Professions and Organisation
The focus of this group's interest is the different organizations of social work and the organization of different practices. We thus join a tradition at Lund University of Applied Sciences to critically study institutions and institutionalization.
Research topics
The group works on research projects with varying methods and empirical basis. Some of the themes that unite the group's interest and that we gather around are:
- Organization of social work practice; "Why do we do it the way we do?"
- How organizational ideas are spread and translated and how changes takes place.
- Professions, professionalisation and the work of professionals.
- Knowledge, knowledge formation and the interplay between practice, research and education.
- Social roles, and their opportunities in organizations, such as client, user and helper roles, their maneuver space and user influence.
The group's interest is always close to the practice of social work. Some projects are therefore also conducted in close collaboration with some specific practice, sometimes as an evaluation, sometimes in other forms.
Latest publications within the area
Digitalized Social Services: Formation of "new" street-level relations and professional compensation
Digitalized Social Services: Formation of "new" street-level relations and professional compensationHjärpe, T., Carlsson...Incompatible logics? Professionals and volunteers as collaborating partners in the disability services, the social services, and the probation services
Incompatible logics? Professionals and volunteers as collaborating partners in the disability services, the social servi...Sökes: barnombud. Om möjligheter att stärka barns delaktighet och trygghet i kontakten med sociala myndigheter
Sökes: barnombud. Om möjligheter att stärka barns delaktighet och trygghet i kontakten med sociala myndigheterLevander, ...Förändrade förutsättningar för samverkan: Idéburna erfarenheter av idéburen offentlig samverkan med utgångspunkt i NAD
Förändrade förutsättningar för samverkan: Idéburna erfarenheter av idéburen offentlig samverkan med utgångspunkt i NADJö...Accumulated Silence When “Passing the Buck”: Organisational Tensions in Child Welfare Investigations.
Accumulated Silence When “Passing the Buck”: Organisational Tensions in Child Welfare Investigations.Ponnert, L., 2024 M...
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Digitization in social work
The Digitization Group shares interest in that Social work is digitized and automated to an increasing extent. The development aims to solve problems in the practice of social work, but at the same time new challenges arise. The field studies how the practice and knowledge of social work is defined, created and re-created when digital solutions meet professionals and users.
Experiental Knowledge in Higher Education
A strategic partnership between twelve universities from ten countries in Europe. This three year project focuses on creating educations on experiental knowledge and building strategies for strengthening and individualizing professional educations.