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Department of Social Work
Social Work
Social work is both a scientific discipline, an educational field and a profession. Here, classic welfare issues such as poverty, homelessness and social ill health are combined with a strong focus on issues dealing with children, the family, ageing, disability, substance abuse and addiction.
Education at Social Work
The Department of Social Work provides education at bachelor's and master's levels. You can also take on of our many independent courses in the fields of social work, disability and rehabilitation science, or social psychiatry.
Bachelor's level
- Bachelor's Programme in Social Work (in Swedish)
- Social Pedagogical Work in the Field of Disability (in Swedish)
Master's level
Courses offered in English
Research environment at Social Work
Research is conducted at the Department of Social Work in a number of different fields relating to issues concerning social problems and work on social change. This involves research not only into individuals and groups, but also into how social conditions can be used in a welfare perspective.
Researchers, Publications and Projects
Contact the institution's researchers with your questions and proposals for collaboration.
Annelie Björkhagen Turesson
Eva Elmerstig
Kristofer Hansson
Karin Ingvarsdotter
Kettil Nordesjö
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2024 | Article in journal
Children's participation in the development, use and evaluation of support interventions for children of a parent diagnosed with cancer: a scoping review protocol
Maria Samuelsson, Marie-Louise Möllerberg, Kristina Edman, Kristofer Hansson, Karin Enskär, Anne Wennick
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2024 | Conference paper
Everyday life of parents with intellectual disabilities: Order, routines and gender roles in time and space
Ida Runge
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2024 | Conference paper
A Phenomenology of Empathy, and the Professional Role in Recovery-Oriented Practice: Interpersonal Understanding, Shared Decision Making, Closeness and Distance in the Working Relationship
John Stigmar
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2024 | Article in journal
Motives for self-employment among people with disabilities in a Swedish context
Per Germundsson, Maria Norstedt
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2024 | Chapter in book
Glocalization and Sustainability in Education: Reflective Perspectives in Social Work
Jonas Christensen
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2024 | Article, book review
Materialized Medical Knowledge: Helena Franzén: Kroppar i förvandling: Obstetriska och embryologiska samlingar vid Uppsala universitet, ca 1830–1930. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Uppsala Studies in History of Ideas 54, Uppsala 2022. 104 pp. Ill. ISBN 978-91-513-1367-2. Diss.
Kristofer Hansson
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2024 | Article in journal
The dynamics of intercultural clinical encounters in times of pandemic crisis: Swedish healthcare providers' reflections on social norms in relation to sexual and reproductive healthcare
Mia Appelbäck, Aje Carlbom, Lise Eriksson, Birgitta Essén
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2024 | Article in journal
Child welfare workers' understanding of gender, sexual orientation and sexual health in assessments of youths with a problematic substance use
Robin Björkas, Torkel Richert, Malin Lindroth
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2024 | Article in journal
Social work students and teachers responding to internally displaced persons’ need of shelter in Ukraine in spring 2022: Service learning and recognition
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Michael Wallengren-Lynch, Yuliia Kokoiachuk, Merja Rapeli
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2024 | Article in journal
To SHARE or not to SHARE: Exploring incarcerated women's decisions about enrolling in exposure-based group therapy
Chelsey Bull, Mollee Steely-Smith, MeeSoh Bossard, Marie E. Karlsson, Ana J Bridges, Melissa J Zielinski
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Research project
Understanding epilepsy: Knowledge, education and stigmatisation, 1950-2020
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Develop and adapt trauma treatment and care services for women who have experienced armed conflicts and forced migration
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Research project
Experiences of subject integrated teaching on sexuality, consent and relationships at special schools
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Research project
The School's Work with LGBTQI Issues in Grades 1-6. A Research Study
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Research project
Jinn in the Clinic: Beyond Validation?
