Research
I hold a PhD degree in social work and in my thesis I investigated associations between family-, school- and individual related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems.
I am currently involved in three research projects:
ERE: ELLIPSE Resilience Enhancement
The ERE project seeks to strengthen suicide prevention in higher education by developing innovative, scalable online courses that enhance knowledge, skills, and attitudes among students and staff. With suicide causing significant personal and economic loss across the EU, and education recognized as a key preventive measure, ERE addresses critical gaps in academic preparedness. Through international collaboration, the project will conduct large-scale surveys, create scenario-based training, and implement a 12 Steps Safety Plan for Academia. It will deliver a tailored curriculum for four target groups, evaluate learning outcomes, and promote integration into university programs through strategic events and policy advocacy.
The project is an Erasmus+ project and is co-founded by the European Union.
Read more about the project here:
Hand in hand we stand - collaboration to promote mental among youth in school environments
The overall aim of this project is to develop and implement a school- based intervention focused on interprofessional collaboration aimed at promoting mental health and preventing mental health problems in children and adolescents. Read more about the project here:
https://www.kau.se/en/cbu/hand-hand-we-stand
Mobile health apps to reach and support young people who have a parent with mental illness or substance abuse issues
The general research idea of this project is to contribute to equitable and health-promoting care for these children through preventive mobile health (mHealth) digital interventions. The exploratory planning grant enables us to prepare a larger project, with the following objectives:
1) Conduct a needs assessment in consultation with the target group (young people) and a reference group (professionals/civil society, researchers).
2) Systematically map and conduct an interdisciplinary quality assessment of internationally available mHealth applications (apps).
3) Explore the conditions for development, evaluation, implementation, sustainable access, and further development of mHealth solutions.
Read more about the project here:
Finished projects
Evalutation of govermental subsidy for regional suicide prevention in Värmland
The project was ongoing between 2022 and 2024 and was financed by the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
Evaluation of "Stopp! Min kropp" (Respect my body!)
In collaboration with Save the Children and the World Childhood Foundation, the material "Stopp! Min kropp!" and a gamified digital version including the same themes was evaluated.
Teaching
I teach at the training program for social workers at Karlstad University.
Bio
I have a master's degree with a major in psychology. Subsequently, I worked as an investigator at FoU Welfare Värmland, Karlstad University. Currently I am working at KaU as a senior lecturer in social work.