Ongoing research within the national programme on applied welfare research – granted in 2018

Practice-oriented research fellows

• Project leader

  Project title

  Granted funds (SEK)

• Petra Björne, Lund University

  Adapting community support for people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours: barriers and facilitators in developing high quality support for a vulnerable group.

  1,500,000

• Ylva Spånberger Weitz, Stockholm University

  Teaching about the social services in school – evaluating a social innovation aimed at increasing the accessibility of social services for children and youth.

  1,500,000

Project grants

• Project leader

  Project title

  Granted funds (SEK)

• Anna Melke, Göteborgsregionens kommunalförbund

  Supporting birth-parents when a child is placed in foster care – building an evidence-based practice for a target group at the margins

  4,871,000

• Maria Heimer, University of Uppsala

  Children's participation and the outcome of care in Swedish child and family welfare: Building a model for regional development work

  4,958,000

• Ulf Jonsson, Karolinska Institutet

  TRANSITION – development and evaluation of a standardized program for emerging adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder receiving housing assistance

  3,823,000

• Gunnel Östlund, Mälardalens university

  Developing a digital tool for increased participation in child assessments (Dig-Child)

  4,023,000

• Lotta Agevall Gross, Linneaus university

  What works and why? The significance of how interventions and cooperation among organizations affect victims health and well - being

  4,990,000

• Torbjörn Forkby, Linneaus university

  Crossing boundaries in social work - Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden

  4,353,000

• Ulla-Karin Schön, Stockholm university

  I-Share; User participation and innovation to increase person centering in social services

  4,996,000

• David Rosenberg, University of Umeå

  Implementation of evidence-based practice in rural Sweden - Exploring innovative strategies for realization of national guidelines for treatment and support for people with schizophrenia

  3,963,000

• Urban Markström, University of Umeå

  Housing and living environments for people with psychiatric disabilities. Aligning social services and housing planning through experimental collaborative practices.

  1,711,000

• Martin Forster, Karolinska Institutet

  Two controlled studies of Safer Kids: A manualized intervention to prevent child abuse.

  3,865,000

• Mikaela Starke, University of Gothenburg

  Ways to the labour market for long-term unemployed: a comparison between municipality and private labor market interventions, effects, mechanisms and implementation

  4,957,000

• Henna Hasson, Karolinska Institutet

  How can evidence-based interventions give the best value for service users? Balance between adherence and adaptations

  4,999,000

Postdoc grants

• Project leader

  Project title

  Granted funds (SEK)

• Pär Grell, University of Gävle

  Informal organization in specialized personal social services – an unexplored path to service integration for clients with complex needs

  1,600,000

• Aleksandra Sjöström-Bujacz, Karolinska Institutet

  Person-centered service as a double-edged sword: Investigating relationships among person-centered service, emotional demands, and social workers’ well-being in their everyday meetings with clients.

  1,600,000

PhD studies for social services professionals

• Organisation

  Project title

  Granted funds (SEK)

• Lund University and Malmö University

  National Research Programme (NRP) for social services professionals

  28,000,000