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Research project
Health and well-being in the context of menopause
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Research project
Expectations and responsibility: education for and with family carers who care for a relative with dementia
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Research project
eHealth support to improve the care process for patients and partners who are involuntary childlessness
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Research project
Sex Education and Disability in Tanzania
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Research project
Working with the updated sexuality education directives: A process-oriented practice-based study in a Swedish municipality
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Research project
Mobilities, work and welfare citizenship in the Nordic societies (NOS-HS Exploratory workshops)
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Research project
Changed sexual practices and relationships when sexually transmitted infections become resistant to antibiotics? - a postdoc study focusing...
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Research project
Parents with mobility impairment: Children and parents tell about living conditions, norms and organisation of everyday life
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Research project
Young womens self reported experiences of crime against person - the crime trend in Sweden 2006-2021
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Research project
Young LGBT+ people in state care
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Children with the right to support according to LSS-parents relationships with professionals
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Research project
Alternative communication in elderly care settings
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Research project
On-going research on living conditions and social initiatives in Malmö's marginalised housing areas
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Research project
Reflections regarding sexual experiences and boundaries of young adults with intellectual disability
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Youth substance abuse, sexual health and the social services
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Research project
A practice-oriented research study about self-determination and empowerment at sheltered accommodations – ethical dilemmas in the working...
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Research project
Bio-modifying technologies in Change: Cultural Perspectives on Responsible Research and Innovation in CRISPR- and stem cell technologies
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Children’s involvement in supportive and therapeutic encounters
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Dance and young people with disabilities: A study on visions and strategies in inclusive dance
elisabet.apelmo@mau.se
Research subjects
Research about Covid-19 and the pandemic
Researchers at the department have examined covid-19 and the corona pandemic from several perspectives in recent years. Some central themes have been ageing and covid, relatives' experiences, distance learning, the impact on relationships and sexuality, living conditions during the pandemic, and how the conditions for social work have been affected for, for example, social services and women's shelters.
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2024 | Article in journal
The dynamics of intercultural clinical encounters in times of pandemic crisis: Swedish healthcare providers' reflections on social norms in relation to sexual and reproductive healthcare
Mia Appelbäck, Aje Carlbom, Lise Eriksson, Birgitta Essén
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2024 | Article in journal
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on births and induced abortions in Southern Sweden: a register-based study
Jesse D. Thacher, Andreas Vilhelmsson, Annelise J. Blomberg, Lars Rylander, Anna Joud, Lone Schmidt, Charlotte Orsted Hougaard, Eva Elmerstig, Ditte Vassard, Kristina Mattsson
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2024 | Article in journal
Digitala plattformar för att motverka våld i nära relationer: kvinnojourers digitalisering av sin verksamhet under covid-19-pandemin
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte C Petersson
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2023 | Chapter in book
To reach the unreachable: migration, health vulnerabilities, and the problem of nonresponse bias in health research
Talieh Mirsalehi, Kristofer Hansson
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2023 | Article in journal
“Its not a book; it’s a Bok”: social work students’ experience of using creative journaling practices as a pedagogical tool to develop transformative learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Michael Wallengren-Lynch, Beth Archer-Kuhn, Tara Earls Larrison, Esther Mercado Garcia, Lisa Chen Henglien, Nishi Mitra, Einav Segev, Marta Blanco Carrasco
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2023 | Report
Erfarenheter av socialt arbete i Malmö under det första året med covid-19: Katastrofriskreducering, resiliens och hållbarhetens "hur"
Carin Björngren Cuadra
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2023 | Article in journal
