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Marie Matérne

Marie Matérne Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

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Marie Matérne
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About Marie Matérne

 

Marie Matérne is a social worker, licensed healthcare counselor, and Associate Professor in Social Work. She earned her PhD in Disability Research with a dissertation on “Return to Work after Acquired Brain Injury.” Her research focuses on how people manage crisis and adjustment after life-changing events, with a particular emphasis on rehabilitation, psychosocial interventions, and professional support structures.

Research

Marie conducts interdisciplinary research on people with disabilities, including:

  • Rehabilitation for women with traumatic brain injury – in collaboration with researchers in Sydney. Focus groups and a scoping review form the basis for the development of a new rehabilitation program.
  • Parenting after acquired brain injury – an international project in its early stages, together with researchers in Australia, the UK, and Ireland.
  • Stroke and psychosocial aspects – studies on quality of life, resilience, and psychosocial support for people with stroke and their families. Findings show that many do not accept their disability but adapt their lives. Here, the role of the healthcare counselor is vital.
  • Professional research – on the role, tasks, and context of healthcare counselors, in collaboration with researchers in Australia and Finland.

Teaching

Marie mainly teaches in the Healthcare Counselor Program, where she is course coordinator for thesis and scientific theory courses. She also teaches continuing education courses for healthcare counselors in Dalarna.

Supervision of PhD students

Anette Granberg – (main supervisor) barriers and opportunities for implementing interventions and methods in the disability field.
Alexandra Björck – (main supervisor) the relationship between cognitive impairment, quality of life, and activity, as well as interactive, movement-based technology (WAKE IT).
Daniel Pichler – (main supervisor) quality of care for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (QoC PIMD).
Sofia Kangedal – physical training as treatment for post-stroke fatigue (co-supervisor).
Roles and networks

Roles and networks

Marie is research leader for the group Social Work and Care across the Life Course (SAOL) and is active in several national and international networks, including INSWABI. She is also engaged with the Stroke Team Council, the Brain Injury Fund, and the editorial board of the National Competence Center for Traumatic Brain Injury.

Visiting research

She has conducted a visiting research exchange at the Ingham Institute in Sydney, Australia (August–September 2024).

Research groups

Publications

Articles in journals |  Articles, reviews/surveys |  Chapters in books |  Collections (editor) |  Conference papers |  Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |  Manuscripts |  Reports | 

Articles in journals

Articles, reviews/surveys

Chapters in books

Collections (editor)

Conference papers

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Manuscripts

Reports