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Malin Eriksson

I am a social worker, professor in Social Work and Associate professor in Public Health.

Research qualifications: Docent

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

I am a social worker with a MA in social work. In 2010, I took my PhD in public health science with a thesis entitled “Social capital, health and community action – implications for health promotion”. In 2015 I became associate professor in public health, and since 2020 I am professor in social work. My research thus spans over areas of relevance for both public health science and social work.

My main interest is in preventive social work, community work and broad structural and social interventions. My research is therefore centres around issues of social sustainability, social inequality in health and the importance of social networks, social capital and the living environment for health, well-being and access to opportunities and resources. In several previous and ongoing studies, and in close collaboration with Umeå municipality and the Commission for a socially sustainable Umeå, I have investigated how place-specific social capital can be measured, how it is experienced and what it means for people's health and well-being, as well as how it can be used to promote socially sustainable development. I am currently leading a project where we investigate the importance of social capital during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently finalized a project on how social capital can be used as a resource in the planning and design of socially sustainable and health-promoting neighbourhoods. In collaboration with researchers at Halmstad University, I participate in a project about the significance of young people's social capital in relation to mental health and help-seeking behaviour. I am also involved in research on the importance of social networks and the social environment for healthy lifestyles, as well as research on the use of coercive measures against asylum-seeking children. During the years 2018–2020, I led a scientific investigation of police work in so-called vulnerable areas in the Stockholm region. My previous research has also involved studies on living conditions for unaccompanied refugee children, including a study on the placement of unaccompanied youth at SiS special youth homes.

My research is characterized by interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of mixed methods. Methodologically, I have an expertise in qualitative methods and qualitative data analysis using grounded theory. Over the years, I have had several international research collaborations with researchers in Tanzania, Ukraine, Indonesia, Vietnam and most recently Cambodia.

Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2024, Vol. 12
Ahlborg, Mikael G.; Morgan, Antony; Svedberg, Petra; et al.
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
Bellander, Susanna; Eriksson, Malin; Sundqvist, Johanna; et al.
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Vol. 101, (1) : 57-70
Hjertstedt, Mattias; Eriksson, Malin; Hansson, Jonas
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Lestari, Septi Kurnia; Eriksson, Malin; de Luna, Xavier; et al.
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Frontiers Media S.A. 2024, Vol. 6
Stjerna Doohan, Isabelle; Ghazinour, Mehdi; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Kunskapssammanställning, 2024:4
Sundqvist, Johanna; Ghazinour, Mehdi; Eriksson, Malin
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
Heliyon, Vol. 9, (10)
Canabarro, Ana Paula Finatto; Eriksson, Malin; Nielsen, Anna; et al.
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Routledge 2023, Vol. 46, (7) : 1108-1125
Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Eriksson, Malin; Kinsman, John; et al.
Nordic Journal of Social Research, Universitetsforlaget 2023, Vol. 14, (1) : 1-21
Hansson, Jonas; Eriksson, Malin; Hjertstedt, Mattias; et al.
Gothenburg: Swedish National Data Service 2023
Jemberie, Wossenseged Birhane; Padyab, Mojgan; Snellman, Fredrik; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23
Jemberie, Wossenseged Birhane; Snellman, Fredrik; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Socialtjänstens arbete med social hållbarhet: insatser på individ-, grupp- och samhällsnivå, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2023 : 299-316
Snellman, Marie-Louise; Blom, Björn; Eriksson, Malin
Socialtjänstens arbete med social hållbarhet: insatser på individ-, grupp- och samhällsnivå, Umeå: Studentlitteratur AB 2023 : 139-152
Zetterberg, Liv; Eriksson, Malin
Local Environment: the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability
Zetterberg, Liv; Eriksson, Malin; Ravry, Cecilia; et al.
Polisiärt arbete i utsatta områden: utmaningar och möjligheter, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2022 : 225-245
Eriksson, Malin
Polisiärt arbete i utsatta områden: utmaningar och möjligheter, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2022 : 75-102
Eriksson, Malin; Sundqvist, Johanna
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2022
Ghazinour, Mehdi; Eriksson, Malin
Polisiärt arbete i utsatta områden: utmaningar och möjligheter, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2022 : 17-21
Ghazinour, Mehdi; Eriksson, Malin
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print), Vol. 101
Lestari, Septi K; Eriksson, Malin; de Luna, Xavier; et al.
Institutionsvård rapport, 2021:2
Eriksson, Malin; Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2021, Vol. 98, (2) : 290-302
Ghazinour, Mehdi; Padyab, Mojgan; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
The Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 34, (2) : 1675-1694
Ghazinour, Mehdi; Rostami, Arian; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 13
Lestari, Septi K.; de Luna, Xavier; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 9
Ng, Nawi; Eriksson, Malin; Guerrero, Esteban; et al.
Polisutbildningens skriftserie, 10
Sundqvist, Johanna; Eriksson, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 3
Zetterberg, Liv; Santosa, Ailiana; Ng, Nawi; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 30, (Issue Supplement_5)
Briones-Vozmediano, E.; Stjärnfeldt, J.; Larson, F.; et al.
Journal for Deradicalization, German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies (GIRDS) 2020, (22) : 122-154
Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Eriksson, Malin; Strandh, Veronica; et al.
Myndigheten för samhällskydd och beredskap; Umeå universitet 2020
Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Strandh, Veronica; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2020, Vol. 97, (3) : 467-477
Eriksson, Malin
Social Science and Medicine, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 258
Eriksson, Malin; Dahlblom, Kjerstin
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 11
Jemberie, Wossenseged Birhane; Stewart Williams, Jennifer; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Lestari, Septi K.; de Luna, Xavier; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Socionomens forskningssupplement, Akademikerförbundet SSR 2020, (48) : 18-29
Nygren, Lennart; Eriksson, Malin; Edvall Malm, Disa; et al.
Children and youth services review, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 109
Padyab, Mojgan; Eriksson, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.
Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 8
Santosa, Ailiana; Ng, Nawi; Zetterberg, Liv; et al.
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 13, (1)
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Öhman, Ann; Ng, Nawi; et al.
Health and Place, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 60
Eriksson, Malin; Lindgren, Urban; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
The Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 32, (3) : 372-396
Eriksson, Malin; Wimelius, Malin E.; Ghazinour, Mehdi
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2019, Vol. 96, (1) : 22-37
Ghazinour, Mehdi; Eriksson, Malin; Eklund Wimelius, Malin
SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 8
Karhina, Kateryna; Eriksson, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.
Social Theory & Health, Springer 2018, Vol. 16, (4) : 414-433
Eriksson, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; Hammarström, Anne
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 18
Kien, Vu Duy; Van Minh, Hoang; Giang, Kim Bao; et al.
Mänsklig säkerhet
Strandh, Veronica; Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Våldsbejakande extremism: en forskarantologi, Stockholm: Wolters Kluwer 2017 : 225--255
Eklund Wimelius, Malin; Eriksson, Malin; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.