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Portrait of Jan Magnusson

Jan Magnusson

Associate Professor | Senior lecturer | Reader | PhD in Social Work

Portrait of Jan Magnusson

Academic:

Docent, Social Work, School of Social Work, Lund University

Ph. D., Social Work, School of Social Work, Lund University

Ph. Lic. Social Work, School of Social Work, Lund University

MA Sociology & Political Science, Lund University & Örebro University


Employment:

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Lund University, 2007 - present

Post Doc., School of Social Work, Lund University

Director of Studies, Center for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University

Coordinator, Master’s Program in Asian Studies, Center for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University

Project Coordinator, SASNET (Swedish South Asian Studies Network)


Guest Researcher:

Boston University in Boston, Dept. of Religion

Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. of Anthropology

Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu Social Work, St. Xavier's College

Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai School of Social Work


Current Research Projects:

Street Papers as Social Innovation

Climate Change and Social Work in India’s North-East Region


Teaching:

Director of the Master’s Thesis courses, including social work students enrolled in the Faculty of Social Sciences Graduate School and the Welfare Policy Management program

Supervision and examination in the BSc program in Social Work and the Master´s Programs


Other:

Expertise in digital teaching and learning, and digital learning platforms

Member of the School of Social Work’s Board

Co-founder of Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET)