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Pernilla Liedgren

Position: Professor School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: cGVybmlsbGEubGllZGdyZW47b3J1LnNl

Phone: +46 19 301092

Room: L2361

Research subject

Social Work

About Pernilla Liedgren

Pernilla Liedgren is a professor of social work at the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences at Örebro University. She earned her PhD in 2007 at the School of Social Work, Lund University. Since then, she has worked at Dalarna University and Mälardalen University, from which I most recently transferred.

Her research spans areas such as over-indebtedness, economic vulnerability, debt restructuring, self-presentation in relation to financial debt, economic violence, income support, and municipal activation programs. All these areas fall under what is traditionally categorized as poverty research—one of social work’s oldest, largest, and most significant areas of focus.

Alongside her research on debt and poverty, she has also been involved in various projects focusing on evidence-based practice. If poverty research is classified as one of social work’s oldest areas of focus, then evidence-based social work can be considered one of the newer ones. Examining practice, the methods used, and how they are applied is essential today for developing practical social work in alignment with the research findings that has been accumulated over time.

Active projects

It's all about the money

Research groups

Welfare, Labour Market Policies, and Social Responsibility (VASA)

Publications

Articles in journals

Pettersson, K. , Millroth, P. , Giannotta, F. , Liedgren, P. , Lyon, A. R. , Hasson, H. & Schwarz, U. v. T. (2025). Outcome preferences in fidelity-adaptation scenarios across evidence-based parenting programs: A discrete choice experiment. Implementation Science, 20 (1). [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. , Eriksson, M. & Blomberg, H. (2025). Protocol for a Qualitative Study on Household Economic Discourses: From Everyday Talk About Money to Economic Abuse and the Financial Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24, 1-9. [BibTeX]
Pettersson, K. , Liedgren, P. , Lyon, A. R. , Hasson, H. & von Thiele Schwarz, U. (2024). Fidelity-consistency and deliberateness of modifications in parenting programs. Implementation Science Communications, 5 (1). [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2024). Kvinnors och mäns möjligheter att framträda som "ideala offer" för ekonomiskt våld i skuldsaneringsansökningar: Women's and Men's Opportunities to Appear as 'Ideal Victims' of Economic Abuse in Applications for Debt Relief. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 31 (3-4), 403-423. [BibTeX]
Kullberg, C. , Liedgren, P. & Jansson, P. (2023). I'm just a soul whose intentions are good: narratives in applications for debt reconstruction in Sweden. European Journal of Social Work, 26 (5), 869-881. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. , Kullberg, C. & Callegari, J. (2023). Mercy, Mercy Me: Counterstories in applications for debt reconstruction. Nordic Social Work Research, 13 (3), 472-485. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2022). Awaiting Absolution: Self-Presentations in Letters of Application for Debt Reconstruction. Nordic Social Work Research, 12 (1), 12-33. [BibTeX]
Callegari, J. , Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2022). Between self-determination and advice: Sense-making and justifications in Swedish budget and debt counselling. British Journal of Social Work, 53 (2), 882-899. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2022). ‘Easy ride or born to be wild'? The travelling of evidence-based social work to Sweden. European Journal of Social Work, 25 (2), 224-237. [BibTeX]
Pettersson, K. , Liedgren, P. , Giannotta, F. & von Thiele Schwarz, U. (2022). Eleven Reasons for Adaptation of Swedish Parenting Programs. Frontiers in Health Services, 2. [BibTeX]
Callegari, J. , Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2022). The making of the indebted wo/man: Gendered constructions of fiscal identities and help-giving technologies in Swedish budget and debt counselling. Nordic Social Work Research, 12 (1), 122-142. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2022). ‘We know what we are, but know not what we may be’: research-minded practitioners and their possible futures in social work. Nordic Social Work Research, 12 (1), 87-96. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2021). Getting better? – Interventions to reduce over-indebtedness among individuals and families. Insolvensrättslig tidskrift, 6 (2), 27-48. [BibTeX]
von Thiele Schwarz, U. , Lyon, A. R. , Pettersson, K. , Giannotta, F. , Liedgren, P. & Hasson, H. (2021). Understanding the value of adhering to or adapting evidence-based interventions: a study protocol of a discrete choice experiment. Implementation Science Communications, 2 (1). [BibTeX]
Callegari, J. , Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2020). Gendered debt: A scoping study review of research on debt acquisition and management in single and couple households [Könad skuld – en översikt av forskning om hushålls skuldsättning och hantering av skulder]. European Journal of Social Work, 23 (5), 742-752. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2018). Minorities with different values at school – the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses. British Journal of Religious Education, 40 (1), 31-43. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Elvhage, G. (2015). Social Work of the Future: Motives and Expectations among Social Work Students in Sweden. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 3 (6), 121-129. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2015). Transfer of teaching styles: Teaching social work in Iraqi Kurdistan as a swede. International Social Work, 58 (1), 175-185. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Andersson, L. (2013). Strategies Among Young Jehovah's Witnesses in Compulsory School in Sweden, Age 13-15, a Case-Study. International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 4 (1), 3-26. [BibTeX]
Liedgren Dobronravoff, P. (2009). Att lämna en värld: Om utgångsprocesser ur Jehovas vittnen. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift (3-4), 390-412. [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

