Research at the Department of Social Work
At the department of social work, a number of research projects are conducted with a close connection to the practice of social work and which touch on social issues, their causes and consequences at the individual, group, and societal level. We have several junior and senior researchers with different theoretical and methodological orientations. Their research projects touch on topics within the core areas of social work such as vulnerability in children and families, various forms of violence, mental illness, elderly and care, conversations in social work, the work of social services, disabilities, and legal processes.
Research groups
At the Department of Social Work there are currently three research groups:
What works?
Read more about the reasearch programme, What works? Which aims to develop methods and increase knowledge to help children and young people who are at risk of harm at an early stage.
Profession, prevention, praktik (PPP)
Read more about the research group Profession, Prevention & Practice. The research focuses, among other things, on collaboration between research and the practice of social work, as well as on critical examination of social policy ambitions, legal frameworks, and the users’/clients’ socioeconomic vulnerability in the welfare society.
Samtal i socialt arbete
Read more about the research group Talk and Interaction in Social Work. The group examines institutional conversations in various welfare contexts, and a recurring focus is on how professionals and clients understand each other and carry out different conversational tasks, such as assessment, support, or information exchange.
Conceptualising ConTrol and Violence
CCTV is a research group at the Department of Social Work, dedicated to deepening our understanding of violence and control. We explore how these phenomena are defined, legitimized, and enacted in everyday life, in institutional settings, and through legal and policy frameworks.