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kettil Nordesjö, Gabriella Scaramuzzino
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2023 | Article in journal
När mötet blir digitalt: Socialsekreterares erfarenheter under pandemin
Kristofer Hansson
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2023 | Chapter in book
Social Work and Lost Contacts with Clients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Shared Trauma from Three Different Civil Society Organisations
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte C Petersson
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2023 | Article in journal
Three Nordic countries responding to COVID-19: Eldercare perspectives
Merja Rapeli, Johan Carlstedt, Ragnheiður Hergeirsdottir, Halldór S. Guðmundsson, Carin Björngren Cuadra, Ilona Hatakka
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2023 | Article in journal
Changes in Intimacy and Sexuality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Data from a Survey on Partnered Individuals in Eight European Countries
Charlotta Löfgren, Eva Elmerstig, Johanna Schröder, Marie Chollier, Jasmina Mehulic, Hanneke de Graaf, Katerina Klapilova, Ines Tavares, Peer Briken, Özlem Köse, Pedro Nobre, Aleksandar Stulhofer
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2023 | Article in journal
Working and learning from home during COVID-19: International experiences among social work educators and students
Michael Wallengren-Lynch, Lena Dominelli, Carin Björngren Cuadra
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2023 | Article in journal
Phenomenological psychology and qualitative research
Magnus Englander, James Morley
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2022 | Article in journal
Social work with people who use drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study
Torkel Richert, Johan Nordgren
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2022 | Conference paper
Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ida Elisabet Hall, Charlotta Holmström, Maja Bodin, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe, Eva Elmerstig
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2022 | Conference paper
Experiences of involuntary childlessness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ida Elisabet Hall, Charlotta Holmström, Maja Bodin, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe, Eva Elmerstig
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2022 | Article in journal
Risk environments of people who use drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic: the view of social workers and health care professionals in Sweden
Johan Nordgren, Torkel Richert
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2022 | Article in journal
Information Communication Technology during Covid-19
Michael Wallengren-Lynch
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2022 | Article in journal
Care Home and Home Care Staff’s Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beliefs about Subsequent Changes in the Future: A Survey Study in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom
Agneta Malmgren Fänge, Jonas Christensen, Tamara Backhouse, Andrea Kenkmann, Anne Killett, Oliver Fisher, Carlos Chiatti, Connie Lethin
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2022 | Article in journal
Perceived Changes in Sexual Interest and Distress About Discrepant Sexual Interest During the First Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Assessment in Cohabiting Partnered Individuals
Aleksandar Stulhofer, Jasmina Mehulic, Peer Briken, Katerina Klapilova, Hanneke de Graaf, Ana Alexandra Carvalheira, Charlotta Löfgren-Mårtenson, Pedro Nobre, Marie Chollier, Özlem Köse, Eva Elmerstig, Christophe Lancon, Leona Plasilova, Johanna Schröder
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2022 | Article in journal
Social Work Responses to Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Perspectives of Professionals at Women’s Shelters in Sweden
Charlotte C Petersson, Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Conference paper
The art of basic empathy in an online social work context
Mikael Boregren
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2021 | Article in journal
Rekrytera och behålla personal i den kommunala äldreomsorgen under Covid-19
Susanna Lundberg
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2021 | Article in journal
”Tidigare sa vi: Vad behöver ni hjälp med? Nu är det mer: Hur mår ni?”: Anhörigkonsulenters upplevelser av stöd till anhöriga under covid-19-pandemin.
Åsa Alftberg
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2021 | Article in journal
Att hålla ihop det sociala arbetet: Hur covid-19-pandemin påverkade tre olika civilsamhällesorganisationer
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Article in journal
Förord: I pandemins spår. Socialvetenskapliga perspektiv på covid-19
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Kristofer Hansson, Dimitris Michailakis, Anders Neergaard
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2021 | Collection (editor)
I pandemins spår: Socialvetenskapliga perspektiv på covid-19
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Kristofer Hansson, Dimitris Michailakis, Anders Neergaard
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2021 | Article, book review
Nya böcker: Carol Tosone (red.) (2021) Shared trauma, shared resilience during a pandemic. Social work in the time of COVID-19. Cham: Springer.
