Karin Schölin Bywall
Associated researcher at CRB & Senior Lecturer in Publv health at the School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Division of Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University.
Karin Schölin Bywall is an associated researcher at CRB and a senior lecturer in public health at Mälardalen University. Her work is mainly focused on advancing public health through research, education, and the implementation of health technologies. She is interested in applying ethical reflections to public health research and education in order to strengthen the evidence base in societal decision-making.
Karin Schölin Bywall holds a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University (CRB) and a postdoctoral position at CRB. She then started as a researcher in health and welfare technology at Mälardalen University, which led to her current position as a senior lecturer in public health.

Publications
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Betti, Matteo; Masciulli, C.; Addazio, I.; Ballerini, C. et al.
Part of Neurological Sciences, 2026
- DOI for Motor fatigue and fatigability in early multiple sclerosis patients: an analysis of clinical, radiological and psychological underpinnings
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Hidalgo, Ines Rey; Pisano-Gonzalez, Marta M.; Garcia, Cristina Fernandez; Schölin Bywall, Karin et al.
Part of BMC Public Health, 2026
- DOI for Digital health literacy and immigrants' access to digitalized healthcare: a comparative study of Spain, and Sweden - implications for public health policy
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Bülow, William; Kihlbom, Ulrik; Bergström, Martin; Schölin Bywall, Karin et al.
Part of Ethics and social welfare, p. 158-172, 2026
- DOI for Defending the Principle of the Best Interest of the Child as the Moral Standard for Restricting Social Contact Between Parents and Children in out-of-home Care
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Schölin Bywall, Karin; Kihlbom, Ulrik; Johansson, Jennifer Viberg; Pasquini, Guido et al.
Part of BMJ Open, 2025
- DOI for What matters to patients with multiple sclerosis? Identifying patient-relevant attributes using a ranking exercise with open-ended answers from an online survey in Italy
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Drawing the future: gender and future occupational aspirations of young children in Sweden
Wamala-Andersson, Sarah; Richardson, Matt X.; Schölin Bywall, Karin; Norgren, Therese et al.
Part of Frontiers in Education, 2025
- DOI for Drawing the future: gender and future occupational aspirations of young children in Sweden
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Schölin Bywall, Karin; Norgren, Therese; Avagnina, Beatrice; Pisano Gonzalez, Marta et al.
Part of Journal of Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Promoting digital health literacy among immigrants in Sweden: opportunities and challenges for healthcare services
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Martin, Sylvia; Kihlbom, Ulrik; Pasquini, Guido; Gerli, Filippo et al.
Part of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 2024
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Schölin Bywall, Karin; Norgren, Therese; Avagnina, Beatrice; Gonzalez, Marta Pisano et al.
Part of BMC Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Calling for allied efforts to strengthen digital health literacy in Sweden: perspectives of policy makers
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DiSantostefano, Rachael L.; Simons, G.; Englbrecht, M.; Humphreys, Jennifer H. et al.
Part of Medical decision making, p. 189-202, 2024
- DOI for Can the General Public Be a Proxy for an "At-Risk" Group in a Patient Preference Study?: A Disease Prevention Example in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Janssens, Rosanne; Barbier, Liese; Muller, Mireille; Cleemput, Irina et al.
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
- DOI for How can patient preferences be used and communicated in the regulatory evaluation of medicinal products?: Findings and recommendations from IMI PREFER and call to action
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Veldwijk, Jorien; DiSantostefano, Rachael Lynn; Janssen, Ellen; Simons, Gwenda et al.
Part of Patient, p. 641-653, 2023
- DOI for Maximum Acceptable Risk Estimation Based on a Discrete Choice Experiment and a Probabilistic Threshold Technique
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Viberg Johansson, Jennifer; Blyckert, Hanna; Schölin Bywall, Karin
Part of BMJ Open, 2023
- DOI for Experiences of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis interacting with health care and the use of a digital self-care application: a qualitative interview study
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Schölin Bywall, Karin; Esbensen, Bente Appel; Heidenvall, Marie; Erlandsson, Inger et al.
Part of BMC Rheumatology, 2023
- DOI for Physical function and severe side effects matter most to patients with RA (< 5 years): a discrete choice experiment assessing preferences for personalized RA treatment
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Exploring preferences of at-risk individuals for preventive treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
Simons, G; Schölin Bywall, Karin; Englbrecht, M; Johansson, EC et al.
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, p. 449-459, 2023
- DOI for Exploring preferences of at-risk individuals for preventive treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
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Schölin Bywall, Karin; Drevin, Jennifer; Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Catharina; Veldwijk, Jorien et al.
Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
- DOI for Patients accept therapy using embryonic stem cells for Parkinson's disease: a discrete choice experiment
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PhD-supervision
- Adam Ehlert