Annika Taghizadeh Larsson

Senior Associate Professor

My research interests mainly comprises questions at the intersection of social gerontology and disability studies.

Research

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Gerontological Social Work

The GEROSOC research group brings together researchers in the division who study what it means to age in contemporary society and the mission of social work.

Research Programme DEM(H)CARE

An interdisciplinary research programme aiming to improve coordination between home care, municipal health care, and primary care for people with dementia living at home.

Center for dementia research - CEDER

The research has a focus on the everyday life with dementia. Of special interest is the challenges and the ways persons with dementia and their significant others manage and organize their lives.

Publications

Selected publications

Johannes Österholm Hjalmarsson, Annika Tagizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison (2015)

Handling the dilemma of self-determination and dementia: A study of case managers' discursive strategies in assessment meetings.

Journal of Gerontological Social Work , Vol.58 , s.613-636 Continue to DOI

Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Eva Jeppsson-Grassman (2012)

Bodily changes among people living with physical impairments and chronic illnesses: biographical disruption or normal illness?

Sociology of Health and Illness , Vol.34 , s.1156-1169 Continue to DOI

Håkan Jönson, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson (2009)

The exclusion of older people in disability activism and policies - A case of inadvertent ageism?

Journal of Aging Studies , Vol.23 , s.69-77 Continue to DOI

2026

Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison, Lars-Christer Hydén, Mattias Antar, Ceciel Heijkants, Jimmy Lindberg, Sofia Nordmark, Veronika Wallroth, Susanne Kelfve (2026)

Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0349278 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349278

Sara Wittberg, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison (2026)

Strategies for control: How local politicians regulate social workers' discretion in distributing elder care through hard policies British Journal of Social Work (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag050

2025

Johannes Hjalmarsson Österholm, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison (2025)

Åldersnormer och ålderskategorisering inom äldreomsorgen Ålder i det sociala arbetets praktiker, p. 119-135 (Chapter in book)

Anna Lundberg, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Susanna Alakoski (2025)

Förord Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, Vol. 31, p. 311-316 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/svt.2024.31.3-4.5704

Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison, Johannes Hjalmarsson Österholm (2025)

Doing "ethics work" in practice: An analysis of care managers' collegial discussions concerning reluctant clients Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 24, p. 701-720 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14733250241303782

Organisation

Division of Social Work (SOCARB)

The division oversees education and research in the field of social work.

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

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Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FILFAK)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education and research in humanities, social- and behavioral sciences, commercial law, art disciplines and thematic science.