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Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal

Professor

I'm interested in how people make themselves understood in front of each other. The research concerns children's and young people's participation in institutional contexts such as special youth homes or various help and support lines.

Social interaction in social work

My research is based on close analyses of interaction, either face-to-face or online. Basically, I'm curious about how it happens when people try to understand each other. Sometimes, therefore, this is also about us misunderstanding each other, intentionally or unintentionally.

The studies are practice-oriented. Data consists of conversations with or conversations concerning children and young people in institutional contexts. The analyses focus on the institutional work, which often includes the participants' local identities.

In the long run, it is about social practices that enable, or limit, children and young people to make their voices heard. I have investigated network meetings and school contexts at Special Youth Homes, calls to the emergency number 112, helplines for children and young people and electronic bulletin boards.

CV in selection and assignments

Selected CV

2018 Associate Professor of Social Work

2014 Associate Professor in Child Studies, Linköping University

2002 Ph.D. in Children's Studies, Linköping University. Talking Trouble –Institutionality and Identity in a Youth Detention Home

1993 Licensed psychologist

1991 Degree in Psychology, Lund University

Commissions

Research Director, Division of Social Work

Member of the Programme Council for Social Work

Member of the Council for Ethics and the Promotion of Good Research Practice

Member of the IKOS Research Council

Doctoral students

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Research

Publications

2024

Niklas Westberg Talentino, Pernilla Ouis, Karin Osvaldsson (2024) Förord: Digitalt socialt arbete Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, Vol. 31, p. 1-5 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal (2022) Välkomna till ett nytt nummer Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, Vol. 29, p. 129-129 (Article in journal)
Karin Osvaldsson, Jakob Cromdal (2022) A weak case for solitary confinement: Categorisation, collegiality and accountability arrangements in a special residential home Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 21, p. 1229-1251 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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