues that affect them. However, membership has steadily declined in…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/civil-society-and-social-movements/digrep-representation-digital-era- 2023-10-12

Researchers in this field shed light on the situation in different phases of life, from children and young people to the elderly. Studies concern the use of and perceived problems with gambling, legal drugs, illegal drugs, doping as well…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/addiction-research- 2023-03-17

The research area covers research on social vulnerability, inequality and social problems in a broad sense. The area includes the study of, among other things, poverty and homelessness. Research projects in the field apply diverse methods…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-vulnerability-and-inequality- 2023-10-12

While welfare states and associated social policies have been successful in addressing social risks associated with the provision of capitalist growth and increasing their citizens’ wellbeing, they have also contributed to climate…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-policy-and-sustainability- 2025-02-27

A PROGRAMME THEORY BackgroundEvery year, 10–15 000 children in Sweden receive a contact person or contact family from the social services. There are no overall statistics on the interventions and very few studies that focus on their…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/what-are-they-doing-swedish-social-services-interventions-contact-person-and-contact-family-children- 2026-02-05

Food poverty, food insecurity and civil society’s food aid have recently become more visible in the Nordic countries due to rising inflation and food prices. Simultaneously, there are ongoing changes in the Nordic welfare systems, not the…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/nordic-food-aid-research-network-nofair- 2026-01-26

Practices, justifications and regulations of unsustainable lifestyles in Sweden The wealthiest 10 percent of the world’s population are responsible for nearly half of global consumption-based emissions. Their influence, however, goes…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/economic-elites-climate-change-transformation- 2025-03-27

From the projcet Economic Elites in the Climate Change Transformation 1 Feb 2026 Perspectives on Social and Justice Issues in Climate Policy – Comparing the Just Transitions, Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Literatures…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research-output- 2024-12-06

Comparing elite composition, reproduction, integration and contestation in European civil societies, this research programme is based at the School of Social Work, Lund University. The progamme is funded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond 2018…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/civil-society-elites- 2025-10-22

The research programme looks at four European countries, which allows for comparing features and composition of civil society elites, and identifying mechanisms and processes that lead to elite consolidation and elites contestation in…

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/countries- 2025-10-22