Department of Social Work, ASA
At the Department of Social Work (ASA), teaching and research are primarly conducted in the field of social work. The subject deals with the living conditions of vulnerable people, the causes of social problems, and the design of interventions to alleviate social problems.
Staff
Department of Social work
- Head of Department
- School of Health and Welfare
- thorbjorn.ahlgren@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1334
- Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- monika.wilinska@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1215
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- staffan.bengtsson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1219
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- disa.bergnehr@ju.se
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- agnetha.borell@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1212
- Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- klas.borell@ju.se
- Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- pia.bulow@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1227
- Adjunct lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- anneli.edin@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1636
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- aimee.ekman@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1225
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- helena.engkvist@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1239
- -
- School of Health and Welfare
- mats.granlund@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1221
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- nina.gunnarsson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1707
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- malin.johansson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1205
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- david.johansson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1188
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- +46 36-10 1067
- Associate Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- torbjorn.kalin@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1224
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- sandra.lindstrom@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1255
- Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- tina.olsson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1595
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- olof.rensfeldt@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1285
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- roger.sandberg@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1214
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- michael.sjokvist@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1217
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- mikael.skillmark@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1168
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- pernilla.burensjo@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1393
- Assistant Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- nina.akerlund@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1326
- Lecturer
- School of Health and Welfare
- frida.astrom@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1008
More information about ASA
Visiting address: Barnarpsgatan 39, Jönköping
Postal address: School of Health and Welfare, ASA, Box 1026, 551 11 Jönköping
Fax: 036 - 10 12 22
Head of Department:
Thorbjörn Ahlgren
Deputy Head of Department:
Nina Åkerlund
Program Manager, Socionom Program:
Agnetha Borell
Program Manager Student Affairs at the Socionom Program:
Program coordinator for the Master's and Master's program in Social Work:
Program manager Child Interventions:
Staffan Bengstsson and Nina Gunnarsson
Socionom Program
Program manager Basic program: AgnethaBorell
Education Officer: Anna Oliw
Program Manager Master and Magister Program: Nina Gunnarsson
Education Officer: Anna Oliw
Program Manager Student Affairs: Roger Sandberg
Affiliated Staff
Ulrika Börjesson, PhD in Welfare and Social Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Social Work. Börjesson's research focuses on the role of knowledge for staff in the everyday practice of elderly care.
Email: ulrika.borjesson@ju.se
Arne Gerdner, affiliated Professor Emeritus in Social Work, leads the research program Longitudinal Research on Development In Adolescence, which follows young people from the age of 12 into adulthood. The research program Impact of Stress investigates the effects of stress on alcohol consumption, mental health, and physical health. A longitudinal study within the program focuses on substitution treatment for opioid dependence.
Email: arne.gerdner@ju.se
Magnus Jegermalm, Professor in Social Work, is affiliated with the Department of Social Work (ASA) and leads a Forte-funded project in Applied Welfare Research at the School of Health and Welfare. Jegermalm also works at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke Högskola as Head of the Department of Social Work.
Profile page: Magnus Jegermalm
Email: magnus.jegermalm@ju.se
Irene Josephsson's research concerns institutional encounters primarily within social services (substance abuse, child welfare, and financial assistance), as well as development (Parents at a Distance) and the implementation of new working methods (New Ways to Work). The two latter projects were funded by Forte. Research collaborations have taken place with the University of Gothenburg and the Gothenburg Region, as well as the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Nils Stenström, social worker, earned his PhD in Social Work in 2008 with a longitudinal study of participants in the needle exchange program in Malmö. Stenström's research has mainly focused on the effects of prevention and treatment in the field of harmful use and addiction. Since 2020, he has primarily worked on systematic reviews of impact studies, most recently on interventions for co-occurring disorders.
Head of department
- Head of Department
- School of Health and Welfare
- thorbjorn.ahlgren@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1334
Head of subject
- Professor
- School of Health and Welfare
- tina.olsson@ju.se
- +46 36-10 1595