Publications 2023

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS FOR 2023 (by type)

Articles in Anonymous Peer-reviewed Journals (in English) by Welfare Research Group Members (names underlined):

Babor T, Tsiboukli A, Hellman M, Bahji A (2023) Ways to get a more balanced gender representation in addiction journals’ management and workforce. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 40(6): 560-567

Bahner, J; Gäddman Johansson, R, & Svanelöv, E. (2024). Who counts as a sexual subject? The impact of ableist rhetoric for people with intellectual disability in Sweden. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 21(1):161-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-023-00873-5

Bradby, H, Papoutsi, A., Akyuz, S., Hoayda Darkal, H. & Phillimore, J. (2023). ‘Something is (still) missing: Feminist services for forced migrants surviving sexual and gender-based violence in Sweden, Australia, Turkey and United Kingdom?’ Women’s Studies International Forum 98. [DOI]

Gal-Rosberg, S. & Zetterqvist Nelson, K. (2023). A network of expertise: On intertwined knowledge in autism spectrum disorder assessment reports. Alter, 17: 87-102.

Jokirinne, N., Hellman, M., Basnet, S., & Koivula, P. (2023). Accurate yet problematic: the divided sentiments regarding brain-based addiction by professionals in the Finnish service system. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2277659

Jääskeläinen, P. Hellman, M. & Lindeman, M. (2023) Sports news and stories in the service of gamblification: The Finnish gambling monopoly’s sports-related social media posts. Journal of Gambling Issues. https://doi.org/10.4309/SPPW6618

Hellman, M. (2023) Epistemic projects: what are they and what is their value for sociology? Semiotic review 3. https://www.semioticreview.com/ojs/index.php/sr/article/view/78

Hellman, M. (2023). Celebrating 40 years of Nordic collaboration. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 40(6), 14550725231214953.

Hellman M. (2023) Evidence for improving welfare services. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 40(5):421-423. doi:10.1177/14550725231205802

Hellman M. (2023) Yet another alcohol policy experiment in Finland. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2023;40(4):325-326.

Hellman, M. (2023) The importance of debunking constructions. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 40(1): 1–3. DOI: 10.1177/14550725221150346

Karlsson, H. (2023). Reducing sex work by targeting ‘vulnerable’ sex workers: A post-structural analysis of policies regulating Danish exit programmes directed at people involved in sex work. International Journal of Social Welfare, 1-11.

Krzyżnowski, M., Wodak, R., Bradby, H., Gardell, M., Kallis, A., Krzyżanowska, N., Mudde, C. & Rydgren, J. (2023). ‘Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action.’ Journal of Language and Politics 22(4): 415-437. [DOI]

Odzakovica, E., Karina Huus, K. Maina Ahlberg, B. Bradby, H., Hamed, S., Thapar-Björkert, S. & Björk, M. (2023). ‘Discussing racism within health care: A qualitative study of graduate nursing reflections.’ Open Nurse. [DOI]

Rantala, P., Hellman, M., Alanko, A. (2023) Päihde- ja riippuvuushuollon kipupisteet: Ammattilaisten ja asiantuntijoiden tilannearvio muuttuvasta kentästä: [Sore spots in addiction service provision: professionals' and experts' views on a changing field]. Sosiaalilääketieteellinen aikakauslehti 4/2023

Serrat, R; Nyqvist, F; Torres, S; Dury, S. & Näsman, M. (2023). Civic engagement among foreign-born and native-born older adults living in Europe: A SHARE-based analysis. European Journal of Ageing, 20(16). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-023-00764-z

von Essen, E., & Smith, N. (2023). Network connections and board seats: are female networks less valuable? Journal of Labor Economics, 41(2): 323-360.

Wiebke Hübner, W., Phillimore, J., Bradby, H. & Brand, T. (2023). Assessing the contribution of migration related policies to equity in access to healthcare in European countries. A multilevel analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 321, 115766, [DOI]

Yohannes, K, Berhane, Y, Bradby, H. Herzig van Wees, S. & Målqvist, M. (2023).‘Contradictions hindering the provision of mental healthcare and psychosocial services to women experiencing homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: service providers’ and programme coordinators’ experiences and perspectives.’ BMC Health Services Research 23 (821) [DOI]

Yohannes, K. Målqvist, M., Bradby, H., Berhane, Y. & Herzig van Wees, S. (2023). ‘Addressing the needs of Ethiopia’s street homeless women of reproductive age in the health and social protection policy: A qualitative study.’ International Journal for Equity in Health 22 (80) [DOI]

Edited Peer-reviewed Books Authored by Welfare Research Group Members:

Torres, S. & Hunter, A. (Eds) (2023). Handbook of Migration and Ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing

Book Chapters in Peer-reviewed Books Authored by Welfare Research Group Members:

Bradby, H. (2023). ‘Ethnicity, racism and health’. In K. Dew & S. Donovan (eds). Encyclopaedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Hamed, S. & Bradby, H. (2023). ‘Research on racism in healthcare’ pp 354–377 in ed) A. Petersen (eds). Handbook of the Sociology of Health and Medicine (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104756.00032

