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Anna-Karin Larsson

Anna-Karin Larsson Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

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Anna-Karin Larsson
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About Anna-Karin Larsson

Anna-Karin Larsson is Associate Professor (Docent) in Social Work and Senior Lecturer at the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden. She also serves as Vice Dean for Equality and Education at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Her research is interdisciplinary, situated at the intersection of social work and child and youth studies. Broadly, her work explores how social relationships, societal structures, and professional interventions shape health, safety, wellbeing, and everyday life across the life course.

A major area of her research focuses on violence against women and children. She studies risk assessment, risk management, and interagency collaboration between social services, the police, and other welfare agencies, with particular attention to the implementation and sustainability of evidence-informed practices. Her research also addresses honour-based violence, child custody and family court risk assessments, and women's and children's long-term recovery and life conditions following domestic violence.

A second research area concerns children's health and wellbeing. Drawing on relational perspectives, she explores how children's wellbeing is created through everyday relationships and how both human and more-than-human relationships—including relationships with companion animals—can function as important relational resources for mental health, participation, and recovery. She has also published research on girlhood, children's social conditions, and historical perspectives on childhood and youth.

Across these research areas, her work seeks to strengthen evidence-informed social work and improve support for vulnerable children, young people, and families. Through close collaboration with practitioners, public authorities, and civil society organisations, she develops and evaluates interventions and collaborative models that contribute to safer and more sustainable welfare services.

Beyond her research, Anna-Karin Larsson is actively engaged in national and international research networks and collaborations. She serves on the steering group of FlickForsk! Nordic Network for Girlhood Studies, promoting Nordic collaboration in girlhood research, and is a board member of Tjejzonen, Sweden's largest non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting girls' mental health and wellbeing. Together with Rúna Baianstovu, she is also co-editor of the Working Papers and Reports in Social Work publication series.

Publications

Articles in journals |  Articles, book reviews |  Chapters in books |  Collections (editor) |  Conference papers |  Doctoral theses, monographs |  Other |  Reports | 

Articles in journals

Articles, book reviews

Chapters in books

Collections (editor)

Conference papers

Doctoral theses, monographs

Other

Reports