John Brauer
Position: Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: john.brauer@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 302147
Room: L2302

About John Brauer
About John
John Brauer is a qualified social worker who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in social work, June 2022. He currently works as a lecturer in social work
Research
The thesis concerned vocational habilitation and rehabilitation, focusing on local governments’ efforts to increase employment rates among social assistance claimants. He currently looks into issues concerning active labour market policy for people with intellectual disabilities as well as with people who have served time in prison.
Teaching
John teaches at the social worker-program at Örebro University. Currently, the bulk of his teaching is within the course "Professional Role and Discretion Informed by a Scientific Approach".
Collaboration and assignments
John is a member of the internal research groups PrOSA, Social work and care in a life-course, Disability, School and working life, and OPaL. He is also involved in an emerging international network concerning social work and activation.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Articles in journals
- Brauer, J. (2021). Labour market policies on a sub-national level. SN Social Sciences, 1.
- Brauer, J. , Johansson, B. & Bruhn, A. (2021). Social Representations in Street-Level Bureaucracies: Production and Reproduction of Knowledge Within Public Administration. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 25 (2), 99-122.
Chapters in books
- Brauer, J. & Germundsson, P. (2022). Att förstå samverkan utifrån teorin om sociala representationer. In: Åsa Hedberg Rundgren; Charlotte Klinga; Mikael Löfström; Linda Mossberg, Perspektiv på samverkan: Om utmaningar och möjligheter i välfärdens praktik (pp. 131-150). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Conference papers
- Brauer, J. (2019). Social representations of unemployment and activation work among street-level bureaucrats. Paper presented at 3rd Conference on Street-level Research in the Employment and Social Policy Area, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11-13, 2019.
- Brauer, J. (2018). Professional Autonomy or Organizational Control in Collaboration Management. Paper presented at XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018.
- Brauer, J. (2018). Professional Representations: a Theoretical Possibility in the Sociology of Professions. Paper presented at XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018.
- Brauer, J. (2017). Collaboration in unclear policy settings. Paper presented at 2nd Conference on Street-level Research in the Employment and Social Policy Area. Copenhagen, 21-22 June 2017.
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Brauer, J. (2022). Labour Market Policies: Structure and Content, Space and Time. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University.
Manuscripts
Reports
- Brauer, J. (2019). Utvärdering av Kom-jobb: En kvalitativ och programteoretisk utvärdering av Kom-jobb i Örebro kommun. Örebro: Örebro University (Working Papers and Reports Social work 18).