Martina Vikander
Martina Vikander Position: Doctoral Student School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: bWFydGluYS52aWthbmRlcjtvcnUuc2U=
Phone: +46 19 303617
Room: L2346
About Martina Vikander
Martina Vikander has a bachelor's and a master's degree in social work. She has previously worked in social services as a social worker for children placed in foster care. In 2020, she was employed as a doctoral student at Örebro University.
Research
Martina Vikander is involved in the research project RISKSAM, where she studies domestic violence with a focus on risk management, protection and support to exposed women and children.
Teaching
Martina Vikander teaches in the international course "Social Work, Child-Parent Relationships in Societies and Families." The course introduces theories and recent research on child-parent relationships in various societal and familial contexts. She also supervises undergraduate thesis.
Research projects
Active projects
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Vikander, M. , Larsson, A. L. & Källström, Å. (2024). Managing post-separation violence: mothers’ strategies and the challenges of receiving societal protection. Nordic Social Work Research, 14 (3), 360-373. [BibTeX]
- Arnell, L. , Vikander, M. & Strand, S. (2024). Skyddade boenden – En välfärdstjänst i förändring. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 100 (6), 800-809. [BibTeX]
- Vikander, M. & Strand, S. (2023). Enhancing domestic violence risk assessments with children's perspectives: Exploring risk, vulnerability and protective factors through forensic interviews. Child & Family Social Work. [BibTeX]
- Vikander, M. (2021). Barns upplevelser av skyddat boende. Texter om våld (1), 13-18. [BibTeX]
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Thunberg, S. , Vikander, M. & Arnell, L. (2024). Children’s Rights and Their Life Situation in Domestic Violence Shelters: An Integrative Review. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 41, 499-514. [BibTeX]
- Vikander, M. & Källström, Å. (2024). What children exposed to domestic violence value when meeting social workers: A practice‐oriented systematic research review. Child & Family Social Work, 29 (1), 287-298. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Strand, S. , Källström, Å. & Vikander, M. (2024). A Child Perspective on Risk Management for Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking in Sweden. In: Merja Laitinen; Anna Nikupeteri; Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Ex-Partner Stalking and Children: the Impact on Children When One Parent is Stalking the Other (pp. 113-134). . John Wiley & Sons. [BibTeX]
- Källström, Å. & Vikander, M. (2023). Vad barn säger om stöd. In: Maria Eriksson; Åsa Källström; Elisabet Näsman, Barns röster om våld: Att lyssna, tolka och förstå (pp. 205-216). . Gleerups Utbildning AB. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Vikander, M. (2025). Barn i frigörelsen från våld: Sårbarhet och motstånd i kontexter av mäns våld mot kvinnor. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]