Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV)

ISV encompasses a range of operations focusing on social and welfare issues. From these perspectives we study various life phenomena and challenges.

Currently we have over 210 employees, distributed in seven divisions and three faculties. Teaching and research account for equal proportions of our activities, percentage-wise. The number of full-year students at the undergraduate and graduate levels is approximately 1,400, and the number of doctoral students approximately 60. Our operations are located on Campus Norrköping.

Our teaching and research focus on man and society. For us it is the interaction between teaching, research and the surrounding community that sets the tone.

Research
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Application of modern laboratory techniques and self-developed measurement methods

The research group applies modern laboratory technology and measurement methods we have developed for illnesses common at smaller hospitals and healthcare centres.

En kvinna och en rullstolsburen man / A woman and a man in a wheelchair

Occupational therapy research

Occupational therapy research aims to reduce obstacles to functioning in society and increase individuals’ opportunities for participating actively in their everyday situations irrespective of their disabilities.

En skylt "Allt kommer att bli bra" i ett skyltfönster / A sign "Everything will be fine" in a shop window

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.

Doctoral Studies and Research Schools
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The Doctoral Programme in Pedagogic Practices

This doctoral programme focuses on research in and regarding preschool, school and teacher training. The thesis projects are relevant to the school system and the teacher training, and the doctoral students are given the opportunity to teach.

The Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Later life

The doctoral programme in Ageing and Later life aims to give doctoral students in-depth knowledge in this field. Students shall independently plan and carry out a qualified research project and present and disseminate its results.

The Doctoral Programme in Welfare Law

The doctoral programme in welfare law is focused on the contents and function of the judicial system in order to construct and maintain welfare that respect fundamental values such as the rule of law, equality, and the integrity of the individual.

Education
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MA in Ethnic and Migration Studies, 120 credits

Learn to analyse the causes of migration, and consequences for formations of race, gender, labor, citizenship, healthcare, welfare and culture. Relates ethnicity and migration to economic and cultural change, to systems of domination and resistance.

Två studenter sitter vid ett bord och pluggar och diskuterar

Social and Cultural Analysis, 180 credits, 180 credits

The Social and Cultural Analysis programme focuses on modern society and its´changes. You will study peoples´ varied living conditions, as well as political, social and ethnic identities and conflicts.

RecruitmentPage, 180 credits

Single subject-courses and Contract education
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Studenter studerar handens anatomi / Students study the anatomy of the hand

Single-subject courses at the Division of Occupational Therapy

Our single-subject courses at the Division of Occupational Therapy, at the Department of Social and Welfare Studies, also come under the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The range of courses can vary from year to year.

Vårdare och äldre man / Carer and elderly man

Single-subject courses at the Division of Nursing Science

Our single-subject courses at the Division of Nursing Science at the Department of Social and Welfare Studies also come under the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The range of courses can vary from year to year.

Single-subject courses at the Division Ageing and Social Change (ASC)

The Division Ageing and Social Change (ASC) offers two separate single-subject courses.

Divisions
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Arbetsterapeutstudenter undersöker en modell av en skalle / Occupational therapy students examining a model of a skull

Division of Occupational Therapy

The Division of Occupational Therapy carries on education and research in occupational therapy. Research is focused on disabilities in everyday life and comprises children and young people, adults and the oldest old.

Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society

REMESO pursues research and education on transnational migration, ethnic diversity and citizenship in relation to changes in labour and welfare. The Institute has a PhD programme, a Graduate School and MA and BA programmes.

Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science

LEN (Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science) is the Division at ISV engaged in education and research within The Faculty of Educational Sciences at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping.

Sjuksköterska och patient i samtal / Nurse and patient in conversation

Division of Nursing Science

The Division of Nursing Science (OMV/ISV) carries on education and research in nursing science. Research is mainly focused on heart disease, self-care, migration and health.

Division Social work

The Division of Social work carries on education and research in social work. The research is focused on people's lives and experiences, origins and consequences of social problems and social work practice.

Division Ageing and Social Change

ASC conducts research on key social, political and cultural issues of ageing. While providing basic and advanced academic training within these fields, ASC also contributes to the proliferation of knowledge about ageing within society.

News
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Online therapy helped cardiovascular disease patients with depression

Researchers have developed a treatment for depression among people with cardiovascular disease. The results show that patients who underwent internet-based therapy became less depressed and gained a better quality of life.

LiU seminars to focus on human rights

LiU is to hold three seminars on human rights in October. The topics discussed are children’s rights, asylum, and citizenship and migration. They are associated with the Swedish Forum for Human Rights, to be held in Linköping in November.

Norrköping to support research into learning, traffic and smart forestry textiles

Four projects at Linköping University and one at RISE Acreo have been awarded funds from the SEK 5 million distributed by the Norrköping Fund for Research and Development in 2019.