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Article in journal
Kommunalt socialt arbete under covid-19 pandemin: Osäkerhet, reglering och kontroll av rummet
Carin Björngren Cuadra, Sergio Cuadra
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2021 | Conference paper
Interpersonal understanding, empathic attitude and ethnographic epoché in Social Psychiatry and recovery-oriented practices: Shared decision making, closeness and distance in the professional relationship
John Stigmar
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2021 | Article in journal
De smittsamma sjukdomarnas kultur: Hur vår uppmärksamhet har kommit att riktas mot vardagens mikroorganismer
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Report
Barnfattigdom i Sverige: Årsrapport 2021
Tapio Salonen
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2021 | Article in journal
Forskare: Vi behöver stärka vår kunskap om det yttersta skyddsnätet
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Conference paper
“COVID cultures” in the Swedish civil society: Complex entanglements between guidelines and everyday practice in civil societies organizations
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Article in journal
Organizational Support Experiences of Care Home and Home Care Staff in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Connie Lethin, Andrea Kenkmann, Carlos Chiatti, Jonas Christensen, Tamara Backhouse, Anne Killett, Oliver Fisher, Agneta Malmgren Fänge
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2021 | Article in journal
Den sårbara gemenskapen: kvinnojourer under covid-19-pandemin
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte C Petersson
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2021 | Article in journal
”Inställt tillsvidare”: Diakonernas arbete att hitta nya vägar ut under covid-19-pandemin
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Collection (editor)
Att leva med bakterier: Möjligheter till ett levbart immunitärt liv
Kristofer Hansson, Cecilia Lenander, Henrik Loodin
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2021 | Chapter in book
En levbar värld med bakterier: Hur vi berättar om framtid
Kristofer Hansson
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2021 | Chapter in book
From the Political to the Personal in An Age of Uncertainty: Assault on self, identity, family, community, and nationhood
Susanna Giulari, Negat Hussein, Moestak Hussein, Tove Samzelius, Sue Cohen
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2020 | Article in journal
Post Covid-19 youth work: A contribution to the Swedich social pedagogical debate
Irena Dychawy Rosner
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2020 | Article in journal
”Folkhälsomyndigheten följer WHO:s rekommendationer”
Rachel Irwin, Kristofer Hansson
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2020 | Article in journal
Rädsla riskerar nu att skapa en stigmatisering av människor med ursprung i Kina
Kristofer Hansson
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2020 | Conference paper
Det yttersta skyddsnätet under Covid-19: Kvinnojourer satta under press
Kristofer Hansson, Charlotte Petersson
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2020 | Conference paper
Heterogena element i det sociala arbetet: COVID-19 och dess organisatoriska effekter på socialt arbete
Kristofer Hansson, Carin Björngren Cuadra
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2020 | Article in journal
Ökad ojämlikhet i boendet i spåren av coronapandemin
Martin Grander, Tapio Salonen
Social Work seminar
Research environments
Doctoral studies
Most of the research at the Faculty of Health and Society is interdisciplinary, which opens up opportunities for new and exciting areas of research beyond the subject divisions that have traditionally existed between medicine and social sciences.
Collaborate with us
Our research is carried out and developed in close cooperation with local stakeholders, national organisations and agencies, as well as with international cooperation partners. Research training is conducted more than 20 doctoral students, some of whom are recruited via the graduate school for professionals in the fields of health, nursing and welfare.
Contract courses
We can offer continuing professional development for your staff in the form of courses tailored to meet your wants and needs. You will get access to the latest research and to the disciplinary range offered by the University.
Contact Mikael Matteson for more information about contract courses
Contact us
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Maria Hjortsjö - Senior lecturer/Head of department
maria.hjortsjo@mau.se
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Karin Ingvarsdotter - Assistant head of dep./Senior lecturer
Primary level
karin.ingvarsdotter@mau.se
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Åsa Alftberg - Associate Professor
Advanced level
asa.alftberg@mau.se
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Erica Righard - Assistant head of dep./Professor
Research and PhD studies
erica.righard@mau.se
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Malin Idvall - Administrative assistant
malin.idvall@mau.se
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Kerstin Björkander - Administrative officer
Research liaison officer
kerstin.bjorkander@mau.se
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Jonas Christensen - Senior lecturer
Internationalisation Coordinator
jonas.christensen@mau.se
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Germana di Lorenzo - Study administrator
germana.di-lorenzo@mau.se
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Carina Nina Grujic - Study and careers adviser
carina.grujic@mau.se