Affiliated researchers
Karlstad University considers it crucial to enhance scientific exchange on various levels, both nationally and internationally. This can be achieved, among other things, by affiliating well-established researchers with subjects and research centers at the university, without formal employment, through appointment as an affiliated researcher. The purpose of affiliating researchers is to contribute to stronger research environments, benefiting both the university and the affiliated researcher. Dr. Goldina Smirthwaite has been affiliated with social work.
Dr. Goldina Smirthwaite
Goldina Smirthwaite has a background in cultural studies, gender studies, and scientific theory and has worked as both a practitioner and researcher on issues related to gender and equality, intersectionality, and violence. Topics Goldina Smirthwaite has researched include heteronormativity and the conditions of homosexuals in the workplace (Forsberg, Jacobsen & Smirthwaite 2003), men's violence against women (e.g., Holmberg, Smirthwaite & Nilsson 2005, Smirthwaite & Holmberg 2014), and gender-equal care.
In 2016, Goldina defended her doctoral thesis at Linnaeus University, titled "Through Gender Lenses: On Patients' Equality in Access to Cataract Surgery in Sweden." Goldina will contribute to the field of social work by developing the model "The Break-Up Staircase," focusing on intersectional social work with women who have experienced/experience violence in close relationships.