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Björn Blom

Professor of social work and director of Umeå Center for Evaluation Research (UCER)

Research qualifications: Docent

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Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Biblioteksgränd 4 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

I have a BSc in social work, I received my PhD in social work in 1998 and became a professor of social work at Umeå University in 2008. I was affiliated as a professor at Shandong University in China in 2018. Since 2020, I have been affiliated with R&D Västernorrland. Since 2021, I am the director of Umeå Center for Evaluation Research (UCER).
 
My overall research interests are:
- Welfare organisations’ organising, cooperation and client work
- Welfare professionals’ use of knowledge and professional practice
- Evaluation, follow-up and audit in social work
- Elderly care (digitalization, participation)
- Theory development in social work (CAIMeR theory, Domain theory, Stigma theory)
 
I am active in several research collaborations nationally and internationally. In addition, I often collaborate with various actors outside the academy,
for example, government authorities, municipal social services and private treatment organisations.


I teach and supervise mainly at advanced level and within postgraduate education. My teaching is primarily focused on evaluation, professional practice and research design.

Äldre i centrum, Stockhom: Stiftelsen Stockholms läns äldrecentrum 2024, (3) : 48-51
Blom, Björn; Andersson, Katarina; Bergmark, Magnus; et al.
Evaluation reports - Umeå Centre for Evaluation Research
Svenlin, Anu-Riina; Blom, Björn; Blom-Nilsson, Marcus; et al.
Nordic Social Work Research
Blom, Björn; Carpholt, Camilla; Krull, Ivy
Socialtjänstens arbete med social hållbarhet: insatser på individ-, grupp- och samhällsnivå, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2023 : 21-37
Blom, Björn; Eriksson, Malin; Snellman, Marie-Louise
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2023
Blom, Björn; Eriksson, Malin; Snellman, Marie-Louise
FORSA 2023 Conference – Social work in changing times- challenges and new opportunities. Bodø, Norway, June 14-16, 2023
Blom, Björn; Svenlin, Anu-Riina; Grahn, Robert; et al.
Working with critical realism: stories of methodological encounters, Taylor & Francis Group 2023 : 14-28
Boost, Didier; Blom, Björn; Raeymaeckers, Peter
National Association of Social Workers (NASW), virtual symposium, April 27-28, 2023
Krull, Ivy; Carpholt, Camilla; Blom, Björn
Social Work and Society, Wuppertal: University of Duisburg 2023, Vol. 21, (2) : 1-20
Krull, Ivy; Carpholt, Camilla; Blom, Björn
Socialtjänstens arbete med social hållbarhet: insatser på individ-, grupp- och samhällsnivå, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2023 : 299-316
Snellman, Marie-Louise; Blom, Björn; Eriksson, Malin
FORSA 2023 Conference – Social work in changing times- challenges and new opportunities. Bodø, Norway, June 14-16, 2023
Snellman, Marie-Louise; Svenlin, Anu-Riina; Burén, Linda; et al.
FORSA 2023 Conference – Social work in changing times- challenges and new opportunities. Bodø, Norway, June 14-16, 2023
Zimic, Sheila; Blom, Björn
Nationell paperkonferens i socialt arbete (NaPSa): Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, 16 - 17 mars 2022. Book of abstracts.
Blom, Björn; Carpholt, Camilla; Krull, Ivy
Nationell paperkonferens i socialt arbete (NaPSa): Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, 16 - 17 mars 2022. Book of abstracts.
Zimic, Sheila; Blom, Björn
Att forska i socialt arbete: utmaningar, förhållningssätt och metoder, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2021 : 165-197
Blom, Björn; Nygren, Lennart
Forsa/NASSW Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland 11-12 November 2021. Online conference
Carpholt, Camilla; Krull, Ivy; Blom, Björn
Socialt arbete i skolan: villkor, innehåll och utmaningar, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2020 : 241-256
Blom, Björn; Isaksson, Cristine; Nygren, Lennart
Socialt arbete i skolan: villkor, innehåll och utmaningar, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2020 : 19-26
Blom, Björn; Isaksson, Cristine; Nygren, Lennart
Nordic Social Work Research, Routledge 2020, Vol. 10, (4) : 356-368
Grell, Pär; Blom, Björn; Ahmadi, Nader
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2020
Isaksson, Cristine; Blom, Björn; Nygren, Lennart
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2019
Blom, Björn; Morén, Stefan
Journal of Dual Diagnosis, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 14, (3) : 187-191
Padyab, Mojgan; Armelius, Bengt-Åke; Armelius, Kerstin; et al.
Bristol: Policy Press 2017
Blom, Björn; Evertsson, Lars; Perlinski, Marek
Social and caring professions in European welfare states: policies, services and professional practicies, Bristol: Policy Press 2017 : 1-17
Blom, Björn; Evertsson, Lars; Perlinski, Marek
Social and caring professions in European welfare states: policies, services and professional practices, Bristol: Policy Press 2017 : 209-221
Evertsson, Lars; Blom, Björn; Perlinski, Marek; et al.
British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 47, (3) : 611-629
Grell, Pär; Ahmadi, Nader; Blom, Björn
Social and caring professions in European welfare states: policies, services and professional practices, Bristol: Policy Press 2017 : 253-265
Perlinski, Marek; Blom, Björn; Evertsson, Lars
Praca Socjalna, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademii Pedagogiki Specjalnej 2017, Vol. 4, (32) : 11-34
Perlinski, Marek; Morén, Stefan; Björn, Blom
Medicinsk vetenskap & praxis : information från SBU, Stockholm: Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering (SBU) 2016, (1) : 8-9
Anttila, Sten; Blom, Björn
Att bli socialarbetare: en reflekterande vägledning för studenter, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2016 : 9-10
Blom, Björn
Nordic Social Work Research, Taylor & Francis Group 2016, Vol. 6, (3) : 188-200
Grell, Pär; Ahmadi, Nader; Blom, Björn
Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier 2015, Vol. 49 : 185-191
Blom, Björn; Dukes, Kimberly A.; Lundgren, Lena; et al.
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2015
Blom, Björn; Morén, Stefan
Social work research: Volume 2, Decisions about research strategy, Sage Publications 2015 : 239-260
Blom, Björn; Morén, Stefan
Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier 2015, Vol. 49 : 153-162
Hall, Taylor; Chassler, Deborah; Blom, Björn; et al.
Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier 2015, Vol. 49 : 149-152
Lundgren, Lena; Blom, Björn; Chassler, Deborah; et al.
Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, Lund: Förbundet för forskning i socialt arbete (FORSA) 2015, Vol. 22, (1) : 22-43
Morén, Stefan; Perlinski, Marek; Blom, Björn
Research reports in social work, 56
Andersson-Långdahl, Gun-Eva; Blom, Björn; Ericsson, Agneta; et al.
The 4th European Conference for Social Work Research, the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and European Academy Bozen-Bolzano, 15-17 April 2014
Blom, Björn; Evertsson, Lars; Perlinski, Marek; et al.
Socialt arbete i hälso- och sjukvård: villkor, innehåll och utmaningar, Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2014 : 17-31
Blom, Björn; Lalos, Ann; Morén, Stefan; et al.
Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2014
Lalos, Ann; Blom, Björn; Morén, Stefan; et al.
Socialt arbete i hälso- och sjukvård: Villkor, innehåll och utmaningar, Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2014 : 237-254
Morén, Stefan; Blom, Björn; Lalos, Ann; et al.
Nordic FORSA and NASSW Symposium In Search of Culture in Social Work/Malmö, Sweden/October 8-10, 2014
Morén, Stefan; Blom, Björn; Perlinski, Marek