Ingrid Witte
Ingrid Witte Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: aW5ncmlkLndpdHRlO29ydS5zZQ==
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Room: L2306
About Ingrid Witte
Ingrid Witte holds a degree in social work and, since 2024, a PhD in disability research.
Since September 2025, she has been a Senior Lecturer in Social Work with a specialization in Social Law at the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. She also teaches in the Occupational Therapy Programme and the Audiology Programme.
Research
Ingrid Witte’s current research interests primarily concern how people with disabilities gain access to and maintain participation in working life.
Her doctoral dissertation focused on the vocational rehabilitation intervention Supported Employment, where she examined, from a gender perspective, access to, design of, and factors influencing the outcomes of the intervention.
At present, Ingrid Witte is involved in four research projects. One is a project funded by Forte, investigating vocational rehabilitation and return-to-work interventions for people with hearing impairments and work-related mental health issues. The other one is an evaluation, funded by the Actìva Foundation, on how older third country citizens integrate in Sweden. The third one is an evaluation, funded by Örebro municipality, on the transition from school to adult life for pupils in special education. The forth research project, funded by Örebro University and Örebro municipality, aims to follow up on and evaluate the pedagogical development program Affiliated Social Worker.
Teaching
Ingrid Witte’s teaching is primarily in law within the Social Work Programme, the Occupational Therapy Programme and the Audiology Programme.
Collaborations and Assignments
At Örebro University, Ingrid Witte is a member of the research groups Social work and care in a life-course and Vasa (Welfare, Labour Market Policies, and Social Responsibility) within the subject of social work, as well as Disability - Society and Interdisciplinary Research in Clinical Audiology (IRCA) within the subject of disability research.
Through the Activa Foundation, Ingrid Witte has an ongoing assignment to work with research and development for people in need of support in gaining access to a well-functioning working life. She also serves on the reference group for the Swedish Public Employment Service’s initiative Samstart, supporting young people with disabilities in the transition from school to working life.
Research projects
Active projects
- Affiliated social worker
- All the Way to the Future - a qualitative evaluation of an approach to facilitate the transition from school to adulthood for students in special education
- Supported Employment and gender - how do sex and gender influence a vocational rehabilitation process for men and women with mental and intellectual disabilities?
Completed projects
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Gustafsson, J. & Witte, I. (2025). Analysis of factors influencing satisfaction with vocational rehabilitation services for young persons with disabilities in Sweden. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 6. [BibTeX]
- Witte, I. , Strandberg, T. & Gustafsson, J. (2024). Does gender matter in Supported Employment? A qualitative study of participants’ experiences. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 61 (2), 219-234. [BibTeX]
- Witte, I. , Strandberg, T. & Gustafsson, J. (2024). Social representations of gender and their influence in Supported Employment: employment specialists' experiences in Sweden. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46 (15), 3381-3395. [BibTeX]
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Witte, I. , Strandberg, T. , Granberg, S. & Gustafsson, J. (2023). Intersectional perspectives on the employment rate in Supported Employment for people with psychiatric, neuropsychiatric, or intellectual disabilities: A scoping review. Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 74 (2), 435-454. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Witte, I. (2024). A gender perspective on Supported Employment: Does gender influence access, process, and employment outcomes?. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Manuscripts
- Witte, I. , Strandberg, T. & Gustafsson, J. Exploring enablers and barriers in Supported Employment processes using qualitative comparative analysis. [BibTeX]
Reports
- Witte, I. & Brauer, J. (2026). ”Vi kan inte göra det själva”: Implementering av Individual Placement and Support i svensk psykosvård. Örebro: Örebro universitet (Working Papers and Reports Social work 38). [BibTeX]