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DEBATE. Far from everyone who lives in Sweden has a secure housing situation. According to the Na... more DEBATE. Far from everyone who lives in Sweden has a secure housing situation. According to the National Board of Health and Welfare's latest national survey of 2017, there are about 33,000 homeless people in the country. A significant proportion of them are children. Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, many households are now threatened by unemployment and a deteriorating economy. If the state and municipalities do not act resolutely, there is an imminent risk that the housing crisis will deepen with devastating consequences for the individual as well as for society at large.

Resultatdialog presenterar svensk utbildningsvetenskaplig forskning som finansieras av Vetenskaps... more Resultatdialog presenterar svensk utbildningsvetenskaplig forskning som finansieras av Vetenskapsradet. Sedan ar 2005 har resultat fran aktuella forskningsprojekt sammanfattats dels pa en arlig konferens, dels i en antologi. De sammanlagt 32 projekt som redovisas inom ramen for Resultatdialog 2018 involverar runt 150 forskare fran 18 larosaten. Tillsammans ger de prov pa den stora spannvidd som utbildningsvetenskap rymmer. Pa Vetenskapsradet vill vi med Resultatdialog sprida nya forskningsron sa att de far genomslag och framjar kontakter mellan alla som ar intresserade av utbildningsvetenskaplig forskning.

Tsg Trabajo Social Global_Global Social Work Gsw, 2013

En una investigación iniciada recientemente estudiamos los contenidos que se dan al tema de las r... more En una investigación iniciada recientemente estudiamos los contenidos que se dan al tema de las relaciones étnicas en los programas de educación para trabajadoras/es sociales en Suecia. Entendemos que en Trabajo Social ésta es un área de conocimiento cuyos contenidos varían de acuerdo a las prioridades y tradiciones dominantes en diferentes períodos de la historia de la formación de profesionales del Trabajo Social. El objetivo específico de nuestro estudio es describir las diferentes formas de conceptualizar las relaciones étnicas en los programas de estudio, estudiar como esos conocimientos influyen en las formas y contenidos de los diferentes momentos que componen esos programas y además analizar cómo esas formas y contenidos influyen en la comprensión sobre temas relacionados con la migración que hacen los estudiantes. En este artículo sostenemos que el tema de las relaciones étnicas debería ser un tema central en la formación académica de trabajadoras/es en Suecia. El objetivo de nuestro artículo es participar en el diálogo internacional que se ha iniciado en esta revista, un diálogo que apunta a la necesidad de adecuar los contenidos de la carrera de Trabajo Social a las exigencias de una sociedad global. Montesino, N; Righard, E. & Wikström, E. / Relaciones étnicas y currículos académicos en la formación de trabajadores sociales en Suecia, un proyecto de investigación 77

Socialhögskolan, Lunds universitet, Aug 21, 2021

Regeringen foreslar nio atgarder for att hitta och utvisa papperslosa. Det kommer att sla hart oc... more Regeringen foreslar nio atgarder for att hitta och utvisa papperslosa. Det kommer att sla hart och framst ga ut over redan svaga och jagade manniskor. Vi uppmanar darfor regeringen att ta tillbaka atgarderna, skriver 43 forskare.

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 2021

PurposeThe aim of this article is to explore the everyday life experiences of elderly (+70 years)... more PurposeThe aim of this article is to explore the everyday life experiences of elderly (+70 years) living with young locals and refugees in a collaborative housing project before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. The paper discusses the importance of the spatial dimension in the conceptualization of social integration.Design/methodology/approachThe main method is a qualitative case study based on observations of settings, document/video analysis, online diary entries made by ten residents and eight semi- structured interviews conducted with the residents.FindingsSällBo was conceived as a new type of collaborative housing in which elderly, young locals and refugees share common spaces with the aim of enabling social integration. In this context, COVID-19 interrupted the ongoing processes of living together after four months of moving to the house. The three main themes that emerge from the empirical material are (1) changes in the use of common spaces and social interactions...

