I’m interested in issues of child participation and child-centered approaches to social work. Currently, I am working on a research project that examines how child advocates from Swedish child rights organizations describe their work and what their experiences can teach us about opportunities to develop child-centered perspectives and child participation in social work.
Recently, I completed two research projects in the area of mental health issues of children and youth. One of them explored the historical understanding of mental health issues among vulnerable children and how it influences contemporary perspectives and interventions for them. The other one, focused possibilities to strengthen the mental health development of young children within the Swedish foster care system.
Additionally, I have conducted research on social entrepreneurship in the Swedish civil society. In 2011, I obtained my doctoral degree from the University of Gothenburg with a dissertation on social entrepreneurship among marginalized groups in society. A central theme in the dissertation was how these groups, through their social entrepreneurship, cope with discrimination and exclusion.
Doctoral thesis: Social exclusion for sale - Discourses on social enterprises in Sweden
Link to extended list of publicaitions (University of Gothenburg)