Torres, S. & Hunter, A. (2023). Migration and ageing: the nexus and its backdrop. In Torres, S. & Hunter (eds). Handbook of Migration and Ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Torres, S. (2023). Ethnicity and race. In Torres, S. & Hunter (eds). Handbook of Migration and Ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Torres, S. (2023). Racialization and racism. In Torres, S. & Hunter (eds). Handbook of Migration and Ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Book chapters (in Finnish) authored by member of Welfare Research Group:

Kauppila, E, Hellman, M. , Alanko, A. (2023). "Lupa unelmoida". Lukijoita puhutteleva tarinallinen uutosointi rahapelivoitosta. ["Licence to dream". Addressing audiences in media narratives on gambling wins], pp. 195-219. In: Uusitalo, S. & Arstila, V (2023) Ongelmallinen rahapelaaminen. Näkökulmia rahapelaamisen varjoihin ja tutkimuksen katvealueisiin. [Problematic gambling. Perpectives on the dark sides of gambling and blind spots of gambling research], Turku: Eetos.

Invited Conference Presentations (Keynote & Plenary) by Welfare Research Group Members:

Bradby, H. (2023). ‘What happens to universal healthcare in an age of migration?’ Alexander Von Humboldt lecture program, Radboud University, 21 June.

Bradby, H, (2023). ‘Racism inom hälso-sjukvård’ (Racism in healthcare) a presentation and workshop delivered, by invitation at Uppsala (23 Mar) and Malmö (8 May) branches of the Swedish Red Cross.

Bradby, H. (2023). ‘How can academia apply anti-racist principles to improve equity and diversity?’ Junior Faculty Equity Focus Group Seminar, Karolinska Institute, 31 March.

Hellman, M. (2023) Preventing and Reducing Substance Use-Related Harm in the Welfare State Treading the Path to Human Rights. Gender, Substance Use and Welfare States. Interdisciplinary conference arranged by ROTIN , RIKK, University of Iceland. Reykjavik, Iceland 17–18 OCTOBER 2023 (online keynote)

Hellman, M. (2013) Svensk samverkan i välfärden: en nyinflyttads reflektioner. Nätverksmöte för samverkansforskning, Stockholm 7.11.2023

Torres, S. (2023). Civic engagement in later life: Unleashing the potential of aging societies while expanding the sociological imagination. (KEYNOTE address at the annual conference of the Slovene Sociological Association, October 19-21, Koper, Slovenia).

Torres, S. (2023). Managing everyday life as a research-focused academic. Invited workshop offered as part of the 1st Professional Development Sessions at the 20th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, June 25-July 1, Melbourne, Australia (HYBRID).

Submitted Conference Presentations by Welfare Research Group Members (names underlined):

Cheung, S. Y., Bradby, H., Hamed, S., Phillimore, J. & Brand, T. (2023). ’Experience of subjective discrimination in healthcare service usage in superdiverse areas: evidence in four European countries’ 29th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for Europe, Reykjavik, University of Iceland, 27-29 June

Nyqvist, F; Rodrigo, S; Torres, S; Dury, S. & Näsman, M. (2023). Civic engagement in Europe – a study on volunteering and political participation in native-born and foreign-born older adults. Gerontologia (Finnish gerontologikonferens), February 8-10, Tampere.

Peiró-Milián, I; Ågård, P; Chacur-Kiss, K; Dikmans, B. & Torres, S. (2023). Older migrants and older people living in socially disadvantaged communities’: Perspectives on barriers and enablers to civic engagement. Paper presented at the 20th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, June 25-July 1, Melbourne, Australia (HYBRID).

Serrat, R. & Torres, S. (2023). Exclusion from civic engagement among disadvantaged groups of older adults: Insights from the CIVEX project. Paper presented at the 52nd Conference of the British Gerontological Society, July 5-7 in Norwich, UK.

Torres, S. (2023). Ethnicity in research on older migrants: how the scholarship conceptualizes it and where we need to head. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual Conference for the Gerontological Society of America, November 8-12 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Torres, S., Ågård, P. Häkkinen, E., Dikmans, B. Peiro-Milian, I. & Serrat, R. (2023). Civic engagement amongst older migrants in Europe: Examples from four European countries. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual Conference for the Gerontological Society of America, November 8-12 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Torres, S. (2023). Racism in research on older migrants and ethno-racial minorities: insights from two scoping reviews. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual Conference for the Gerontological Society of America, November 8-12 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Torres, S. (2023). Experiences of inequality amongst older migrants: what a migrancy-informed agenda for old age inequality research could offer. Paper presented at the 52nd Conference of the British Gerontological Society, July 5-7 in Norwich, UK.

Torres, S; Ågård, P; Dikmans, B; Peiró-Milián, I; Häkkinen, E. & Serrat, R. (2023). Experiences of civic engagement amongst older people living in socially disadvantaged areas: Examples from four countries. Paper presented at the 52nd Conference of the British Gerontological Society, July 5-7 in Norwich, UK.