Liedgren, P. , Lassinantti, K. & Kullberg, C. (2025). Under pressure: a critical scoping review of scales and instruments used in work with people in over-indebtedness. European Journal of Social Work, 28 (2), 426-438. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. , Elvhage, G. , Ehrenberg, A. & Kullberg, C. (2016). The use of decision support systems in social work: a scoping study literature review. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 13 (1), 1-20. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Kullberg, C. & Liedgren, P. (2022). Genus i möten, samtal och relationer i socialt arbete. In: Sam Larsson; Sven Trygged, Stödjande samtal, möten och relationer i socialt arbete (pp. 105-136). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Callegari, J. , Kullberg, C. & Liedgren, P. (2021). Medvetenhetens makt: Genusskapande processer och genusmedvetenhet i välfärdsprofessioners arbete med skuldsatta män och kvinnor. In: Cecilia Franzén; Despina Tzimoula, Genus och professioner. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Elvhage, G. & Liedgren Dobronravoff, P. (2013). They call me "Mum". In: Vivianne E. Cree, Becoming a social worker: Narratives from Around the World (pp. 70-77). London: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2012). Förord. In: Människors beteende: perspektiv inom socialt arbete. Stockholm: Liber. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2010). Interaktiv studiehandbok och mer material. In: Bengt Börjeson, Förstå socialt arbete. . Liber. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2018). I väntan på absolution: Självpresentationer i ansökningar om skuldsanering. In: Anders Bruhn; Åsa Källström, Nationell forskningskonferens i socialt arbete Abstractsammanställning. Paper presented at Nationell forskningskonferens i socialt arbete, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, October 9-10, 2018. (pp. 14-15). Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Kullberg, C. & Liedgren, P. (2018). Vem har rätt och vem har fel: Kvinnors och mäns berättelser i ansökningar om skuldsanering i Sverige. In: Anders Bruhn; Åsa Källström, Nationell forskningskonferens i socialt arbete Abstractsammanställning. Paper presented at Nationell forskningskonferens i socialt arbete, Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden, 9–10 oktober 2018. (pp. 20-20). Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Kullberg, C. & Liedgren, P. (2016). Gender differences in women’s and men’s ways into debt problems. In: Francisco Branco; Inês Amaro; Cristina Albuquerque; Maria Isabel Santos; Ana Oliveira; Inês Guerra, 6th European Conference for Social Work Research: Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies: dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research Book of Abstracts & Programme Book. Paper presented at 6th European Conference for Social Work Research: Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies: dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research, Lisbon, Portugal, March 30 - April 1, 2016. (pp. 529-530). European Social Work Research Association. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, monographs

Liedgren, P. (2007). Att bli, att vara och att ha varit: om ingångar i och utgångar ur Jehovas vittnen i Sverige. (Doctoral dissertation). Lund: Lund universitet, Socialhögskolan. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Pettersson, K. , Liedgren, P. , Giannotta, F. & von Thiele Schwarz, U. Valued outcomes across stakeholders of parenting programs in Sweden. [BibTeX]

Other

Liedgren, P. (2022). Masterprogram i socialt arbete inom hälsa och välfärd: Självvärdering – utvärdering av masterprogram. Mälardalens universitet. [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2020). Debt narratives to break free. (Research Outreach) [BibTeX]

Reports

Liedgren, P. (2018). Alliansbyggande inom socialtjänsten: Socialarbetares byggande av bärande kontakter inom myndighetsutövning. Eskilstuna: Mälardalens högskola (Rapport inom Samhällskontraktet ). [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. & Kullberg, C. (2014). Evidensbaserad praktik i svenskt socialt arbete: En forskningsöversikt och ett förslag till fortsatt forskning. Falun: Högskolan Dalarna (Högskolan Dalarna arbetsrapport 2014:03). [BibTeX]
Liedgren, P. (2014). Översyn magisterprogram i socialt arbete med inriktning evidensbaserat arbete med barn och unga. Falun: Högskolan Dalarna (Högskolan Dalarna arbetsrapport 2014:02). [BibTeX]