Social work

Affiliate receives close to 1 million in research grants from Forte

Forte gives 970,000 kr for a project on competence provision for social services in sparsely populated areas

Swedish infants less affected by parental unemployment

Study suggests that a generous welfare state can protect families against the effects of economic shocks.

Improving quality of life for older adults with alcohol problems

New research sheds light on the complex care needs of older adults with substance use problems.

Launch trailer for the book Theory for Social Work Practice

Social Services’ Help and Support to Male Victims of Domestic Violence: conditions, interventions and results

Research area: Social work

1 October 2023 until 1 September 2026

Research project

SHARE - The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Research area: Ageing research, Demography, Economics, Human geography, Psychology, Social work, Sociology

1 January 2023 until 31 December 2027

Research project

Preconditions for SFI among newly arrived with short educational background

Research area: Educational sciences, Social work

1 September 2022 until 31 August 2027

PhD project

CollAge

Collaboratively developing age-friendly communities with municipality eldercare, spatial planning and Senior Citizens’ Councils

Research area: Architecture, Social work

1 January 2022 until 31 December 2027

Research project

What are the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic for young people who are neither in employment, education nor training, and the societal initiatives that are in place to support them?

Research area: Public health and health care science, Social work

1 September 2021 until 31 December 2022

Research project

Age, Ageing and Social Welfare

Social work research related to age, ageing and social welfare

Research area: Social work

Interventions, Addiction, Evaluation

Research area: Social work

Mental health and well-being in social and health care settings

Research area: Social work

Network for Comparative Research on Professions (N-CORP)

The Network for Comparative Research on Professions (N-CORP) connects more than 30 researchers from different universities and disciplines (e.g....

Research area: Social work

Organization, profession and knowledge

Organization, profession and knowledge are core components in social work practice, and within this research profile they are regarded as parts of ...

Research area: Social work

The welfare of children, youth and families

Research area: Social work

Umeå Center for Evaluation Research (UCER)

At Umeå Center for Evaluation Research (UCER), evaluation research is conducted in collaboration between researchers at the Department of Social...

Research area: Social work