Critical Social Policy, 2016

Migrants as a group are recognised as being at risk of receiving low retirement pensions. Income ... more Migrants as a group are recognised as being at risk of receiving low retirement pensions. Income over a lifetime is the principle for calculating pension rights. We have interviewed a group of migrants about their retirement preparations. Our results show that there are obstacles that obstruct migrants from entering the Swedish labour market, which will greatly influence future pension rights. There are various lock-in effects that isolate migrants from the labour market and thus affect their present and future financial situation. Examples are labour market policy activities and that the minimum level pensions have mobility restrictions. These trajectories are set in perspective to Nancy Fraser’s reasoning on justice in a transnational setting and Yeheskel Hasenfeld’s reflections on people processing. An important implication from our findings is the need to explore ways to include a group that is currently excluded from the labour market, hence adequate retirement income protection.

Meddelanden Fran Socialhogskolan, 2003

Social Work Society, 2010

This article argues that there is a discrepancy between the perception of social realities held b... more This article argues that there is a discrepancy between the perception of social realities held by professionals of welfare (school teachers and social workers) in Sweden and the social realities of migrants, especially migrants depending on social assistance. The views held by professionals are rooted in an old model of social integration within the framework of the nation-state. This perception contrasts with the life conditions, expressed here in the consumption practices of migrant families who, in their daily life, are linked to both local and transnational places. Consumption is an “old question” that has been linked both to poverty and immigration. The article is focusing not on consumption as such; instead on consumption as an illustration of the mismatch existing between the professionals’ view and the migrants’ description of their own consumption. The analysis is based on a qualitative study including interviews with migrant families and welfare officers in a neighbourhood in Malmoe, a city in the South of Sweden with some 300,000 inhabitants, of which 29 % are born outside Sweden. (Less)

Social Inclusion, 2015

Inclusion policies focusing on Roma groups started in Sweden during the 1950s, when the Swedish g... more Inclusion policies focusing on Roma groups started in Sweden during the 1950s, when the Swedish government recognized the formal citizen status of the so called “Swedish Gypsies”, a group consisting of approximately 740 people. As the Roma were perceived as people living outside the boundaries of normal society, the challenge facing the Swedish authorities was how to outline and organize the new policies. In our analyses we focus on the taken-for-granted premises of these policies. We discuss the “entry process” of these Roma into Swedish society. People-processing organizations classified Roma as “socially disabled” in different administrative contexts. In the early 1960s adult male Roma were classified as socially disabled on the labor market. Later during the same decade, experts and professionals increasingly focused attention on the Roma family as a problematic institution. In this context, Roma adults were classified as disabled in relation to the normative representations of ...

This thesis analyses Swedish gypsy policy between 1880 and 1970, as part of a larger sociopolitic... more This thesis analyses Swedish gypsy policy between 1880 and 1970, as part of a larger sociopolitical project undertaken by the Swedish authorities to promote social order and stability. During this period, the treatment of marginalized groups was shaped by the same visions and objectives as for the population as a whole. Gypsies in Sweden have been subject to the same regulations for as other poor groups, particularly those for groups without local ties. Established ideas about gypsies are presented in this study as part of a "story" aimed at justifying state intervention. Two theoretical approaches are applied in the thesis. One explains the concepts and mechanisms that draw a dividing line between the members of a group and those outside the group, namely Simmel's idea of "the poor" and "the stranger" and Elias' and Tilly's studies on the reproduction of exclusion. The other draws on Foucault and studies inspired by Foucault, and analyses t...

Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 2013

Introducción En el debate sobre los contenidos de la educación en Trabajo Social en Suecia siempr... more Introducción En el debate sobre los contenidos de la educación en Trabajo Social en Suecia siempre se han identificado dos concepciones del conoci-miento que, de acuerdo con el debate académico, compiten entre sí: una de ellas se describe como una concepción dualista que parte de una división fundamental entre conocimiento teóri-Concepciones del conocimiento en la formación de trabajadores sociales en Suecia